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Quickstart:
Keyboard Shortcuts

 

 

real-PCB contains a number of keyboard shortcut keys. These keys assist in moving around the PCB layout area and/or provide shortcuts for common tasks.

Zooming and Panning:

Z - Zoom in (at cursor position)
U - Zoom out (at cursor position)
P - Pan (pan the design centre to the location of the cursor)
A - View All (automatically display everything in the design)
1 to 9 and 0 - By pressing the numbers 1 to 9 and 0 you can quickly move to a different zoom level

Adding New Items:

F2 - Add Track
F3 - Add Wire Link
F4 - Add Pad
F6 - Add Copper Text
F7 - Add Silkscreen Text
F8 - Add Component

Working with Components / Pads:

D - Duplicate
R - Rotate
Delete - Delete
Alt+Enter - Display Properties

Working with Tracks:

D - Duplicate
Backspace - Delete last segment
Delete - Delete
Alt+Enter - Display Properties

Menu Shortuts:

Ctrl+X - Cut
Ctrl+C - Copy
Ctrl+V - Paste
Ctrl+Y - Redo
Ctrl+Z - Undo
Ctrl+N - New
Ctrl+O - Open
Ctrl+S - Save
Ctrl+P - Print
Ctrl+F - Find component
Alt+F4 - Close
Ctrl+F8 - Quality Check
Ctrl+F9 - Bill of Materials
F9 - Component Pane
F11 - Autoplace
F12 - Autoroute
Ctrl+F11 - Unplace
Ctrl+F12 - Unroute

Display:

F5 - Refresh Screen
G - Show/hide Grid

Help:

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