Tips and Ticks

[uninteressant2026]

Hi alltogether,

what about a collection of Tips and Tricks for Layerling.
I'll start with this:
If you want to drop multiple shapes on the workplane, but want to keep the relativ height, select all relevant shapes, press ctrl+g, press d, press ctrl+shift+g

Gruß
Ingo

[henmedia]

@uninteressant2026 nice tip, thank you! It works because D drops every selected part on its own, while a group is one part and lands as a whole. It gave me the idea for a shortcut: with the next update, Alt+D drops the selection as one piece, so the parts keep their heights to each other without the detour. I like the idea of a collection, so I moved this thread to Show and tell, where others can add theirs.

[cujo65-coder]

Is there a list of all these great shortcuts I keep seeing??

[henmedia]

@cujo65-coder yes, there is: in the editor, the Keyboard shortcuts button in the Help area of the ribbon opens the full list. It has a search box at the top, and its printer button prints the whole list on one sheet. The same list is in the guide: https://layerling.com/guide/shortcuts.html

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[uninteressant2026]

The next tip: use the keyboard shortcuts when ever possible. It's much faster than the mouse and yes, you'll get used to it.

[henmedia]

@uninteressant2026 Agreed, and it goes one step further: any command of the command search can go on a key of your own. Open Keyboard shortcuts, click Add a key under Your own keys, pick the command and press the key you want. How it works: https://layerling.com/guide/shortcuts.html#your-own-keys

[henmedia]

@uninteressant2026 Alt+D is out in layerling 1.153.0: it drops the selection as one piece, so stacked parts keep their heights to each other.