Best Shortcuts in CircuitMaker by Altium
Topics: Circuits

Here’s a list of the most useful shortcuts in CM – more graphical and intuitive than the built in shortcut list (Ribbon Bar->View->Shortcuts).

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Above – Shortcut List Location

Pro Tip: When the tools aren’t working correctly, press ESC a few times.

Schematic Shortcuts

Crtl+Scroll Zoom
Center Button – Click Hold and Drag Zoom
Pg Up/Down Zoom (Great for laptops)
Right Button – Click Hold Drag Pan
Ctrl+A Select All  Sch+Ctrl+A
Crtl+C Copy
Ctrl+X Cut
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+D Duplicate  Sch+Ctrl+D
W Wire (for opening wiring tool)  Sch+Ctrl+W
Space Change Wiring Path – Only works when wiring  Sch+Space2
Shift+Space Change Wiring Angles – Only works when wiring  Sch+Shift+Space3
Space Rotate Selected Object  Sch+Rotate
Tab or Double Click Edit Properties of selected object  Sch+Tab
G Toggle Grid Size (look in bottom left-hand corner)  Sch+G
Z Add Ground  Sch+Z
V Add VCC  (press TAB to quickly change net name)  Sch+V
T Text (press TAB to change text)  Sch+T
N Net Label (press TAB to change text)  Sch+N
C Place Component  Sch+C
X Flip left/right (X-Axis)
Y Flip up/down (Y-Axis)
Esc Exit Tool
Ctrl+Tab Go to Next Tab  Sch+Crtl+Tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Go to Previous Tab  Sch+Crtl+Tab

 

 

PCB Shortcuts

Crtl+Scroll Zoom
Center Button – Click Hold and Drag Zoom
Pg Up/Down Zoom (Great for laptops)
Shift+Pg Up/Down Precise Zoom (Great for laptops)
Right Button – Click Hold Drag Pan
Esc Exit Tool (so very useful)
Ctrl+A Select All  PCB+Ctrl+A
Crtl+C Copy
Ctrl+X Cut
Ctrl+V Paste
R Route Trace  PCB+R
Space Change Routing Path – Only works when routing  PCB+Space2
Shift+Space Change Routing Angles – Only works when routing  PCB+Shift+Space2
Space Rotate Selected Object
G Toggle Grid Size (look in bottom left-hand corner)  PCB+G
Shift+S Single Layer View (Toggle visibility of all layers except for the active layer)  PCB+Shift+S3
Backspace Undo Trace Segements of selected trace  PCB+Backspace3
Tab or Double Click Edit Properties of selected object  PCB+Tab

 

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