List of Shortcuts

Applies Everywhere

ctrl+n New Project Start a new project.
ctrl+o Open Project Open an existing project.
ctrl+s Save Project Save the currently opened project.
ctrl+shift+s Save As Project Save the currently opened project into a different location.
ctrl+shift+enter Add FolderAdd all images in the selected folder.
ctrl+enter Add ImagesAdd one, more or all images.
ctrl+shift+p Open Panels Open all panels related to the currently selected items.
F1 Help Open this help.
F3Control Points Add ground control points and matching image points.
F4Constraints Define distance between control points.
F5Start Create a complete 3D model.
shift+F5Abort Processing Abort the currently running process.
F6Align Images Calculate poses for all inputs.
ctrl+F6Draft Alignment Quickly estimate poses for all inputs.
ctrl+F7Preview Reconstruction Create a low detail 3D model very quickly.
F7Reconstruct Model Create a 3D model in normal detail.
F8Color Model Calculate a color for every triangle vertex.
F9Texture Model Calculate a model texture.
F11Ortho Projection Open the ortho projection tool/panel.
ctrl+a Select all Select all cameras or other objects.
ctrl+i Invert selection Deselect the current selection and at the same time select all objects which had not been selected.
ctrl+d Clear selection Deselect all objects.
ctrl+z, alt+backspace Undo Undo the last action.
ctrl+y Redo Revert the effects of the undo action.
ctrl+shift+~ Screen recording Start/stop a recording of a workflow in the application window.
ctrl+shift+F1/F2/F3/F4/F5 Remember Image Selection Remember up to 5 created image selections.
ctrl+shift+1/2/3/4/5 Set Image Selection Reuse previously remembered image selections.

Applies To a Selected View

ctrl+1 Blue Select the blue cursor in the active view.
ctrl+2 Green Select the green cursor in the active view.
ctrl+3 Magenta Select the magenta cursor in the active view.
ctrl+4 Coral Select the coral cursor in the active view.
hold space Camera Hold the space bar during any action to switch to a camera tool to move/pan/rotate/etc. the view camera.

Applies When Selecting Items

shift Add Add all items starting from the last previously selected item to the current selection.
ctrl Toggle Add a new item into an existing selection or remove the item if it is already in the selection.
ctrl+shift Remove Remove one or more items from the current selection.
hold 1 Make Blue Hold 1 when clicking on an item to assign it to the blue cursor. Not every item can be assigned.
hold 2 Make Green Hold 2 when clicking on an item to assign it to the green cursor. Not every item can be assigned.
hold 3 Make Magenta Hold 3 when clicking on an item to assign it to the magenta cursor. Not every item can be assigned.
hold 4 Make Coral Hold 4 when clicking on an item to assign it to the coral cursor. Not every item can be assigned.

Applies To Image View 2D

Next Show next image.
Previous Show previous image.
Page Up Next by 20 Show the next twentieth image.
Page Down Previous by 20 Show the previous twentieth image.
SHIFT+ → Next under component Show the next image in the selected component.
SHIFT+ ← Previous under component Show the previous image in the selected component.
Next under control point Show the next image of the selected control point.
Previous under control point Show the previous image of the selected control point.
F Frame Selection Frame a view to the selected control points.
R Reset View Reset a view to its default state.
ctrl+C Copy Filename to Clipboard Copy the filename of a selected image to clipboard.
tab Switch Layer Switch between image layers, e.g. image and intensity images, textures or depth maps.
D/E Disable / Enable Disable/enable the selected image.
CTRL+Insert Add to selection Add the displayed images into the current selection.
CTRL+Delete Remove from selection Remove the displayed images from the current selection.
CTRL+7 View Epipolar Geometry Activates the ray-of-sight tool.
CTRL+6 View Features Show image features / tie points.

Applies in Scene View 3D

F Frame selection Place the pivot in the middle of selection. If nothing is selected, zoom the camera to the pivot.
A Frame all Move the camera to see all.
C Select camera by a lasso Select cameras by the camera lasso tool.
shift+C Select camera by a rectangle Select cameras by the camera rect(angle) tool.
X Find points from cameras After camera selection, mark all sparse points seen by selected cameras.
D Select points by a lasso Applicable just to aligned models which have not been reconstructed yet.
shift+D Select points by a rectangle Applicable just to aligned models which have not been reconstructed yet.
S Find cameras Marks all cameras seeing selected sparse points.
E Expand point selection Expand your selection of 3D points visible by a set of cameras with all points seen by these cameras.
B Create a clipping box Restrict rendering to a box.
shift+B Clear the clipping box Remove the created clipping box.
ctrl+B Edit the clipping box Show and adjust the created clipping box.
ctrl+shift+U Show the reconstruction region Show and adjust the reconstruction region.
R View reset Reset the 3D view to its original position and rotation.
I Component inspector Activate the Inspect tool.
P Center the pivot Set the pivot in the middle of a selection.
shift+P Clear the pivot Completely remove the pivot from the scene.
escape Exit an action. Deactivate the current context widget (selection etc.)
ctrl+L Lock camera pose(s) for alignment Lock selected camera poses in a component.
ctrl+R Disable an image Disable/enable an image selected in the 3D view for further processing.
ctrl+E Enable displaying cameras Enable/disable displaying positions of cameras.
ctrl+H Hide selected cameras Hide selected cameras.
shift+H Show selected cameras Show hidden selected cameras.
ctrl+shift+H Unhide all cameras Unhide all previously hidden cameras.
enter Set the camera view Set the view camera to the pose of a camera selected by the cursor
0 (numpad) Set the 3D view to a perspective view Show a perspective of a model.
1 (numpad) Set the 3D view to a parallel view Show a parallel projection of a model.
2 (numpad) Set the 3D view to the top view Show the top of a model.
3 (numpad) Set the 3D view to the bottom view Show the bottom of a model.
4, 5, 6, 7 (numpad) Set the 3D view to a side view Show side(s) of a model.

Applies To Console

ctrl+C Copy to Clipboard Copy the content of the console to clipboard.

General Gestures

right-mouse button Back/Cancel Return to the previous step or cancel the tool.
hold shift+run the application Reset settings Reset the application settings to default.