3.13. Using the Keyboard

You can also use the keyboard to modify the direction from which you view your model in the graphics window. The "hot keys" that are available in Ansys Icepak are listed below. You can view help for these keys in the Message window by selecting the List shortcuts option under the Help menu, or by typing ? in the Ansys Icepak graphics window.


Note:  These hot-keys are case-sensitive.


  • Ctrl+a toggles active objects

  • Ctrl+c copies and moves selected objects or groups

  • Ctrl+e edits an object or postprocessing object

  • Ctrl+f finds in tree

  • Ctrl+h toggles shading of selected objects

  • Ctrl+l opens the main version of the model

  • Ctrl+m opens/closes the Model subtree

  • Ctrl+n creates a new project

  • Ctrl+o opens an existing project

  • Ctrl+p prints the screen

  • Ctrl+r performs a redo of one or more previously undone operations

  • Ctrl+s saves the project

  • Ctrl+t opens/closes the currently-selected tree node

  • Ctrl+v toggles object visibility

  • Ctrl+w toggles between solid, solid/wire, and wire shading of the model.

  • Ctrl+x moves selected objects

  • Ctrl+z performs an undo of the previous operation to the model

  • Delete deletes the current object

  • F1 displays the main help page for Ansys Icepak 

  • F5 sets the model’s wireframe offset

  • F6 sets the model’s wireframe offset to 0

  • F7 increments the model’s wireframe offset. This allows the lines in your model to be drawn at a different depth than the solid colors. Ansys Icepak will move the lines forward toward you.

  • F8 decrements the model’s wireframe offset. This allows the lines in your model to be drawn at a different depth than the solid colors. Ansys Icepak will move the lines away from you.

  • F9 toggles between interactive object resize feature and object menu.

  • Shift+f adjusts the Icepak graphics window to focus on the selected object in the model and displays it at full screen view.

  • Shift+i displays the isometric view of the model.

  • Shift+p displays the Preferences panel.

  • Shift+r displays the reverse view of the model.

  • Shift+x views the model toward the direction of the negative axis.

  • Shift+y views the model toward the direction of the positive axis.

  • Shift+z views the model toward the direction of the negative axis.

  • Shift+? prints the keyboard shortcuts in the Message window.

  • Shift+LMB creates a selector region in the Icepak graphics window by dragging the mouse to dynamically select object(s) within the region.

  • h selects the default view of your model directed along the negative axis.

  • s scales the view to fit the graphics window.

  • z allows you to focus on any part of your model by opening and resizing a window around the desired area. Position the mouse pointer at a corner of the area to be zoomed, hold down the left mouse button and drag open a selection box to the desired size, and then release the mouse button. The selected area will then fill the graphics window.

In addition, each menu in the Main Menu bar has a keyboard shortcut so that the menu and its options can be accessed using the keyboard. A combination of the Alt key and the underlined letter in the menu label will open the menu using the keyboard. You can then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to scroll through the menu’s options and sub-options.