12. Keyboard shortcuts and FAQ
Keyboard shortcuts in the floor plan editor
| Key | Effect |
|---|---|
| V | Select (Shift + click: add / remove element; dragging from an empty area: rectangle selection) |
| W | Wall |
| D / A | Door / Window |
| R | Room |
| E | Device (symbol) |
| C | Cable route |
| L | Stairs |
| F | Riser |
| B | Furnishing (sanitary fitting, appliance, furniture) |
| X / Shift + X | Mirror (selected device: the symbol; multiple selection: vertical / horizontal axis; while placing: the element being placed) |
| Q | Rotate by 90° (while placing, on a selected device, or on a multiple selection about its center) |
| Shift | Right angle (wall, cable route); vertical/horizontal in wall elevation |
| Alt | Free movement in wall elevation |
| Arrow keys (Shift: tenfold) | Move the selection by one grid step |
| Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V / Ctrl+D | Copy / paste at the cursor / duplicate with a 500 mm offset |
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y (or Ctrl+Shift+Z) | Undo / Redo |
| Ctrl+G | Group (multiple selection) |
| Ctrl+Shift+G | Ungroup |
| Alt + click | Select a single element of a group |
| U | Measure tool |
| Ctrl+K | Command palette: tools and actions in the editor; pages, settings, help chapters, projects and calculators on any page |
| Del or Backspace | Delete |
| Esc | End of chain, clear selection, back to the floor plan |
| Tab / Shift + Tab | Keyboard selection: on the focused canvas, jumps to the next / previous element (device, cable route, room, note); a screen reader announces the selected element |
| Enter (on a selected element) | Opens the element's properties panel; Esc returns to the canvas |
| Skip to content | The first Tab on a page: skips the menu and jumps to the main content (accessibility statement: /akadalymentesseg) |
| Enter | Finish drawing (cable route, room); when drawing walls, apply the typed length |
| PageUp / PageDown | Switch between walls in wall elevation |
| Space + drag or middle button | Pan the drawing |
| Wheel | Zoom around the cursor |
Frequently asked questions
Why does something not appear in the take-off? The take-off calculates from the saved drawing. Save the drawing and look at the warnings: the device or cable route must belong to a price list item (on the Symbols and Material take-off rules pages), and the item must exist in the Price list.
I cannot place a device in the distribution board. The price list item must have module data on the Module data page (kind, width, number of poles, rated current…).
The quotation total does not match the take-off. Recalculation leaves “manually overridden” rows alone. The Reset button resets the row to the value calculated from the drawing.
The drawing “was changed elsewhere in the meantime”. Someone else has also edited the same drawing (or you did in another tab). Keep the other version brings in the saved state (your own changes are lost), Keep my version saves yours.
A device or cable has disappeared from the drawing. Look at the What to show menu: the layer may be hidden. Clicking a finding of the check makes the layer visible again automatically.
The designation of the device is “?”. The designation is calculated from the saved drawing; save the drawing.
Which browser should I use? A modern, up-to-date browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox). The PDF is made from the browser's print function.
I have found a bug, or I have an idea. Where can I write? With the Feedback button in the bottom right corner: enter your name and e-mail address, write your message, and the program sends it to the site operator; you receive the reply at the address you gave. The button is also available without logging in. In the floor plan editor the button is not shown (so that it does not cover the drawing): go back to the project page from there.
How do I get to know the program quickly? The buttons at the top of the Help page offer two walkthroughs. The Tour highlights, on the real interface and on a ready-made apartment, the menu, the project page, the parts of the editor, the take-off, the schedules, the board views, site mode and printing. The Practice first plays back how a room is made on an empty practice floor, then you draw it yourself; the program detects from the drawing when a step is done. Both create a “Guided tour – apartment” sample project in your account (you can archive it at the end); apart from the practice floor they do not touch your other drawings, and they save nothing by themselves. You can pause, leave and restart them at any time.
Does the program support the US NEC? Partly, in beta: on the project page under More settings the electrical code system can be set to NEC (USA). The program knows the common residential rules (GFCI/AFCI, 20 A circuits, receptacle spacing, load center, dwelling load calculation) but not the whole standard; the local authority (AHJ) and the NEC in force decide. See the Designing to the NEC chapter.
Can I use feet and inches?
Yes: on the project page under More settings the unit system can be Imperial (ft, in). You can enter lengths as 12'6", 12'-6 1/2", 150" or 12.5'.
Is the design suitable for permitting? The program is an aid, not a permit document. The designer must check conformity against the authority and the standard in force; compare the US (NEC) values with the text of the official edition.
How can I fix a wrong translation? Open the language selector, choose Improve translation…, find the text by its wording or key and send your suggestion. An administrator reviews it, and after approval it appears with a later update. You can follow the state of your suggestions in the same window.
Can I ask an AI assistant about the program? Yes, but only when signed in: on the Help page, on the chapter pages and with the Ask button in the drawing editor header. The assistant answers from the help; the answer is an informative AI answer, so double-check it. It does not give sizing or standard values: use the program's calculators for that. There is a daily question limit, and it only answers questions about the program: after an unrelated question you have to wait a few minutes before the next one. Do not enter personal data: the service does not store the text of your question, but it is passed to an external AI provider for processing.
What can the program not do yet?
- Copying walls, openings or rooms into a block (a whole floor is transferred by copying the floor).
- Automatic history between revisions (only explicitly issued revisions are stored), branching and merging, versioning of underlays, deleting a revision.
- Not every country's symbol set has its own drawings (see the Symbols chapter).
Nature of the calculations. The electrical sizing, the checks and the room minimums are informative and reflect practice; they do not replace the designer's professional responsibility or checking against the standards in force.