Custom Hotkeys

Open the hotkey settings

Hotkeys let you review clashes in Pulse Check from the keyboard: change status, update tests, and switch display settings without reaching for the mouse.

1. 1

   Open Account & Options

   Use any of these:

   • Click Account Settings on the BIMPulse ribbon tab.
   • Click Settings in the Pulse Check header.
   • Press Ctrl+, while Pulse Check is active.
2. 2

   Choose Hotkeys

   The list shows each Command, its Default and Current keys, and a Status column that flags conflicts. Press Ctrl+F in the list to search it.

Default hotkeys

Highlight Clashes switches Highlight All on and off. The defaults use Ctrl+Shift because Navisworks already uses several Ctrl shortcuts, such as Ctrl+D, Ctrl+F, and Ctrl+T.

Change a hotkey

1. 1

   Right-click the command and choose Edit Hotkey

   The Capture Hotkey window opens.

2. 2

   Press the key combination you want

   Hold Ctrl, Shift, or Alt and press a key. The window shows what it captured.

3. 3

   Press Enter or click OK

   The new key is saved right away; you don't need to click Save. Click Cancel to keep the old key.

To go back to the original key, right-click the command and choose Reset to Default Hotkey.

After a change, the page shows a reminder that hotkey changes need a Navisworks restart to take full effect.

Conflicts

The Status column warns you about keys that may collide:

• Conflicts with another BIMPulse hotkey: two Pulse Check commands share the same key.
• Potential conflict with Navisworks: the key may already be a Navisworks shortcut. The Navisworks command is named in brackets.

BIMPulse doesn't block a conflicting key, so pick a different one when you see either warning.

Where hotkeys work

• Pulse Check hotkeys work only while Pulse Check is open.
• While the Pulse Check window is active, your custom keys apply.
• While the main Navisworks window is active, for example after clicking in the 3D view, Pulse Check commands respond to their default keys.

Keys you can’t change

Other display settings, such as Apply to All, Zoom Clash, and Section Clash, don't have hotkeys.

Where hotkeys are saved

Your hotkeys are saved for your Windows user in %APPDATA%\BIMPulse\BIMPulse\hotkeys.json, so they follow you to every project. Only the keys you've changed are stored there. Each person on a shared computer has their own.

For what each command does, see Pulse Check Clash Review.