Two kind of shortcuts are available:

Activate creation tool Created element

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Activated tool

Shortcut

Created element

A

Artifact

CTRL-N CTRL-A

Artifact

I

Instance

CTRL-N CTRL-I

Instance

N

Note

CTRL-N CTRL-N

Note

G

Generalization

L

Link

M

Manifestation

O

Operation

P

Package

R

Related Diagram

U

Usage

SPACE

Association

SHIFT + N

Node