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Practice SolidWorks keyboard shortcuts

Drill all 51 until you don't have to think about them.

drive the model without touching the mouse

Windows-only desktop CAD; mac keys mirror Windows because there is no Mac build. Covers SolidWorks' sparse default keyboard grammar (view, selection, tree, rebuild) and deliberately omits generic OS chords, the S-bar/CommandManager clicks, and mouse gestures — the real ground truth is Tools > Customize > Keyboard in your seat.

51 verified moves 6 levels macOS & Windows verified 2026-07-26
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The progression

Every deck is graded 1 to 6: level 1 is the reflex core, the top level is where the specialists live. One move from each, so you can see how far it goes.

  1. Level 12 moves

    Fire a context-relevant command without hunting through the menus

    S

    The S bar rebuilds around whatever you have selected, so it reaches most commands in one keystroke.

    …and 1 more at this level

  2. Level 210 moves

    Square up to the Front face for a clean orthographic read

    Ctrl+1

    The standard-view keys are contiguous, so orbiting by mouse stops being worth the effort.

    …and 9 more at this level

  3. Level 315 moves

    Flip round to the Back of the part

    Ctrl+2

    Completes the six-face set your thumb learns as one block.

    …and 14 more at this level

  4. Level 411 moves

    Rotate the view 90 degrees (any arrow direction works)

    Shift+ArrowRight

    Exact 90-degree steps land on faces without the drift of a free orbit.

    …and 10 more at this level

  5. Level 57 moves

    Roll the view about the screen axis (left or right arrow)

    Alt+ArrowRight

    Roll is the one rotation a mouse orbit cannot give you cleanly.

    …and 6 more at this level

  6. Level 66 moves

    Clear leftover graphics artifacts by refreshing the display

    Ctrl+R

    Redraws the screen without touching or recomputing geometry.

    …and 5 more at this level

How graduation works. Drill until every move in the deck holds at ≥95% first-try, under 800ms median, across two separate days. Then the deck is done — and you get a certificate stating exactly that, plus a LinkedIn credential in one click.

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