To create your own keyboard shortcuts, follow these steps: Select Window Preferences. In the System SketchUp Preferences dialog box that appears, select Shortcuts in the sidebar on the left. In the Function list box, select the command to which you want assign a keyboard shortcut. If your selection already has a keyboard shortcut assigned to. It’s not too complicated to create your own keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10. Just right-click the executable for whatever it is you want to create a shortcut to, click Properties, then enter your command into a box. (More on creating custom shortcuts here.).
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What are the most useful keyboard shortcuts in Cadence? With these bindkeys, you will be more productive and will work faster
Cadence Virtuoso is already a very complex EDA tool, so you will need months (and even years) to master and control it properly. If you know (and use) the keyboard shortcuts, you move one big step forward in the steep Cadence learning curve!!
In this list, I summarized the most useful keyboardshortcuts or hotkeys to use Cadence Virtuoso and Layout. I divided it into Schematic and layout, basic and advanced.
Learning bindkeys is the best way to be productive on this complex tool.
Contents
- Shortcuts for Cadence Virtuoso (Schematic)
- Layout editor
- How to create your own user-defined shortcuts
- The command
Shortcuts for Cadence Virtuoso (Schematic)
Basics
f –> Fit to screen. Autozoom the schematic to the size of your window
i –> insert an instance from the library
w –> add a wire
m –> move tool
c –> copy (also by holding SHIFT and dragging a component)
q –> edit parameters of the selected instance
l –> label a wire
ESC (or Cntrl+D) –> unselect the actual tool (unselect the currently selected device)
u –> undo an action
Shift+x –> Check + Save the schematic (important! after you “check + save” you can not undo to a previous state)
x –> schematic check
If you “check+ save” you see a prompt window which shows you the warnings, but you can not undo anymore. If want to check the warnings but maybe undo, but you may press only x.
Advanced
navigate
Shift+mouse scroll –> scroll the schematic horizontally
Ctrl+mouse scroll –> scroll the schematic vertically
Z or select a region with right mouse button –> zoom into a box with the mouse
Shift +E –> descend to an inner level (e –> descend to an inner level only read)
Cntrl +E –> ascend or exit to a upper level
Cntrl + TAB or Cntrl + Shift + Tab –> Move between tabs (same as in windows)
Cntrl + w –> close tab
Shift + Delete –> Comment out/uncomment a block
Shift + click –> Add component to selection
Ctril + click –> Delete component from selection
Comment the schematics
Shift+N –> insert a text note
N –> insert a shape
less used
P –> add a pin
(space bar) –> connect wires to the pins
Ctrl+mouse drag
–>Remove a component from the wires
By pressing Control key, you can move a component when it is attached to wires. You remove a component from the connected wires, without moving the wires.
Note: if you do the same but with the shift key, you will make a copy.
Mouse shortcuts
Many actions, can be done directly with your mouse buttons.
For that, pay attention to the top of the status bar (down of the window) and look for mouse shortcuts.
L: Left mouse button
M: middle button or press the roulette
R: Right mouse button
Using the plots or graphs
Ctrl+R –> reload or update the plots with new data
h –> new Horizontal marker
v –> new Vertical marker
m –> new point marker
Ctrl+E –> delete all the markers
Navigate
Ctrl+mouse scroll –> Y-scale zoom
Shift+mouse scroll –> Time-scale zoom
Layout editor
Basics
K(and Shift +K) –> add rules to measure distance ( delete all the rules)
F4 –> change between selecting edges or polygons
e –> options
r –> add a rectangle
p–> add a path
a –> align
Ctrl+F or Shift+F –> switch between visible and invisible instance layouts
Shift + G –> add a Guard Ring
Ctrl +Z or Shift +Z (also mouse wheel) –> zoom in/out
Advanced
X –> descend view (or double click)
Shift +B –> return or ascend view
Shift + M –> Merge two shapes
Shift + C –> Make a hole in a shape
How to create your own user-defined shortcuts
In Cadence, it is not so straightforward to create your user-defined key shortcuts like in another tools. At least on the current Cadence Virtuoso 6.17-64b Version
The command
Every action made in Cadence corresponds to a text function call or command.
First of all, we need to know the command. But we don’t know by heart the function that Cadence uses to do the action we want to make the shortcut.
Therefore, a small workaround:- Make the action
- Read the log
But… generally, the functions calls are filtered out from the CIW window. Yes, life is not easy!!!
To activate them:
In the CIW window –> Go to Options>>Log Filter
Then select to display everything (you can unselect all later).
From now on every action, menu or button you touch in Cadence, is kept registered. Wowww!!
Example for a custom Shortcut
In this example, I want to make the bindkey of “Create via” in the layout editor and attach it to the key ‘o’.
create via –> ‘o’
In this case, I open the Cadence Layout editor and go to the menu Create>>via. After that I go to the CIW log and read the function:
leHiCreateVia()
Now we go to Options>>Bindkeys…
In the layout section with a right mouse click you can create a ‘new bindkey’.
Later, add the key you want to bind and copy&paste the function.
Disclaimer: It is normal that the key you want to assign, is already defined by default to another function. As it can be seen in the next figure. Just remove or redefine the previous key assignation and press OK.
To save your Shortcuts and use it later or in another machine…
You always can store your own Bindkeys to export (or share) to other machine or system. You can save them into a *.il file and then load it from the .cdsinit file when starting up Cadence.
The .cdsinit file is used typically to define application bindkeys and to load customer-specific SKILL utilities.
Inboard 1 1 5 cylinder. The .cdsinit file looks like:
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To change the key or keys to be pressed for a keyboard shortcut:
- Open the Activities overview and start typing Settings.
- Click on Settings.
- Click Keyboard Shortcuts in the sidebar to open the panel.
- Click the row for the desired action. The Set shortcut window will be shown.
- Hold down the desired key combination, or press Backspace to reset, or press Esc to cancel.
There are a number of pre-configured shortcuts that can be changed, grouped into these categories:
Home folder | or or Explorer |
Launch calculator | or Calculator |
Launch email client | or Mail |
Launch help browser | Disabled |
Launch web browser | or or WWW |
Search | or Search |
Settings | Tools |
Hide all normal windows | Disabled |
Move to workspace above | Super+Page Up |
Move to workspace below | Super+Page Down |
Move window one monitor down | Shift+Super+↓ |
Move window one monitor to the left | Shift+Super+← |
Move window one monitor to the right | Shift+Super+→ |
Move window one monitor up | Shift+Super+↑ |
Move window one workspace down | Shift+Super+Page Down |
Move window one workspace up | Shift+Super+Page Up |
Move window to last workspace | Shift+Super+End |
Move window to workspace 1 | Shift+Super+Home |
Move window to workspace 2 | Disabled |
Move window to workspace 3 | Disabled |
Move window to workspace 4 | Disabled |
Switch applications | Super+Tab |
Switch system controls | Ctrl+Alt+Tab |
Switch system controls directly | Ctrl+Alt+Esc |
Switch to last workspace | Super+End |
Switch to workspace 1 | Super+Home |
Switch to workspace 2 | Disabled |
Switch to workspace 3 | Disabled |
Switch to workspace 4 | Disabled |
Switch windows | Disabled |
Switch windows directly | Alt+Esc |
Switch windows of an app directly | Alt+F6 |
Switch windows of an application | Disabled |
Copy a screenshot of a window to clipboard | Ctrl+Alt+Print |
Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard | Shift+Ctrl+Print |
Copy a screenshot to clipboard | Ctrl+Print |
Record a short screencast | Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R |
Save a screenshot of a window to Pictures | Alt+Print |
Save a screenshot of an area to Pictures | Shift+Print |
Save a screenshot to Pictures | Print |
Eject | (Eject) |
Launch media player | (Audio media) |
Next track | (Audio next) |
Pause playback | Cdock 1 1 1 download free. (Audio pause) |
Play (or play/pause) | (Audio play) |
Previous track | (Audio previous) |
Stop playback | (Audio stop) |
Volume down | (Audio lower volume) |
Volume mute | (Audio mute) |
Volume up | (Audio raise volume) |
Focus the active notification | Super+N |
Lock screen | Super+L |
Show the Power Off / Restart dialog | Ctrl+Alt+Delete |
Open the application menu | Super+F10 |
Restore the keyboard shortcuts | Super+Esc |
Show all applications | Super+A |
Show the activities overview | Alt+F1 |
Show the notification list | Super+V |
Show the overview | Super+S |
Show the run command prompt | Alt+F2 |
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Switch to next input source | Super+Space |
Switch to previous input source | Shift+Super+Space |
Decrease text size | Disabled |
High contrast on or off | Disabled |
Increase text size | Disabled |
Turn on-screen keyboard on or off | Disabled |
Turn screen reader on or off | Alt+Super+S |
Turn zoom on or off | Alt+Super+8 |
Zoom in | Alt+Super+= |
Zoom out | Alt+Super+- |
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Activate the window menu | Alt+Space |
Close window | Alt+F4 |
Hide window | Super+H |
Lower window below other windows | Disabled |
Maximize window | Super+↑ |
Maximize window horizontally | Disabled |
Maximize window vertically | Disabled |
Move window | Alt+F7 |
Raise window above other windows | Disabled |
Raise window if covered, otherwise lower it | Disabled |
Resize window | Alt+F8 |
Restore window | Super+↓ |
Toggle fullscreen mode | Disabled |
Toggle maximization state | Alt+F10 |
Toggle window on all workspaces or one | Disabled |
View split on left | Super+← |
View split on right | Super+→ |
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To create your own application keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard settings:
- Click the + button. The Add Custom Shortcut window will appear.
- Type a Name to identify the shortcut, and a Command to run an application. For example, if you wanted the shortcut to open Rhythmbox, you could name it Music and use the rhythmbox command.
- Click the row that was just added. When the Set Custom Shortcut window opens, hold down the desired shortcut key combination.
- Click Add.
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The command name that you type should be a valid system command. You can check that the command works by opening a Terminal and typing it in there. The command that opens an application cannot have the same name as the application itself.
If you want to change the command that is associated with a custom keyboard shortcut, click the name of the shortcut. The Set Custom Shortcut window will appear, and you can edit the command.