2D Quick Reference

Cut

Ctrl+X

Copy

Ctrl+C

Paste

Ctrl+V

Multiple Paste

Shift+Ctrl+V

Delete

Delete object, retain Connector

Ctrl+D or Delete

Ctrl+Del

Open

Ctrl+O

Close

Alt+F4

Print

Ctrl+P

Update Dialog/Refresh

F5

Open Method objects that you entered as controls in objects, etc.

F2 or Shift+double-click

Create Control

F4

Prevent an Open control from being executed while opening the dialog of an object by double-clicking

Hold down Alt and double-click the icon of the object

Abort the simulation when Plant Simulation hangs. Plant Simulation is running in the foreground. Create an emergency copy with unsaved changes

Ctrl+Alt+Shift left

Abort the simulation when Plant Simulation hangs. Plant Simulation is not running in the foreground. Create an emergency copy with unsaved changes

Ctrl+Alt+Shift right

Open sub-table contained in a cell in a list of an object

Shift+double-click cell

Find a Command

Alt+O

Select All

Ctrl+A

Open the EventDebugger

Hold down Shift and click the icon of the EventController in the Frame

Debug all methods and formulas, which are executed while the EventController processes an event

Shift+click Step

Find and select object in Frame

Start typing the name of the object in the Frame window

Move object/vector graphic object one pixel at a time

Arrow keys

Move object/vector graphic object one grid unit at a time

Shift+arrow keys

Rotate an object in 15° increments clockwise or counter-clockwise

Ctrl+right arrow or Ctrl+left arrow

Rotate an object in 45° increments clockwise or counter-clockwise

Ctrl+Shift+right arrow or Ctrl+Shift+left arrow

Change size and shape of an object icon

Ctrl+Shift, grab corner or side of icon and drag

Connect several objects one after the other without having to return to the Toolbox each time you established a connection

Hold down Ctrl while you establish the connection

Set a straight Connector

Shift+set Connector

Open the preceding/succeeding Frame of Interfaces

Shift+double-click the Interface

Modify size of the icon of an inserted object in the Frame

Ctrl+Shift+drag icon border

Open the Frame you double-clicked and close the Frame it is contained in

Shift+double-click a Frame located within a Frame

Close the active Frame and open the location

Shift+double-click the button Open Location in a Frame

Merge objects in Class Library

Hold the Alt key and the left mouse button down, click the replacing object, drag it over the object to be replaced, and drop it

Merge folders in Class Library

Hold the Alt key and the left mouse button down, click the replacing folder, drag it over the folder to be replaced, and drop it

Replace instance with class

Alt+drag class object on instance and drop it there

Replace the source code of all Methods with new syntax

hold down Shift+click Basis with the right mouse button in Class Library and select the command

Revert all Objects to Standard Graphics

hold down Shift+click Basis with the right mouse button in Class Library and select the command

Zoom contents of Frame

hold down Ctrl+Shift and drag a marquee around the objects with the left mouse button or hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel up to zoom in hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel down to zoom out

Quick zoom contents of Frame in steps of 100 percent

Hold down Shift while clicking. To return to a zoom factor of 100 percent, hold down Shift while clicking.

Set last station of balanced line (Cycle)

Shift+drag last station onto Cycle and drop it there

Create a tugger train

Right-click first and last Transporter

Set the starting point of a straight segment.

left mouse button

Set the starting point of a curved segment.

Ctrl+left mouse button

Deactivate the Snap To Grid feature.

Alt+left mouse button

Draw a straight segment horizontally or vertically and to deactivate Snap To Grid.

Shift+left mouse button

Prevent that Plant Simulation uses the end angle of an existing polycurve as start angle when you create a new polycurve by clicking on the end segment of an existing one

Hold down the Alt key

Terminate Insert mode.

right mouse button

Terminate Insert mode and insert a new curved object of the same class without having to select it in the Toolbox again.

Ctrl+right mouse button, then left mouse button

Draw the last straight segment horizontally or vertically and to deactivate Snap To Grid. The right mouse button just refers to the last anchor point.

Shift+right mouse button

Terminate Insert mode and delete the curved Conveyor, Track, FootPath.

Esc

Insert length-oriented object as a curved object against the default values

Shift+first click of the left mouse button

Open Sensors dialog

Alt+double-click the red Sensor line on Conveyor/Track

Copy object in Class Library

Ctrl+drag object into Frame window

Derive object in Class Library

Ctrl+Shift+drag object into the Frame window

Replace object in Class Library

Alt+drag the object onto object to be replaced and drop it there

Move object in a folder in the tree window

Hold down Shift and select object, drag it to new location and drop it there

Move folder in tree window

Hold down Shift, select the folder, drag it over the folder above which you want to sort it and drop it there

Move folder to a different folder in tree window

Hold down Shift, select the folder, and drag it over the folder into which you want to place it and drop it there

Open dialog Manage Class Library

Hold down Shift or Ctrl while creating a new model

Show in which file and in which directory the libraries are stored

Hold down Shift+Ctrl while you open the dialog Manage Class Library

Exit

Alt+F4

Switch to Debugger

F12

Ignore Breakpoints

Ctrl+1

Ignore Errors

Ctrl+2

Stop on Controls

Ctrl+3

Stop on Subroutines

Ctrl+4

Activate Profiler

Shift+F6

Show Profile

F6

Reset Profiler

Ctrl+F6

Move the icon of an object to a new location in objects window

Shift+click object with the left mouse button+drag object to new location

Open

Ctrl+O

Open Origin

Home

Open Class

Alt+Home

Show Origin

Shift+Home

Show Statistics Report

F6

Show Attributes and Methods

F8

Rename

F2

Edit Controls

F12

Edit Observers

Shift+F12

User-defined attributes

F11

Rename Frame

F4

Find Object

F3

Help on Frame

F1

Help on Selected Object

Shift+F1

Mirror Vertically

Ctrl+W

Mirror Horizontally

Ctrl+H

Rotate

Ctrl+T

Double size

Ctrl+Num *

Original Size

Ctrl+Num -

Half size

Ctrl+/

Align to Grid

Ctrl+G

Edit Icons

Ctrl+I

Previous Icon

Ctrl+Page up

Next Icon

Ctrl+Page down

Go to Origin

Ctrl+Pos1

Open Class

Alt+Pos1

Refresh

F5

Show Statistics Report

F6

Show Attributes and Methods

F8

Contents

Shift+F8

Forward Blocking List

F9

Exit Blocking List

Shift+F9

Edit Controls

F12

Edit Observers

Shift+F12

Help on Object

Shift+F1

Open the dialog User-defined Attributes of the selected user-defined attribute

Return

Create a new user-defined attribute

Insert

Delete the selected user-defined attribute

Delete

Open the window of a user-defined attribute of data type object, method, table, list, stack or queue

F2

Just show the items of a single category

Shift+click the respective button on the toolbar

Import

Ctrl+O

Print

Ctrl+P

Apply Changes

F7

Find

Ctrl+F

Replace

Ctrl+H

Incremental Search

Ctrl+I

Find Next

F3

Find Previous

Shift+F3

Temporarily mark expression

Shift+F2

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Cut

Ctrl+X

Copy

Ctrl+C

Paste

Ctrl+V

Select All

Ctrl+A

Decrease Line Indent

Alt+<

Increase Line Indent

Alt+>

Duplicate Line

Ctrl+D

Delete Line

Ctrl+Shift+D

Copy Line

Ctrl+Shift+C

Cut Line

Ctrl+Shift+X

Move Line Up

Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow

Move Line Down

Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow

Toggle Comment

Ctrl+Shift+Q

Comment

Ctrl+K

Uncomment

Ctrl+Shift+K

Reformat Selection

Alt+C

Auto Complete

Ctrl+Spacebar or Shift+Ctrl+Spacebar

Rename

F4

User-defined Attributes

F6

Run

F5

Debug

F11

Class Breakpoint

F9

Instance Breakpoint

Shift+F9

Switch to Debugger

F12

Toggle Bookmarks

Ctrl+F2

Clear All Bookmarks

Alt+F2

Go to Next Bookmark

F2

Go to Previous Bookmark

Shift+F2

if…then

Ctrl+Shift+I

if…then…else

Ctrl+Shift+E

if…then…elseif

Ctrl+Shift+S

inspect… when

Ctrl+Shift+N

inspect…when…else

Ctrl+Shift+L

while…loop

Ctrl+Shift+W

repeat…until

Ctrl+Shift+R

for…next

Ctrl+Shift+F

select a single word

double-click the word

select a line

triple-click the line

select all text in the window

Ctrl+A or click the mouse button four times

move the selected text

drag the mouse to new location, and drop text

insert a line break if the source code is too long to fit on one line

enter a backslash \ at the appropriate location

enter comment explaining the source code

enter two hyphens -- at the beginning of the line

start a comment that spans several lines

enter a forward slash and an asterisk /*, type in the comment

end a comment that spans several lines

enter an asterisk and a forward slash */

increase the font size

Ctrl plus +

Ctrl and roll mouse wheel forwards

reset the font size to the standard of 10 points

Ctrl plus 0

decrease the font size

Ctrl plus -

Ctrl and roll mouse wheel backwards

scroll horizontally

Ctrl plus roll the mouse wheel

insert or delete a class breakpoint

F9

insert or delete an instance breakpoint

Shift+F9

activate or deactivate breakpoints

Ctrl+F9

open dialog Breakpoint Settings

Ctrl+B

Stop On > Stop on Controls

Ctrl+1

Stop On > Stop on Formulas

Ctrl+2

Stop On > Stop on Subroutines

Ctrl+3

Stop On > Ignore Breakpoints

Ctrl+4

Stop On > Ignore Errors

Ctrl+5

Stop On > Ignore Errors in Formulas

Ctrl+6

Step Over

F10

Step In

F11

Step Out

Shift+F11

Continue

F5

Run to Cursor

Shift+F10

Set Next Statement

Ctrl+F10

Terminate Simulation

Ctrl+T

Restart Simulation

Ctrl+R

Class Breakpoint

F9, Ctrl+click right mouse button

Instance Breakpoint

Shift+F9, Ctrl+Shift+click right mouse button

Watch Window

F12

Open

Ctrl+O

Save

Ctrl+S

Print

Ctrl+P

Select All

Ctrl+A

Find

Ctrl+F

Replace

Ctrl+H

Evaluate

Ctrl+U

Rename

F4

User-defined attributes

F6

Move active cell

Shift+arrow keys

Open sub-table contained in a cell in a list of an object

Shift+double-click cell

Autofit selection in columns

Double-click column separator in column header

Move one cell down

Enter

Move one cell up

Shift+Enter

Move one cell to the right

Tab

Move one cell to the left

Shift+Tab

Jump to the start of the cell below the current cell

Ctrl+Enter

Select a range of cells

Shift+Cursor Up/Down/Left/Right

New

Ctrl+N

Open

Ctrl+O

Save

Ctrl+S

Apply Changes

F7

Size

Ctrl+I

Cut Image

Ctrl+X

Copy Image

Ctrl+C

Paste Image

Ctrl+V

Paste Area

Ctrl+Alt+V

Sample Color

Ctrl+A

Overview

F12

Edit Class

Ctrl+D

Number of Events

Ctrl+M

Show Animation Numbers

Ctrl+W

Overview

F12

Clipart Library

Ctrl+L

Apply bold face to the selected text

Ctrl+B

Italicize the selected text

Ctrl+I

Increase the indent of the selected text by one indent level

Ctrl+M

Decrease the indent of the selected text by one indent level

Ctrl+Shift+M

Insert a nonbreaking space (nonbreaking spaces are not wrapped and double-nonbreaking spaces are not removed)

Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen

Insert a page break, which is only visible in the printed report

Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Select an object/object attribute to be displayed

Ctrl+K

Insert/remove the markup for a heading of level 1

Ctrl+1

Insert/remove the markup for a heading of level 2

Ctrl+2

Insert/remove the markup for a heading of level 3

Ctrl+3

Insert/remove the markup for a heading of level 4

Ctrl+4

Insert/remove the markup for a heading of level 5

Ctrl+5

Insert/remove the markup for a heading of level 6

Ctrl+6

Remove all markups for headings

Ctrl+0

Insert the markup for centering a line

Ctrl+E

Insert a soft hyphen/syllable hyphen to enable hyphenating words

Ctrl+-