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Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete keyboard reference for LocusBIM — markup tools, navigation, undo/redo, and the Ctrl+F find bar.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Application

Key / ControlAction
Ctrl+OOpen 3D model
Ctrl+Shift+OOpen PDF
Ctrl+EExport PDF with annotations
Ctrl+ZUndo
Ctrl+Shift+ZRedo

Markup Tools

Key / ControlAction
SSelect & move
RRectangle
EEllipse
LLine
FFreehand
TText
CCloud
HHighlight
PStamp
YTypewriter
XEraser
KCutout

Drawing Tools

Key / ControlAction
AArrow
QCallout
WPolyline
GPolygon
UArc
DLeader
IImage

Measure Tools

Measurement tools have no keyboard shortcuts — select from the Measure toolbar. See the Measure Toolbar section for details on Calibrate, Linear, Area, Count, Radius, Diameter, Angle, and Polylength tools.

Canvas Actions

Key / ControlAction
Delete / BackspaceDelete selected markup(s)
Double-click text markupRe-enter text editing mode
EscapeSwitch back to Select tool
Related topics
  • Markup ToolsRectangle, ellipse, cloud, text, freehand, highlight, and cutout tools for marking up PDF construction drawings.
  • NavigationPage navigation, zoom, fit-to-width, and scroll controls for working with multi-sheet PDF drawing sets in LocusBIM.
  • Find Text & OCRCross-page Ctrl+F text search plus on-device OCR for scanned PDFs in English and French — your drawings never leave your machine.