# Menus

Every item in the File menu, the right-click menu, the Properties panel forms, the view menus and the account menu.

On a Mac, use ⌘ where this page shows Ctrl. For all the keys, see [Keyboard shortcuts](/docs/reference/keyboard-shortcuts/).

## File menu

| Item | Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|---|
| **New ▸ Furniture design…** | | Starts a new furniture project. |
| **New ▸ Room…** | | Starts a new room project. |
| **New ▸ House / building…** | | Starts a new project with levels and rooms. |
| **Open recent** | | Lists your recent saved projects. Select one to open it. |
| **All projects…** | | Opens the list of all your projects and unsaved drafts. |
| **Open file…** | | Opens a `.kerf` file as a project. |
| **Insert from file…** | | Adds a `.kerf` file or another model to the open project. |
| **Save** | Ctrl+S | Saves the project. If the project is a draft, the item is **Save…** and asks for a name first. |
| **Save as…** | Ctrl+Shift+S | Saves a copy of the project with a new name. |
| **Download .kerf…** | | Saved projects only. Saves the project and downloads it as a `.kerf` file. You can include the assistant conversation. |
| **Materials…** | | Opens the timber and sheet catalogue for the project region: search, custom profiles and sheets, measured sections and trade-name preferences. |
| **Props…** | | Opens your 3D props. You can make a prop from photos or a description, and place it in a project. |
| **Import / Export…** | | Opens the **Import / Export** dialog. |
| **Sample projects** | | Lists the sample projects. Select one to open it. |

The **Save** and **Download .kerf…** dialogs have two options. **Also download a .kerf file** downloads the project as a file. **Include the assistant conversation in the file** adds the conversation with the assistant to that file.

## Project actions in All projects

In **File ▸ All projects…**, the **More actions** button of a project opens this menu.

| Item | Action |
|---|---|
| **Duplicate** | Makes a copy of the project. |
| **Export .kerf…** | Downloads the project as a `.kerf` file. |
| **Delete…** | Deletes the project permanently, after you confirm it. You cannot undo this. |

## Toolbar buttons

| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| **Library…** | Opens the model library. You can save designs and components, and place them in other projects. |
| **Drawings…** | Opens the architectural drawing sheets: plans, elevations, sections and schedules. You can export them as PDF or DXF. Only room and house projects have this button. |

## Right-click menu

Right-click a component in the 3D view or the hierarchy. In the hierarchy, you can also press Shift+F10 or the menu key. The menu acts on the selection. If the component is not in the selection, it becomes the selection.

| Item | Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|---|
| **Rename…** | | Gives the item a new name. Select one item only. |
| **Duplicate** | Ctrl+D | Makes a copy beside the selection. |
| **Delete** | Del | Deletes the selection. |
| **Hide** or **Show** | | Hides the selection, or shows it again. |
| **Lock** or **Unlock** | | Locks or unlocks the selection. |
| **Use as the assistant's boundary** | | Envelopes only. What the assistant builds must stay inside the boundary envelopes on their level. |
| **Group selection** | Ctrl+G | Puts the selection together in a group. Copies are independent. |
| **Ungroup** | Ctrl+Shift+G | Groups only. Moves the contents up one level and removes the group. |
| **Move to** | | Moves the selection into an assembly, or to **Top level**. |
| **Make component** | | Makes a reusable component. Its copies stay the same: when you edit one, they all change. |
| **Explode component** | | Copies of a component only. Makes the copy into ordinary parts again. |
| **Material** | | Parts only. Sets the material of the selected parts. |
| **Add joint…** | | Two parts only. Opens a form to add a housing, dominoes or dowels where the two parts touch. |
| **Scribe to wall…** | | Parts that can be scribed only. Goes to **Scribe** in the properties, where you select the edges that touch an uneven wall. |
| **Place against wall…** | | One top-level item, in a project with a room. Opens a form to turn the item so its back faces a wall, at a gap from it. |
| **Check collisions…** | | One top-level item, in a project with a room. Opens a form that lists clashes with walls, the ceiling, other furniture, door swings, drawers and windows. |
| **Export selection…** | | Saves the selection as `.kerf`, `.glb`, `.step` or `.ifc`. |
| **Focus in view** | | Moves the view to the selection. |
| **Select contents** | | Assemblies only. Selects the items inside the assembly. |
| **Ask the assistant about this** | | Adds the selection to your next message to the assistant. |

If a selected item is locked, the items that change it are not available. Their tooltip gives the reason.

## Properties panel forms

These buttons in the **Properties** panel open a form. Fill in the fields, then click the button at the bottom of the form.

| Button | Row | Shows for | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Fit to envelope…** or **Fit again…** | **Envelope** | A carcass | Sizes the carcass to an envelope, less the clearances, with scribe fillers if you want them. |
| **Refit** | **Envelope** | A fitted carcass | Sizes the carcass to its envelope again after the envelope changed. |
| **Skirting…**, **Cornice…** | **Mouldings** | A room | Adds skirting or cornice round the room, mitred at the corners. |
| **Architrave…** | **Mouldings** | A door or window opening | Adds architrave round the opening, on the room side. |
| **Along a line…** | **Moulding** | Nothing selected | Adds a moulding along the points that you type. |
| **Remove a joint…** | **Joints** | A part with a joint | Removes the joint that you select from both parts. |
| **Door or window…** | **Openings** | A wall | Adds a door, window or doorway to the wall. |
| **Size and swing…** | **Opening** | A door or window opening | Changes the kind, the size, the position, the hinge side and the swing. |
| **Add roof…** | **Roof** | Nothing selected, in a room or house project | Adds a roof on the external walls of a level. |
| **Edit roof…** | **Roof** | A roof | Changes the shape, the pitch, the overhang, the thickness, the ridge direction and the ceilings. |
| **+** | **Finish** and the other finish rows | An item with a finish | Makes a finish in a colour that you choose, saves it in the project and applies it. |

To start a carcass, a stud frame or joists, click **Library…**, then a button under **Built from parameters**.

## View menus

These menus are in the buttons on the 3D view.

| Menu | Item | Action |
|---|---|---|
| **View ▾** | **front**, **back**, **left**, **right**, **top** | Looks at the model from that side. |
| **View ▾** | **iso (angled)** | Looks at the model from an angle. |
| **⋯** | **Focal point** (Shift+F) | Click a point on the model. The view then turns and zooms about that point, and cuts away walls in the way. |
| **⋯** | **Shadows** | Shows or hides shadows. |
| **⋯** | **Clearances** | Shows the gaps from the selection to nearby walls and furniture. |
| **⋯** | **Perspective / flat** | Changes between a perspective view and a flat view, where parallel lines stay parallel. |

## Account menu

The account menu is the button with your email address, at the right of the toolbar.

| Item | Action |
|---|---|
| Your email address | Shows the account that you use. |
| **Balance** | Shows your credit. |
| **Billing and top-ups…** | Opens billing, where you can add credit. See [Pricing](/pricing). |
| **Report a problem…** | Opens the dialog that sends us a problem report. See [Report a problem](/docs/how-to/assistant/report-a-problem/). |
| **Switch account** | Signs in with a different Google account. |
| **Sign out** | Signs you out. |
| **Terms** | Opens the [Terms](/terms) in a new tab. |
| **Privacy** | Opens the [Privacy Policy](/privacy) in a new tab. |