Cadence Virtuoso Shortcuts

1. Schematic Editor Shortcuts
2. Layout Editor Shortcuts
3. Bindkeys File

Schematic Editor

Creating a schematic

• W - Draw a wire;
• Shift + W - Draw a wide wire (bus);
• L - Label a wire;
• P - Create a pin;
• Q - Open instance properties;
• T - Click on net to edit name in place;
• Del - Delete selected component;
• Space - Select instance and press. Nets with names will be generated;
• R - Rotate object;
• Shift + R - Mirror instance horizontally;
• Ctrl + R - Mirror instance vertically;
• Ctrl + Drag - Move object without connected nets;
• Shift + Drag - Create an object copy;
• Mouse button - Change net snap (allows to draw diagonal wires);
• I - Insert new instance;
• Shift + Del - Comment/uncomment instance;
• Esc - Unselect current tool;

Commenting and actions

• Shift + X - Check and Save the schematic;
• X - Save the schematic;
• U - Undo;
• Shift + U - Redo;
• N - Create a note shape;
• Shift + N - Create a text note;

Navigation through the hierarchy

• Shift + E - Descent to the level below (edit mode);
• E - Descent to the level below (read-only);
• Ctrl + E - Ascend to the level up;
• F - Fit schematic to scale;

Settings

• O - Display settings;
• F3 - Current function options;

Schematic Bindkeys Cheatsheet (A4) download

Plots

• V - Create a vertical marker (bar);
• H - Create a horizontal marker (bar);
• M - Create data marker;
• A, B - Create two markers and measure the difference ($\Delta x$ and $\Delta y$);
• Ctrl + R - Reload data (i.e. after you've resimulated your circuit);
• Ctrl + E - Delete all markers;
• Ctrl + Scroll - Zoom in Y-scale;
• Shift + Scroll - Zoom in X-scale;
• F - Fit the graph to scale;

Layout Editor

Creating a layout

• P - Create a wire;
• R - Create a rectangle;
• A - Align, you can also press F3 to adjust spacings etc.;
• S - Stretch a wire or shape;
• C - Copy instance, wire or shape;
• Delete - Delete instance, wire or shape;
• Shift + G - Add guard ring (press F3 for more options);
• Shift + M - Merge shapes;
• Shift + C - Chop (make a hole in a shape);
• Ctrl + S - Split;

Navigation

• Esc - Unselect current tool;
• Q - Open instance properties;
• F - Fit layout to screen;
• X - Descend to the level below;
• Shift + B - Ascend to the level above;

Settings

• E - Open layout editor options;
• F3 - Current function options;

Layout Bindkeys Cheatsheet (A4) download