Keyboard Shortcuts and Tips

Keyboard and Mouse Tips

The effects of different keyboard and mouse button combinations vary depending on the functions in use. You can refer to the tables in this section for the functions and the different ways to manipulate the 3D data.

Part Manipulation


Mouse and Key Combinations	Effect
Drag with left mouse button	Linear transition.
Drag with left and middle mouse buttons	Rotation.
On the face of the part: Double-click with the left mouse button OR Shift and click.	Select a new manipulation direction based on the selected face (the system validates the new direction).

Track Creation or Modification


Key combinations	Effect
Up arrow or left arrow (or scroll up)	Jump to previous shot.
Down arrow or right arrow (or scroll down)	Jump to next shot.
Delete	Remove current shot.
F2	Create an Unloading operation from a Loading operation, or switch between Loading/Unloading operations.

Operations Sequencer


Key combinations	Effect
Scroll up or down	Scroll operations in the Operations Sequencer.
Delete	Remove the selected operation.
Click	Select the operation and synchronize to the end of the selected operation.
Drag and scroll up or down	Scroll the operation in the Operations Sequencer and synchronize to the end of each operation.
Double-click	Create track, clear operations, clear the Operations Sequencer.

General and Simulation Functions


Key combinations	Effect
F4 (in simulation)	Shift among the three clash modes (off / highlight / stop). Stop is the default clash mode.
Double-click	Create track, clear operations, clear the Operations Sequencer, restore initial state.

Tips on Using Assembly Experience

Using Assembly Experience is easier once you know a few tips about specific functions.

Assembly Experience and Co-Review

Co-review enables you to collaborate with your colleagues around a 3D object as if you were working together in the same office. The co-review is based on a leader-participant relationship between one user and the others.

Commands that edit the data, issued on the leader side, are not reflected on the participant side. The actions that you can see from the participant side are:

Zoom in / Zoom out
Viewpoint changes
Annotations
Part manipulation (that is, moving the part in a Loading or Unloading operation)
Play assembly sequence (only on tracks that are already created and saved in the database before the co-review starts).

The Operations Sequencer is seen in the participant session only if the tracks are already created and saved in the database before the co-review starts. Any new tracks created in the leader session are not reflected in the Operations Sequencer of the participant session.

Modified tracks (due to added or removed track points) are not reflected during simulation in the participant session (simulation on the participant session corresponds to the previously saved track points).

An animation compiled from a sequence of operations cannot be created or replayed in co-review.

Note: It is possible to change co-review leader. However, after accepting this change, the previous leader must click the Assembly Experience command in the action bar to re-activate the authoring mode.

Assembly Experience and Assembly Definition

When you are in Assembly Experience, selecting the Assembly Definition app in the south quadrant in the Compass switches you to Assembly Definition.

When you are in Assembly Definition, selecting a manufactured assembly then selecting the Assembly Experience app in the south quadrant of the Compass returns you to Assembly Experience for defining and verifying the assembly sequence.

For more information about Assembly Definition, refer to the Assembly Definition User's Guide.