Keyboard Shortcuts

The following table describes the keyboard shortcuts are available in FlexSim:

Action	Keyboard shortcut	Notes
Create an input/output port connection between two 3D objects	Press and hold the A or J key while clicking on the two 3D objects	See Adding and Removing Ports for more information
Remove a port connection between two 3D objects	Press and hold the Q or U key while clicking on the two 3D objects	See Adding and Removing Ports for more information
Create a center port connection between two 3D objects	Press and hold the S or K key while clicking on the two 3D objects	See Adding and Removing Ports for more information
Remove a center port connection between two 3D objects	Press and hold the W or I key while clicking on the two 3D objects	See Adding and Removing Ports for more information
Connect network nodes or traffic controllers	Press and hold the D key while clicking on the network nodes and/or traffic controllers
Disconnect network nodes or traffic controllers	Press and hold the E key while clicking on the network nodes and/or traffic controllers
Change or view information on the 3D object	Press and hold the X or B key while clicking on the 3D object	The network node will switch the whole network through different viewing modes. The X key also creates new spline points on a network path. Racks will also toggle through different viewing modes.
View input/output port connections	Press and hold the V key while clicking on the 3D object	If the mouse button is released first, then the information will disappear, but if the V key is released first, the information will persist.
View center port connections	Press and hold the C key while clicking on the 3D object	If the mouse button is released first, then the information will disappear, but if the V key is released first, the information will persist.
Create library objects	Press and hold the F key while clicking a 3D object in the Library, then clicking in the model
Create and connect library objects	Press and hold the R key will clicking a 3D object in the library, then clicking in the model multiple times	The new objects will be automatically connected
Ignore objects	Press and hold the Alt key	Causes all objects in the 3D view to ignore any mouse clicks. This can be useful for moving around in a view with a lot of objects. You can also click and hold the middle mouse button and drag to move around the view, ignoring all objects.

Hot Keys and Accelerators

The following table describes the hot keys that are available in FlexSim:

Action	Keyboard shortcut	Notes
Start and stop the model run	Ctrl + space
Reset the model	Ctrl + left arrow
Step to the next model event	Ctrl + right arrow
Increase the simulation run speed	Ctrl + up arrow
Decrease the simulation run speed	Ctrl + down arrow
Find text in the open view	Ctrl + F
Find and replace text in the open view	Ctrl + H
Copy the selected objects to the clipboard	Ctrl + C
Cut the selected objects to the clipboard	Ctrl + X
Paste the objects to the clipboard	Ctrl + V
Open a new tabbed document window	Ctrl + T	The kind of window that is open will depend on what is the currently active document window
Switch to the next window tab	Ctrl + Tab
Switch to the previous window tab	Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Scale the selected objects up by 5%	Ctrl + L
Scale the selected objects down by 5%	Ctrl + K
Add a keyframe to the presentation builder	Ctrl + Shift + D
Close the active document window or floating window	Ctrl + W
Switch environments	Ctrl + Alt + E	If an environment is currently active, exit the environment, otherwise, enter the Minimal environment.
Open the Command Helper and search for the selected text	F1
Switch in and out of Full Screen Mode (3D View)	F11
Take a screenshot of the active view	P	Saves it to projects folder/screenshots (adds pointer data if highlighted a node in the tree)

Tree Window Shortcuts

The following table describes the shortcuts that are available in the Tree Window:

Action	Keyboard shortcut	Notes
Insert a new node after	Spacebar
Insert a new node into	Enter
Delete selected nodes	Delete
Add number data to the highlighted node	N
Add string data to the highlighted node	T
Add object data to the highlighted node	O
Add pointer data to the highlighted node	P
Delete node data	Shift + Delete