The complete default set — 22 shortcuts in 3 groups, exactly as Trimble publishes it.
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| L | Line | Draws edges. The workhorse tool; every face in SketchUp starts as a closed loop of lines. |
| R | Rectangle | Draws a rectangular face. SketchUp's own table prints this row as "Rectangle/". |
| C | Circle | Draws a circle. Type a number before or after clicking to set the segment count. |
| A | 2 Point Arc | Draws an arc from two endpoints plus a bulge distance. |
| P | Push/Pull | Extrudes a face into 3D. The move that turns a flat rectangle into a wall. |
| F | Offset | Copies a face's edges inward or outward at a fixed distance. |
| G | Make Component | Wraps the selection into a reusable component. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Spacebar | Select | Returns to the Select tool. The default state between every other operation. |
| Shift + Spacebar | Lasso Select | Free-draws a selection boundary instead of a rectangular one. |
| M | Move | Moves the selection. Tap Ctrl mid-move to copy instead. |
| Q | Rotate | Rotates the selection around a protractor you place yourself. |
| S | Scale | Scales the selection using corner and face grips. |
| E | Eraser | Deletes edges. Drag across several without releasing to erase in bulk. |
| B | Paint Bucket | Applies the active material to a face, group, or component. |
| T | Tape Measure | Measures a distance and, on a face or edge, drops a guide line. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| O | Orbit | Rotates the camera around the model. |
| H | Pan | Slides the camera without rotating it. |
| Z | Zoom | Zoom tool. Drag vertically; the scroll wheel does the same thing. |
| Shift + Z | Zoom Extents | Frames the entire model in the viewport. |
| K | Back Edges | Shows hidden edges as dashed lines without leaving the current style. |
| I | Image Igloo | Photo Matching image control. SketchUp's table uses this exact label. |
| Shift + S | Search | Opens the search box for tools, commands, and extensions. |
Most CAD packages answer “what are the shortcuts?” with several hundred rows. SketchUp answers with twenty-two, and that is the whole official set — the page above is not a selection from a larger list, it is the list. The reason is that SketchUp leans on inference rather than on commands: you do not press a key to snap to a midpoint, you hover until the tooltip says Midpoint. So the default keys only need to cover tool selection, and one letter per tool is enough. L line, R rectangle, C circle, A arc, P push/pull, M move, Q rotate, S scale. Learn those eight and you have most of a modelling session.
Newcomers usually discover L and P on day one and then stop. Three more are worth deliberate practice. F is Offset, which copies a face’s outline inward at a fixed distance — the fastest way to turn a slab into a wall with thickness. G makes a component, and doing it early is the difference between a model you can edit and one where every window is a separate pile of edges. Shift + Z is Zoom Extents, the reset button for when you scroll and the model vanishes. Two more are worth knowing about even if you rarely press them: K shows back edges as dashed lines, which is how you check alignment through a solid, and I is the Photo Matching image control, which Trimble labels “Image Igloo” in its own table — an odd name we have kept because changing it would make the row impossible to match against the official page.
Yes, for defaults. Trimble’s Default Keyboard Shortcuts page lists twenty-two rows and this page mirrors all twenty-two. Every other command in SketchUp is reachable by keyboard only if you assign a key yourself, under Window › Preferences › Shortcuts on Windows or SketchUp › Settings › Shortcuts on macOS.
Because that is the literal text in Trimble’s table, trailing slash and all. We print it as Rectangle here and mention the original spelling so you can match this page against the source line by line.
Trimble states that the web version’s defaults are nearly identical to desktop. The safest check is to hover a tool in the web toolbar — the assigned key appears in the tooltip.
Both work. Holding the scroll wheel is the mouse route; O, H and Z are the keyboard equivalents for Orbit, Pan and Zoom, which matter on a trackpad or a pen tablet where there is no middle button to hold.
Shift + Z. It frames the entire model regardless of how far you have zoomed or panned, and it is the single most useful navigation key on the list.
Yes, all of them, and on Windows you can export the resulting set and import it on another machine. That is worth doing if you share a workstation, because a custom map that only lives in one profile will bite you.
Open your assistant with this page preloaded as the source — great for follow-up questions like "which of these work in other apps?"