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title: "Keyboard Shortcuts"
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# Keyboard Shortcuts
> **Tip:** Notes:
>
> - Mac users please press the `CMD key` instead of the `CTRL` key.
> - There are commands that can display adjustable options in a separate window. These are marked in the menus with a cogwheel. If you want to open the Options window before executing the command, press the `SHIFT key` in combination with the keyboard shortcut. Example: The Optimize command is executed by pressing `U` `S.` Pressing `U` `SHIFT + S` will first display the Options window.
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| Animation - Timeline
Dope Sheet/F Curve Mode Switching **TAB**
Record Active Objects Objects **F9**
Record Current State **Q**
Play backwards/Stop **F6**
Stop **F7**
Play forward/Stop **F8**
Autokeying **CTRL + F9**
Go To Start **SHIFT+ F**
Go To Previous Key **CTRL + F**
Go To Previous Key **F**
Go To Next Key**CTRL + G**
Go To Next Frame **G**
Go To End **SHIFT + G**
Jump To First Marker **CTRL + P**
Jump To Last Marker **CTRL + O**
Show selected **S**
Show all **H**
Go To Current Frame **O**
Go To Start **ALT + F**
Go To End **ALT + G**
Show preview **ALT + H**
Go To next marker **SHIFT + N**
Go To previous marker **SHIFT + P**
Go To first marker **SHIFT + CTRL + P**
Go To last marker **SHIFT + CTRL + O**
Create marker in Timeline **CTRL + LMB**
Marker in animation palette **SHIFT + CTRL + LMB**
Range tool **R**
Ripple Edit **ALT + R**
Automatic mode **ALT + A**
Show search bar **CTRL + F**
Show filter **CTRL + U**
*Key interpolation*
Auto tangents **A, T 1**
Break tangents **B, T 2**
Zero angle (tangent) **0, T 3**
Zero length (tangent) **L, T 4**
Clamp **C, T 5**
Linear **ALT + L, T 6**
Step **ALT + T, T 7**
Soft **ALT + S, T 8**
Ease In **ALT + I, T I**
Ease Ease **ALT + E, T 9**
Ease Out **ALT + O, T O**
Attribute Manager
New Attribute Manager **SHIFT + F5**
Change parameter values faster/slower with arrows **ALT** or **SHIFT**
Set parameter values to default. **RMB on arrow**
BodyPaint 3D
Turn brush clockwise **ALT + .**or**ALT + ]**
Rotate Brush Counterclockwise **ALT + [**or**ALT + ,**
Increase brush size **,** or **[**
Reduce brush size **.** or **]**
Increase brush hardness **SHIFT + .** or **SHIFT + ]**
Reduce brush hardness **SHIFT + ,** or **SHIFT + [**
Increase brush opacity **CTRL + .** or **CTRL + ]**
Reduce brush opacity **CTRL + ,** or **CTRL + [**
Non-Uniform Scale **SHIFT + T**
UV Transform **CTRL + T**
Texture View: Show All **H**
Editor
Object Manager **SHIFT + F1**
Material Manager **SHIFT+ F2**
Node Editor **SHIFT + ALT + F2**
Timeline **SHIFT+ F3**
Layer Manager **SHIFT+ F4**
Attribute manager **SHIFT+ F5**
Picture Viewer **SHIFT+ F6**
Coordinates Manager **SHIFT+ F7**
Structure Manager **SHIFT+ F9**
Script Manager **SHIFT+ F10**
Command Manager **SHIFT+ F12**
Change coordinate system **W**
Close window **SHIFT+ W**
Delete **Backspace/Remove**
Quick command Selection**V**
Toggle Parent Generator **Q**
Interactively change animation time **J + LMB**
Open Help via parameter/element **CTRL+F1**
File
New Project **CTRL + N**
Merge Project **SHIFT + CTRL + O**
Open Project **CTRL + O**
Close all Projects **SHIFT + CTRL + F4**
Save Project As **SHIFT + CTRL + S**
Save Project **CTRL + S**
Save Incremental **Ctrl + Alt + S**
Exit Program **CTRL + Q**
Material Manager
Load Materials **SHIFT + CTRL + O**
New Material **CTRL + N, double-click**
New physical material **SHIFT + CTRL + N**
New Node Material **CTRL + ALT + N**
Replace material with another **ALT + Drag&Drop**
General
Switch between last tool and Selection **Space bar**
Switch between the last two tools **Shift + space bar**
Full-Screen Mo **CTRL + Tab**
Commander **SHIFT + C** | Node Editor
Commander **C**
Group Nodes **ALT + G**
Ungroup Objects **SHIFT + G**
Arrange all Nodes **SHIFT + L**
Arrange selected Nodes **L**
Subsequent Nodes select. **SHIFT + S**
Center Selected **ALT + S**
Show Selected **S**
Show all **H**
Zoom in/out **+/-**
Select Connected Nodes **U W**
Object Manager
Merge Object **SHIFT + CTRL + O**
Scroll to first active **S**
Show Search Bar **CTRL + F**
Show Filter **CTRL + U**
Scene Information **CTRL + I**
Group Objects **ALT + G**
Ungroup Objects **SHIFT + G**
Parent Enable/disable Generator **Q**
Create one/several object(s), Parent to the Selection **ALT+Create object**
Create object(s), Child to the Selection **Create SHIFT+object**
Create multiple objects at the same hierarchy level **CTRL+Create object**
Select object, including Children **Click with MMB**
Picture Viewer
Open image **CTRL + O**
Save image as **CTRL + SHIFT + S**
Full-screen mode **CTRL + F**
Play forward **Space bar**
Define as A **A**
Define as B **B**
AB swap **S**
Set as preview start **I**
Set as preview end **O**
Zoom in/out **+/-**
Auto-zoom mode **H**
Change 100% and window-filling **double-click**
Structure Manager
Add ASCII file **SHIFT + CTRL + O**
Jump Last Selection **SHIFT + N**
Jump Next Selection **N**
Jump Page up **Page up**
Jump Page down **Page down**
Jump to End **End**
Jump to Start **Pos 1**
Vertex Map **V**
Points **P**
Polygons **O**
UVW **U**
Viewport
Move camera **1, ALT + MMB**
Scale camera **2, ALT + RMB**
Rotate camera **3, ALT + LMB**
Rotate camera around viewing axis **3 + RMB, ALT + RMB**
Zoom to selected elements **S, ALT + S**
Zoom to selected object **O, ALT + O**
Zoom to geometry **H, ALT + H**
Show/hide axes **ALT + D**
Viewport large/small **MMB on view**
Changing the views **F1, F2, F3, F4, F5**
View presets **SHIFT + V**
View presets (all) **ALT + V**
Similar view presets **Shift + Alt + V**
Render view **CTRL + R**
Undo view **SHIFT + CTRL + Z**
Restore view **SHIFT + CTRL + Y**
Redraw **A**
All views **F5**
Toggle active view **Page up, MMB**
Gouraud Shading **N A**
Gouraud Shading (Lines) **N B**
Quick Shading **N C**
Quick Shading (Lines) **N D**
Constant Shading **N E**
Hidden Lines **N F**
Lines **N G**
Wireframe **N H**
Isoparms **N I**
Box **N K**
Skeleton **N L**
Display Tag **N O**
Backface Culling **N P**
Textures **N Q**
X-Ray **N R**
Isoline Editing **ALT + A**
Motion Tracer
Move footage **ALT + MMB**
Scale footage **ALT + RMB**
Footage full-screen **H**
Create user Track **CTRL + LMB**
Move Track by 1 pixel **Arrow keys**
Show selected **S**
Magnifying glass **ALT**
Script Manager
New script **CTRL + N**
Open script **CTRL + O**
Save script **CTRL + S**
Save script as **CTRL + SHIFT + S**Asset Browser
Browser default settings **CTRL + E**
Go To Search Bar **CTRL + F** | Modeling
Enable/Disable symmetry globally **ALT + W**
Create point **M A**
Bridge **B, M B**
Brush **M C**
Close polygon hole **M D**
Create polygon **M E**
Cut edges **M F**
Smoothing **M G**
Magnet **M I**
Line Cut **K K, M K**
Plane Cut **K J, M J**
Loop/path cut **K L, M L**
Dissolve **M N** or **CTRL+Backspace/Remove**
Optimize **U O, U SHIFT + O**
Symmetrize **M H, M SHIFT + H**
Set point value **M U**
Slide **M O**
Sew **M P**
Merge **M Q**
Set SDS weighting **M R, .**
Bevel **M S**
Spin Edge **M V**
Extrude **D, M T**
Extrude Inn **I, M W**
Matrix Extrude **M X**
Smooth Shift **M Y**
Move (along Normals) **M -**
Scale (along Normals) **M #**
Rotate (around Normals) **M ,**
Disconnect **U P**, **U SHIFT + P**
Reverse Normals **U R**
Dissolve N-gons **U E**
Subdivide **U S, U SHIFT + S**
Melt **U Z or ALT +Backsp./Remove**
Shrink **U C**
N-Gon triangulation **U T**
Disconnect **U D, U SHIFT + D**
Align Normals **U A**
Convert Primitive **C**
Retriangulate N-Gons **U G**
Un-triangulate **U U**
Mirror Selection **U V, U SHIFT + V**
Connect points/edges **M M**
Move object **4**
Scale object **5**
Rotate object **6**
Move Parent **7**
Move tool **E**
Rotate **R**
Scale **T**
Toggle active tool **Space bar**
Switch modeling mode **Return**
Undo (action) **SHIFT + Z**
X-axis / Heading **X**
Y-axis / Pitch **Y**
Z-axis / Bank **Z**
Modeling Settings **SHIFT + M**
Snapping on/off **SHIFT + S**
Quantize on/off **SHIFT + Q**
Lock workplane on/off **SHIFT + X**
Select all **CTRL + A**
Select Connected **U W**
Deselect all **SHIFT + CTRL + A**
Freehand Selection**8**
Live Selection **9**
Rectangle Selection **0**
Invert Selection **U I**
Convert Selection **U X**
Symmetrize Selection **U V, U SHIFT + V**
Outline Selection **U Q**
Fill Selection **U F**
Enlarge Selection **U Y, U SHIFT + Y**
Ring Selection **U B**
Loop Selection **U L**
Path Selection **U M**
Phong Break Selection **U N**
Shrink Selection **U K**
Volume Mesh **U H, U SHIFT + H**
Render
Render Viewport **CTRL + R**
Render in Picture Viewer **SHIFT + R**
Render to Picture Viewer (TR) **SHIFT + CTRL+ R**
Interactive render region **ALT + R**
Create Preview **ALT + B**
Render presets **CTRL + B**
Sculpt
Smoothing with all brushes **SHIFT**
Invert brush effect **CTRL**
Switch symmetry modes **ALT + X,Y,Z**
Switch wireframe mode **W**
Show/hide template **Q**
Stencil Various, Scale, Rotate **T + LMB, RMB, MMB**
Generally all brushes
Brush Size **MMB + mouse horizontal**
Brush Hardness, Opacity **MMB + mouse vertical** |