Straus7 Interface: Hot Keys
Description
The following is a list of keyboard shortcuts for the most commonly used functions and menu items:
Top Toolbar
| Straus7 Menu | Alt+7 |
| New File | Ctrl+N |
| Open File | Ctrl+O |
| Save | Ctrl+S |
| Open/Close Results File | Ctrl+Alt+O |
| Open Log File | Ctrl+Alt+L |
| Format Numbers | Ctrl+Alt+N |
| Print Preview | Ctrl+P |
| Help | F1 |
| Exit Straus7 | Alt+X |
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Open Previous Main Tab |
Ctrl+Alt+Left |
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Open Next Main Tab |
Ctrl+Alt+Right |
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Preferences |
Alt+O |
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Import |
Ctrl+I |
Top-right Icons
| Compact Menu Options | Alt+M | |
| Centre Size Window | Alt+W | |
| Minimise | Windows Key + Down Arrow | This is a standard Windows sequence |
| Maximise | Windows Key + Up Arrow | This is a standard Windows sequence |
| Close | Alt+F4 | This is a standard Windows sequence |
Select Toolbar
| View Settings | Ctrl+Alt+V |
| Entity Display Settings | Ctrl+Alt+E |
| Attribute Display Settings | Ctrl+Alt+T |
| Results Settings | Ctrl+Alt+R |
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Set Model Defaults |
Shift+Alt+D |
| Find | Ctrl+F |
| Copy Graphics Image to Clipboard | Ctrl+Alt+F |
| Show by Type/Property | Alt+R |
| Viewports | Alt+V |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Undo List | Alt+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Y |
| Redo List | Alt+Y |
| Delete | Del |
| Delete with Options | Ctrl+D |
| Toggle Node Select | N |
| Toggle Beam Select | B |
| Toggle Plate Select | P |
| Toggle Brick Select | K |
| Toggle Link Select | L |
| Toggle Vertex Select | V |
| Toggle Geometry Select | G |
| Toggle Path Select | T |
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Activate Node Select Only |
Shift+N |
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Activate Beam Select Only |
Shift+B |
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Activate Plate Select Only |
Shift+P |
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Activate Brick Select Only |
Shift+K |
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Activate Link Select Only |
Shift+L |
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Activate Vertex Select Only |
Shift+V |
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Activate Geometry Select Only |
Shift+G |
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Activate Path Select Only |
Shift+T |
| All Toggles Down | D or Shift+D |
| All Toggles Up | U or Shift+U |
| Clear All Selections | Ctrl+Q |
| Select by 2D Region | Alt+2 |
| Select by 3D Region | Alt+3 |
| Select All | Ctrl+A |
| Select by Property | Ctrl+Alt+P |
| Select by Group | Alt+G |
| Select by Entity Set | Ctrl+Alt+S |
| Select by Entity Number | Alt+N |
| Select by ID | Alt+I |
| Select Connected Entities | Alt+J |
| Select Free Entities | Alt+F |
| Select Plate Edges | Alt+E |
| Select Plate Faces | Alt+L |
| Select Brick Faces | Alt+K |
Global Tab
| Define UCS | Alt+U |
| Create Entity UCS | Ctrl+Alt+U |
| Property | Alt+P |
| Groups | Ctrl+G |
| Sets | Alt+S |
| Stages | Alt+T |
| Cable Droop | Alt+D |
| Units | Ctrl+U |
| Add selected to last set | Alt+H |
| Remove selected from last set | Ctrl+H |
| Toggle (show/hide) last set | H |
| Add selected to new set | Ctrl+Alt+H |
Insert Tab
| Insert Node | Ctrl+W |
| Insert Element | Ctrl+E |
| Insert Link | Ctrl+L |
| Insert Vertex | Ctrl+R |
| Insert Path | Ctrl+T |
| Insert Multi-element | Ctrl+B |
Edit Tab
| Edit Node | Shift+Ctrl+W |
| Edit Element | Shift+Ctrl+E |
| Edit Link | Shift+Ctrl+L |
| Cut | Ctrl+X |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |
Attributes Tab
| Node | Shift+Alt+N |
| Beam | Shift+Alt+B |
| Plate | Shift+Alt+P |
| Brick | Shift+Alt+K |
| LKink | Shift+Alt+L |
| Vertex | Shift+Alt+V |
| Edge | Shift+Alt+E |
| Face | Shift+Alt+F |
| Path | Shift+Alt+T |
| Scale | Shift+Alt+S |
| Formulas | Shift+Alt+O |
Tools Tab
| Surface Automesh | Ctrl+M |
| Solid Automesh | Ctrl+Alt+M |
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Direct Solid Automesh |
Ctrl+Alt+D |
| Subdivide | Shift+Ctrl+S |
| Clean Mesh | Ctrl+Alt+C |
| Clean Geometry | Ctrl+Alt+G |
| Adjust Menu | Shift+Ctrl+T |
| Align Menu | Shift+Ctrl+A |
| Copy Menu | Shift+Ctrl+C |
| Move Menu | Shift+Ctrl+M |
| Extrude Menu | Shift+Ctrl+X |
| Scale Menu | Shift+Ctrl+F |
| Geometry Menu | Shift+Ctrl+G |
| Mesh Menu | Shift+Ctrl+H |
| Merge Menu | Shift+Ctrl+R |
| Convert Menu | Shift+Ctrl+O |
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Clean Menu |
Shift+Ctrl+N |
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Tool Options |
Shift+Ctrl+P |
Detect Tab
| Toggle Detect Beam Ends | Ctrl+1 |
| Toggle Detect Beam Junctions | Ctrl+2 |
| Toggle Detect Link Ends | Ctrl+3 |
| Toggle Detect Plate Edges | Ctrl+4 |
| Toggle Detect Plate Junctions | Ctrl+5 |
| Toggle Detect Brick Edges | Ctrl+6 |
| Toggle Detect Brick Faces | Ctrl+7 |
| Toggle Detect Face Edges | Ctrl+8 |
| Toggle Detect Face Junctions | Ctrl+9 |
Utility Tab
| Import | Ctrl+I |
View Tab
| Reframe Current View | F3 |
| Reframe All Views | F4 |
| Reset Rotation Origin | F5 |
| Zoom In Window | F6 |
| Zoom Out Window | F7 |
| Last View | F8 |
| Multiview | F9 |
| Pan | F10 |
| Scale | F11 |
| View Angles | F12 |
| Quickview | Alt+Q |
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Show/hide |
Shift+Ctrl+D |
| Zoom Plus | + |
| Zoom Minus | - |
SOLVERS Tab
| Solve | Alt+S |
| Batch | Alt+B |
| Batch Jobs | Alt+J |
BROWSE Tab (and standalone browser)
| Browse | Alt+B |
| Stop | Alt+S |
| Refresh (the tree view) | Alt+R |
General
| Show All | Ctrl+Alt+A | |
| Whiteboard Show/Hide | Ctrl+Alt+W | |
| Focus Next St7 Window | Ctrl+Tab | When more then one ST7 files are open together |
| Focus Next View | M | In Multiview mode |
| Focus Previous View | Shift+M | In Multiview mode |
| Previous Case | Shift+Up Arrow | Cycles the load/result case dropdown when model window is focused |
| Next Case | Shift+Down Arrow | Cycles the load/result case dropdown when model window is focused |
| First Case | Shift+Home | First item in the load/result case dropdown when model window is focused |
| Last Case | Shift+End | Last item in the load/result case dropdown when model window is focused |
Dynamic View Keystrokes + Mouse
See View Manipulation with the Keyboard for manipulating the view with the keyboard.
String Grids
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Copy+Fixed Cells | Shift+Ctrl+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |
| Paste as New | Shift+Ctrl+V |
| Select All | Ctrl+A |
| Find | Ctrl+F |
| Replace | Ctrl+R |
| Find Again | F3 |
| Auto-size Columns | Ctrl+W |
| Equi-size Columns | Ctrl+E |
See Also