Keyboard shortcuts and menus

What Mimic's own menus hold, and the keys that work where you are. macOS's usual items, like those in the Window menu, work as in any Mac app. Items marked (when …) only show, or only work, at those times. A menu item with … in its name asks you something before it acts.

Keyboard shortcuts

Keys	What it does
Cmd+N	New Mini…
Shift+Cmd+N	New Project…
Shift+Cmd+I	Import Model…
Cmd+O	Open in … your slicer, or Open Together in … for several minis
Cmd+R	Resize This Mini…, or resize the selected minis together
Option+Cmd+R	Show in Finder
Shift+Cmd+E	Export for Virtual Tabletop…
Cmd+Delete	Move to Trash
Cmd+Z	Undo: puts minis moved to the Trash back, among other things
Cmd+F	Find…: the search field at the top of the list
Ctrl+Cmd+I	Show Details / Hide Details: the panel on the right of a mini's page
Ctrl+Cmd+S	Show Sidebar / Hide Sidebar: the list of minis
Cmd+= / Cmd+-	Zoom In / Zoom Out: the 3D view of the selected mini
Cmd+0	Face Front: turns the 3D view back to face you
Option+Cmd+Up / Option+Cmd+Down	Move Up / Move Down in the queue (when the selected mini is waiting)
Cmd+,	Settings…
Cmd+?	Mimic Help: this guide
Cmd+W	Closes the window. A mini being made carries on (see The queue)
Cmd+Q	Quits Mimic. While a mini is being made or the 3D engine downloads, it asks first

In the list of minis

Keys	What it does
Up / Down	Picks the mini above or below
Cmd-click	Adds a mini to the selection, or takes it out
Shift-click	Selects every mini from the last one picked to this one
Cmd+A	Selects every mini in view
Space	Shows the mini's print file in Quick Look; Space again closes it
Delete or Cmd+Delete	Move to Trash

In the 3D view

Click the 3D view first, so it has the keyboard.

Keys	What it does
Left / Right	Turns the mini
Up / Down	Tilts the mini
Cmd+= / Cmd+-	Zooms in and out (also in the View menu, without clicking first)
Cmd+0, or double-click	Turns it back to face you and zooms back out

With a mouse or trackpad: drag to turn it, and scroll or pinch to zoom toward the pointer.

In a mini's previews and Quick Look

Click a preview in the details panel first.

Keys	What it does
Left / Right	The previous or next preview, on the page and in Quick Look
Up / Down	Up and down the grid of previews
Space or Return	Opens Quick Look on the preview, and closes it again

In New Mini, sheets and questions

Keys	What it does
Cmd+V	In New Mini, a copied picture becomes the mini's picture. In a text field, it pastes the text
Return	Presses the blue button: Make Mini, Rename, Create, Duplicate, Build Shape and so on
Esc	Cancel, or Done in Compare Side by Side. In a question, it's always the way out

In the tour

Keys	What it does
Return	Next, or Done on the last stop
Esc	Skip Tour

The menus

Mimic

Item	What it does
About Mimic	Which Mimic you have, with its exact build
Check for Updates…	Looks for a newer Mimic (in the downloaded app)
Settings… Cmd+,	Everything Mimic needs, the 3D model, Draw Things and more (see Settings)
Install Command-Line Tool…	Shows how to add mimic to Terminal (see Mimic from a terminal)
Quit Mimic Cmd+Q	Asks first while a mini is being made or the 3D engine downloads

File

Item	What it does
New Mini… Cmd+N	Make a mini from a picture or a description (see Making a mini)
Import Model… Shift+Cmd+I	Make a 3D model you already have print-ready (see Importing a model)
New Project… Shift+Cmd+N	A folder to group minis in (see Your minis and projects)
Import from iPhone or iPad	Take a photo with your iPhone for New Mini's picture. macOS adds this item, named after your devices

Edit

Item	What it does
Undo Cmd+Z	Puts back minis you moved to the Trash, and undoes Rename…, Keep This One… (and the rename after it) and Duplicate…
Find ▸ Find… Cmd+F	Puts the cursor in the list's search field

View

Item	What it does
Show Toolbar / Hide Toolbar	Shows or hides the toolbar
Customize Toolbar…	Choose which buttons the toolbar shows, and in what order
Sort By ▸	Date Made, Name or Size
Show ▸	All Minis, Characters, Objects or Unfinished Minis
Show Sidebar Ctrl+Cmd+S	Shows or hides the list of minis
Show Details Ctrl+Cmd+I	Shows or hides the details panel. It says Hide Details while the panel is open
Zoom In Cmd+=	Zooms the 3D view in a step
Zoom Out Cmd+-	Zooms the 3D view out a step
Face Front Cmd+0	Turns the 3D view back to face you and zooms back out
Size Reference ▸	None, 25 mm Base, 32 mm Person or Millimetre Grid beside the mini (see Printing and exporting)

Mini

What you can do to the selected mini, or minis. The same items, in the same order, are in a mini's right-click menu. While New Mini or another sheet is open, everything here waits until you close it.

Item	What it does
Open in … Cmd+O	Opens the mini in your slicer. With several selected, it's Open Together in …: all of them on one bed
Copies…	Several of each on the plate, in one print file
Show in Finder Option+Cmd+R	Shows the print file, or the mini's folder if it isn't made yet
Export for Virtual Tabletop… Shift+Cmd+E	A small 3D model of the mini to drag into a virtual tabletop (see Printing and exporting)
Resize This Mini… Cmd+R	Makes the print file again at new sizes (when it isn't waiting or being made). With several selected, it's Resize 3 Minis… (or however many)
Rename…	Gives the mini a new name (when it isn't waiting or being made)
Duplicate…	A copy of the same shape, to make at another size (when it isn't waiting or being made)
Move to Project ▸	Unsorted, any project, or New Project…
Move in Queue ▸	Move to Front, Move Up Option+Cmd+Up, Move Down Option+Cmd+Down, Move to End, and Remove from Queue… (Cancel Resize… for a resize) (when the mini is waiting)
Make Another Version…	Makes it again with a new variation number (see Versions)
New 3D Shape…	Keeps its picture and makes only the 3D shape again
Edit & Make Again…	Opens New Mini filled in from this mini
Build Shape	Makes the 3D shape from a redrawn picture (when its picture waits to be checked)
Try Again	Makes a mini that didn't finish, from the step that failed (when it didn't finish)
Report a Problem…	Gathers what a bug report needs (when it didn't finish)
Move to Trash Cmd+Delete	Moves it to the Trash. Edit → Undo puts it back

Queue

What the queue is doing, whichever mini is selected (see The queue). While a sheet is open, only Pause After This One (or Pause Queue, Resume Queue) works.

Item	What it does
Show Progress	Opens the progress popover (while a mini is being made)
Stop Making…	Stops the mini being made. Stop Resizing… for a resize
Pause After This One	Lets the mini being made finish and starts no more. It's Pause Queue when nothing is being made, and Resume Queue while paused

Help

Item	What it does
Mimic Help Cmd+?	Opens Mimic's guide on the web
Show Tour	The five-stop tour of Mimic again
Report a Problem…	Gathers what a bug report needs, with your private details taken out (see Report a problem or an idea)

Right-click menus

A mini

The same items as the Mini menu, in the same order: Open in …, Copies…, Show in Finder, Export for Virtual Tabletop…, then Resize This Mini…, Rename…, Duplicate…, Move to Project ▸ and, while it waits, Move in Queue ▸. Then Make Another Version…, New 3D Shape… and Edit & Make Again…; Build Shape, or Try Again and Report a Problem…, when they apply; and Move to Trash.

Several selected minis

Open Together in …, Copies…, Show in Finder, Resize 3 Minis… (or however many), Move to Project ▸ and Move to Trash.

A project's name

New Mini in This Project…, Open Together in …, Show in Finder, Resize All…, Rename Project… and Delete Project….

A waiting mini, in the progress popover

Move to Front, Move Up, Move Down, Move to End and Remove from Queue… (Cancel Resize… for a resize).

The toolbar

Item	What it does
The progress	The mini being made, or how the last one went. Click it for the steps, the queue and Stop…
Needs Setup	Shows when something needs setting up, and opens Settings at it
New Mini (+)	Cmd+N
More (…)	On a mini's page: Copies…, Resize This Mini…, Edit & Make Again…, Export for Virtual Tabletop… and Show in Finder
Open in …	On a mini's page: opens it in your slicer
Show Details / Hide Details	On a mini's page: the details panel, Ctrl+Cmd+I

A note about a new version of Mimic also appears in the toolbar when there is one.

To move a button or take it out, choose View → Customize Toolbar… (or right-click the toolbar) and drag it. Dragging the default set into the toolbar there puts them all back.

The Dock icon's menu

Right-click Mimic's Dock icon for New Mini… and, when they apply, Show Progress, Stop Making… (or Stop Resizing…) and, while minis wait in the queue, Pause After This One (or Pause Queue, Resume Queue). The window comes back first, even if you closed it.