What is the hotkey for "Paste in place"?

Hello

Sorry to ask a basic question, but what is the keyboard shortcut for Paste in Place?

Nothing is listed here:

Nor here:

Thanks

That indicates there isn’t a hot key by default. You can make one, though, in Preferences. That’s what I did because I use it all the time.

Hello! Like Dave said, Paste in Place doesn’t have a predefined shortcut. I’d advise you to set the shortcut to Ctrl+Shift+V, like mine. That combination can be found in other 3D and 2D applications and it has become more or less a standard. Good luck!

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Thanks.

Can anyone tell me why Paste in Place doesn’t have a hotkey??
Surely Paste in Place is one of the most useful functions!

Because of this, I’ve inverted @VahePaulman suggestion in my preferences …

  • Ctrl + V → paste in place
  • Ctrl + Shfit + V → paste
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@Cotty what a rebel! Living dangerously…

(I’m going to do that too)

I use Alt+V easier to hit than 3 buttons. :wink:

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I use “ñ” a single key… Advantages of the Spanish keyboard, that key is usually never assigned

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on a mac, you can’t assign shortcuts with command, they are taken by apple.

so if cmd+v is paste, can’t have cmd+shift+v for paste in place

But as I do most of my classes on a pc, I have both ctrl and cmd muscle memory at the same time.

so cmd V is paste, and I added ctrl v as paste in place.

I also have assigned the letter “Ñ” as a shortcut, but not for paste in place, the shortcut for paste in place is just “V”

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v – same here, also c for copy, z for undo and y for redo.

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Actually I just figured, you press option + command + V, it will do past in place.

On a Mac, if you would like to use the command key in a shortcut, you can setup keyboard shortcuts for applications via System Settings. There you can achieve a command-shift-V shortcut which will work as intended in Sketchup.

Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts

  1. Add the Sketchup application to the list of custom app shortcuts.
  2. Type the name of the exact menu item “Paste in Place”
  3. Add your preferred shortcut.

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Why mess with the system settings, just set it up in SketchUp…

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As Ateliernab pointed out, you cannot specify the command key to use in a shortcut within SketchUp’s preferences.

If you DO want to use the command key, this is one method that would allow it to work.

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That’s fair.

But I just have Shift V setup in SketchUp for paste in place. One less key my fingers have to hit. I have Command Shift V setup with a text / string app that will paste without formatting, super useful for many things.

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Since other softwares totally allow you to use the command key on a mac, I wonder if this is another legacy quirk that the mac version has been carrying since the early days.

it’s a bit annoying to have to go to two separate places to set shortcuts.

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That’s like half the features / bugs of the software though!

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Yeah. It’s genetic for sure.

Is that new? I always used to make custom key combinations that used command, and still have at least one that still does.