Keyboard shortcuts¶
All Easy Form Studio keys in one place. The same list opens in the program with the Keys button in the EFS tab, Easy Form Studio panel. The chapter Working faster explains how to use the keys on several cabinets at once.
The keys work while the mouse pointer is over the 3D view, in Object Mode. A board of a cabinet counts as the whole cabinet: click any board and the key acts on the cabinet.
The Several cabinets column says whether the key works on all selected cabinets. When it does, all selected cabinets get the next state of the active cabinet (the one you clicked last).
Adding and deleting¶
| Key | Action | Several cabinets | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | New cabinet: a new cabinet 600 × 580 × 720 mm, or as set in your My settings | no | If a cabinet is selected, the new one goes next to it |
| Shift+C | New corner cabinet | no | Does not use My settings |
| B | New board: a free board | no | |
| Shift+H | New horizontal shelf | no | Exactly one object must be selected, and it must not be a shelf. A corner cabinet has at most 3 shelves |
| Shift+V | New vertical shelf (divider) | no | Exactly one object selected. Does not work on a corner cabinet |
| Shift+D | Duplicate the cabinet | no | Exactly one object selected |
| X | Delete, without confirmation | yes | Deletes the whole cabinet and the cabinets related to it. On a shelf it deletes all shelves of the cabinet |
Watch out
If several objects are selected when you press Shift+H, Shift+V or Shift+D, Blender takes over the key: Shift+D then duplicates single boards, and Shift+H hides everything that is not selected. Undo with Ctrl+Z, and bring back what was hidden with Alt+H.
Cabinet appearance¶
| Key | Action | Several cabinets | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Next front: None → Left opening → Right opening → Two doors, then the same cycle with Inset | yes | Does not work on a corner cabinet |
| Shift+F | Hide the fronts | whole project | A button in the header brings the fronts back. Hidden fronts are left out of exports |
| D | Next drawer layout: None → Outer 1–5 → Inner 1–5 | yes | Does not work on a corner cabinet |
| L | Next legs: None → Rounded legs → Squared legs | yes | Also works on a corner cabinet |
| Shift+T | Next top: None → Standard → Double cross boards → Front cross board → Back cross board | yes | Does not work on a corner cabinet |
| U | Upper / lower cabinet: lifts the cabinet to the wall unit height (default 1430 mm) or lowers it to the floor | yes | Does not work on a corner cabinet |
| O | Open / close doors and drawers | no | The cabinet must have fronts or drawers |
Watch out
On a cabinet without fronts and drawers, Blender takes over the O key and switches on proportional editing. The next move then drags the neighbouring objects along too. Switch it off by pressing O again.
Position¶
| Key | Action | Several cabinets | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 3 | Move along X, Y or Z: move with the mouse or type a distance in mm, Enter confirms, Esc cancels | yes | |
| R | Turn the cabinet by 90°: 0° → 90° → 180° → 270° | no | At most one cabinet selected. Otherwise Blender rotates with the mouse |
View and display¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| M | Measures on / off in the whole project |
| W | Zoom to the selection |
| E | Zoom to everything |
| N | Sidebar with the EFS tabs on / off |
| Z | Viewport shading: Solid, Material Preview… (see Decors) |
| Alt+Z | X-ray view: dowels and drillings show |
| middle mouse button | Orbit the view |
| Shift + middle mouse button | Pan the view |
| mouse wheel | Zoom in and out |
| Num 1 Num 3 Num 7 | Front, right, top view |
| Num 5 | Perspective or orthographic view |
| Num 0 | View through the active camera (see One-click render) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Num 0 | Set the active camera to the current view |
Export¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Production package: cutting list, drawings, DXF, labels, assembly and the check in one go. The project must be saved or a folder chosen |
Blender keys you need¶
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Z | Undo the last action |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo what you undid |
| Ctrl+N | New project |
| Ctrl+O | Open a project |
| Ctrl+S | Save the project |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save the project under another name |
| Tab | Leave Edit Mode if you entered it by accident |
| Shift+A | The Add menu |
| Shift + click | Add to the selection or remove from it. The last one clicked is the active one |
| Alt + changing a field | The same value on all selected objects (see Working faster) |
| Alt+H | Show everything that is hidden |
| right-click | The cabinet menu: Add to the cabinet, duplicating, template, dismantling… |
| Esc | Cancel a move or turn in progress, stop a render or PDF drawing in progress, close the Project check window |
| F1 | The manual page for the button or field under the mouse (the same as right-click → Online Manual) |
| F9 | Adjust the last action: e.g. the number of sliding doors, the worktop thickness and overhang, the filler width (see Sliding doors) |
| H | Hide the selection in the view (it stays in the cutting list) |
| F2 | Rename the selected object, e.g. a camera |
| G then X or Y | Move the selection along an axis and type a distance (Blender's move) |
Watch out: the Delete key
Use X to delete a cabinet. Blender's Del key deletes only the selected board, so the cabinet is left without it.
Note
On objects that are not EFS cabinets (a lamp, a chair from the library), the R and O keys work as in Blender: rotation and proportional editing.
Keys only with the EFS tool
If the EFS keys get in your way while you do something else in Blender, switch on the EFS keys only with the EFS tool preference. It is in the preferences of the Easy Form Studio add-on (Edit → Preferences… → Add-ons), in the Keys box. The keys then work only while the EFS tool is selected in the toolbar.