Getting started
Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard and mouse shortcut in Arcvelle Studio: tools, selection, moving and rotating, copy and paste, undo, zoom and walk mode.
Shortcuts make drawing and arranging much faster. They work when the plan has focus and you are not typing in a field. On a Mac, use Cmd wherever Ctrl is shown.
Tools
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| V | Select tool |
| B | Room tool (drag a rectangle) |
| W | Wall tool (click corner by corner) |
| M | Measure tool |
| D | Place a door |
| N | Place a window |
| Esc | Cancel, return to Select and clear the selection |
Editing
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y | Redo |
| Delete or Backspace | Delete the selected wall, opening or furniture |
| Ctrl+A | Select all visible furniture |
| Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V | Copy and paste furniture |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate |
| R | Rotate selected furniture 90° |
| Shift+R | Rotate 15° |
| Arrow keys | Nudge 5 cm |
| Shift+arrow keys | Nudge 25 cm |
Mouse and touch
- Scroll to zoom the plan. On a touch screen, pinch with two fingers.
- Drag empty space to pan, or hold Space and drag. The middle or right mouse button also pans.
- Shift+click adds furniture to the selection or removes it. Shift+drag across empty space selects everything inside the box.
- Right-click a piece of furniture for Duplicate, Rotate 90°, Copy and Delete.
- Hold Alt while dragging or placing to turn off snapping.
- Hold Shift when you finish a room, a door or a piece of furniture to keep the tool active and place another.
- Double-click to finish a chain of walls.
Walk mode
In the 3D view's Walk mode, use W, A, S, D or the arrow keys to move, drag to look around and hold Shift to move faster. Plan shortcuts are paused while you walk, so switch back to Orbit to edit.
Tips and limits
- Esc also closes any open window, such as Render or Export.
- Rooms cannot be deleted with Delete because they are found from the walls. Delete walls instead. See Draw walls and rooms.