Are there shortcut keys for Standard Views?

[Anonymous]

Are there any shortcut keys which will rotate the model to a standard view, such as "Front", "Left", "Top", etc? I've tried looking but I can't seem to find any other similar questions or answers.

[laughingcreek]

I don't believe so.  Keyboard shortcuts is a weak point for fusion, but hopefully there are more in the works.  In the mean time you might find this page of use (You can get there by searching for keyboard shortcuts in the help menu in fusion.)

http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-F0491540-0324-470A-B651-2238D0EFAC30

[Anonymous]

Ya, I found that graphic. Thanks for the reply. 🙂

[Anonymous]

i would also like to see keyboard shortcuts for standard views. with such shortcuts (for example ctrl+1, ctrl+2,... for top, bottom,...) it would also be possible to use programmable mouse buttons to change views efficiently instead of moving and clicking some time on the viewcube to get the right view and rotation.

Do you plan to integrate such shortcuts in the next fusion 360 version?

[mavigogun]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Do you plan to integrate such shortcuts in the next fusion 360 version?

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Glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that.

[Anonymous]

I have a Logitech G13 and G600 Mouse which both have programmable keys. I can set up an array of keys and key combinations for various programs and then I have a much smoother workflow when I'm working on similar tasks.

In other news, I un-accepted the "solution" as it technically wasn't a solution -- there are no keyboard shortcuts for Standard Views.

[mavigogun]

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@Anonymous wrote:

In other news, I un-accepted the "solution" as it technically wasn't a solution -- there are no keyboard shortcuts for Standard Views.

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-or even a way of selecting Constrained Orbit at the mouse.

[cds333]

You can configure AutoHotkey to do a mouseclick at the particular point on the screen where the home button is, or where the view buttons are on the cube thingy. Then bind your mouseclick macro to whatever ctrl/alt/shift + key combination you want.

Only caveat is that you need to keep your window the same size as when you sample the screen for the x,y coordinates with autohotkey's windowspy utility or else the macro gets a lot more complicated... But if you always operate in fullscreen or can keep your window's size the same and on the same resolution then you're good.

Constrained orbit is simply two clicks instead of one.

Heres a video that teaches how to do this-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS-ycdoOyj8

I have not watched it fully but it looks to be pretty well done.

[dieselguy65]

i use a 3dconnexion spacemouse. enterprise model.

i have dedicated buttons for 3 different user programmable views.

4 buttons for preset views.

and 2 for iso views.

[Anonymous]

Hm, I use a Spacemouse at work for Solidworks - I know it has an "interface" program, which lets the user configure the buttons according to what program the user is using. But still no luck for the "average home user" I guess.

[dieselguy65]

Just use a space mouse.
I use the enterprise model at home. Wouldn't begin to kknow how to
navigate without it

[rclarksonW8SJY]

@Phil.E Sorry to @ you but do you know if there is any plan to implement standard named-view (orthographic) keyboard shortcuts?

[Phil.E]

Not at this time, but it is a popular request. I think the challenge is that the views are a different class of commands than normal commands, or it would already be allowed. I'll double check on that and raise the request again.

For now, the closest thing will be using Named Views from the browser. It requires a click, but has some flexibility in that you can define custom named views. If we added hotkey access to these views (at least the default ones) would that be sufficient?

[rclarksonW8SJY]

Hotkeys for default views would be perfect! Something along the lines of cntr / cmnd + 1 = top, cntr / cmnd + 2 = front etc. 

[rclarksonW8SJY]

I also just found out that shift + 1 toggles a 2x2 layout of 4 default views. So perhaps just add in shift + 2 = top, shift + 3 = front etc. 

[Phil.E]

Thanks for the input! I cannot promise anything, only to bring your words to the development team. There is a user story, but development has priorities and depending on the complexity this might not be possible any time soon. Thanks again for refreshing this issue.

[Anonymous]

Hello. Is there any update on this feature? I find myself slowed down when having to mouse click to change views.

[Anonymous]

While we are waiting for standard view hotkeys, I made an add-in you can use to change the views.

To use the AddIn for Windows:

1. Extract the attached file to somewhere on your PC.

2. Go to Fusion 360.

3. Navigate to Tools -> ADD-INS -> Scripts and Add-Ins... -> Add-Ins.

4. Click on the + next to My Add-Ins.

5. Select the folder you have extracted the archive.

6. Select "Standard Views Shortcuts" and click Run. You can also click "Run on Startup" later.

Shortcuts:

CTRL+1 = Front

CTRL+2 = Back

CTRL+3 = Left

CTRL+4 = Right

CTRL+5 = Top

CTRL+6 = Bottom

The C++ solution is in the archive so anyone can edit it to suit their needs.

I look forward to the official release of this feature.

[mc2mc2]

I can't seem to get the scripts to work. Nothing seems to happen when I select the folder and click Run.

[Anonymous]

The scripts run in the background and trigger when you press one of the given shortcuts.