You can use the following tips and shortcuts when creating your work instructions in WorkLink Create.

 

Camera Controls/ Scene Navigation

Looking around

• Drag with right mouse button (RMB)
• Or, press ALT (Option key on Mac) and drag with left mouse button (LMB)

Panning

• Drag with middle mouse button (MMB)
• Or, press ALT (Option key on Mac) and drag with middle mouse button (MMB)
• Or, use CTRL and drag with right mouse button (RMB) (Useful for 2-button mouse setups)

Zooming

• Use the scroll wheel
• Or, press ALT (Option key on Mac) and drag with right mouse button (RMB)

Using keyboard shortcuts to move

• Hold RMB and use W (forward),A (left),S (backwards),D (right),Q (up),E (down) to move the camera around.
• Hold SHIFT to double speed.

 

Gizmo

Use W,E,R change gizmo modes to translate/rotate/scale.

• W - Translate

• E - Rotate

• R - Scale

• Q - Hide Gizmo

• X - Change spaces (Local/Global)

• Drag with Left Mouse Button to orbit around a focused object (hotkey “f” a selected object in the viewport or double-click on an object in the step hierarchy). Learn more: What is a Pivot Point/How to manipulate the Pivot Point of an object.

 

Snap to grid

• Ctrl + Shift + gizmo drag.

• It rounds up the position and increments in steps of 1

 

Action History

• Undo : Windows and Mac = CTRL + Z  (Alternatively on Mac, CMD + Z)

• Redo : Windows and Mac= SHIFT + CTRL + Z (Alternatively on Mac, SHIFT + CMD + Z)

• Click an action to quickly “jump” to it

Note: Deleting an object/file and right clicking on Mac is slightly different.

• Delete using Keyboard: Fn + delete button (backspace)

• Right Clicking using trackpad: 2 touches and a click

• Right Clicking using Mouse: Hold down CTRL + click the mouse.

 

Timeline

• Adding of time bars to channels can be done by recording or by right-clicking in the channel and choosing a fragment.

• Positioning time bars (drag the fragment itself left-right in the channel lane.)

• Resizing time bars (drag the edges of the fragment to make it shorter/longer.)

• Zooming the timeline horizontally with shift + mouse wheel.

• Zooming the timeline vertically with alt + mouse wheel.

• Timeline playback/pausing (click the PLAY / PAUSE button)

• Time scrubbing (click and drag on the time strip - where the time markers are - to set the current time point.)

• Drag loop marker (blue marker) to define the looping point.

Snap Settings

• Snap settings are applied when using ctrl in combination with the gizmo (rotate, translate, scale).

 

List of all hotkeys or keyboard shortcuts

Transform Gizmo

Hotkey Name	Command
Pivot Toggle	Z
Rotate	E
Scale	R
Space Toggle	X
Translate	W
Visibility Toggle	Q

 

Camera Utilities

Hotkey Name	Command
Align To View	Ctrl + Shift + F
Focus Selected	F
Restore Default Orientation	Home
Toggle Camera Projection Mode	O

 

Camera Movement

Hotkey Name	Command
Move Backwards	S + RMB
Move Downwards	Q + RMB
Move Forwards	W + RMB
Move Left	A + RMB
Move Right	D + RMB
Move Upwards	E + RMB

 

Window

Hotkey Name	Command
Add Scene View	Ctrl + Alt + V
AR Trackers	Alt + A
Asset Library	Alt + L
Attachments	Ctrl + Shift + K
ChatGPT	Ctrl + Alt + C
Close All	Ctrl + Space
Form Editor	Ctrl + Alt + F
History	Ctrl + Alt + H
IoT	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I
Object Groups	Alt + G
Object Properties	Alt + O
Project Health	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H
Revisions Editor	Ctrl + Alt + R
Sequence Editor	Alt + S
Show Help	Alt + H
Step Actions	Ctrl + Shift + A
Step Conditions	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C
Step Hierarchy	Alt + H
UI Editor	Alt + U
UI Editor (beta)	Alt + Ctrl + U

 

Workspace

Hotkey Name	Command
All Windows Workspace	Alt + 3
Animating	Alt + Shift + 7
Default Workspace	Alt + 0
Multi View Workspace	Alt + 2
My Default	Alt + Shift + 5
Quiz	Alt + Shift + 8
Save Custom Workspace	Alt + Shift + S
Template Editing	Alt + Shift + 6
Timeline Editing Workspace	Alt + 1

 

Scenario

Hotkey Name	Command
Create New Sequence	Alt + Shift + N
Create New Step	Alt + N
Delete the Selected Connection	Delete
Navigate to Next Sequence	Alt + PageDown
Navigate to Next Step	PageDown
Navigate to Previous Sequence	Alt + PageUp
Navigate to Previous Step	PageUp

 

General

Hotkey Name	Command
Simulate Current Step	Shift + Space
Start/Stop Simulation	Space
Toggle UI Visibility	U

 

Timeline

Hotkey Name	Command
Create Timeline Record	K
Play/Pause Timeline	Shift + T
Select Next Timebars	Shift + .
Select Previous Timebars	Shift + ,
Start/Stop Recording	Alt + R

 

Object Visibility

Hotkey Name	Command
Hide Selected	Ctrl + Shift + H
Hide Selected Tree	Ctrl + H
Isolate Selected	Ctrl + I
Unhide All	Ctrl + U
Unhide Selected	Ctrl + Shift + U