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Blender Hotkeys Cheatsheet-Tufts OCW Blender Design 2.6x
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Blender Hotkeys Cheatsheet-Tufts OCW Blender Design 2.6x

General

  • ESC Stops ongoing operation
  • TAB Toggles Edit/Object mode
  • ZKEY Toggles Solid/Wireframe display
  • CTRL-Z Undo
  • SHIFT-CTRL-Z Redo
  • CTRL-N Open New Default File
  • CTRL-O Open File
  • CTRL-S Save
  • SHIFT-CTRL-S Save As
  • F-12 Render Camera View
  • CTRL-U Save as Default
  • RIGHT-CLICK Select
  • F-12 Render (PC Only)

Editing

  • XKEY Invoke X-Axis
  • YKEY Invoke Y-Axis
  • ZKEY Invoke Z-Axis
  • AKEY Toggle select all/select none
  • BKEY Box select
  • CKEY Circle select
  • CKEY-LMB Circle Mouse-over select
  • LKEY Select Linked
  • CTRL-I Inverse Selection
  • GKEY Grab (move)
  • RKEY Rotate
  • SKEY Scale
  • XKEY Delete
  • CTRL-TAB Sub-Object Selection Menu
  • ALT-RMB Loop Select
  • ALT-M Merge Vertices
  • CTRL-ALT-RMB Face Loop Select
  • CTRL-V Vertex Menu
  • CTRL-E Edge Menu
  • CTRL-F Face Menu
  • SPACEBAR Search Menu
  • CTRL-R Loop Cut and Slide
  • KKEY-LMB Knife Cut Exact
  • SHIFT-KKEY-LMB Knife Cut Midpoints
  • VKEY Rip Tool
  • SHIFT-S Snap Menu
  • ALT-S Clear Scale
  • ALT-R Clear Rotation
  • ALT-G Clear Location
  • OKEY Proportional Editing
  • FKEY Make new Face/Edge
  • CTRL-TAB Vertex/Edge/Face Select
  • ALT-F Fill
  • SHIFT-ALT-F Beauty Fill

Navigation

  • CTRL-ALT-Q Toggle Quad View
  • CTRL-UP ARROW Toggle Full Screen
  • NUMPAD-1 Front View
  • NUMPAD-3 Right Side View
  • NUMPAD-7 Top View
  • CTRL-NUMPAD-1 Back View
  • CTRL-NUMPAD-3 Left Side View
  • CTRL-NUMPAD-7 Bottom View
  • NKEY Toggle 3D Editor Porperties Panel
  • TKEY Toggle 3D Editor Tools Panel
  • NUMPAD-0 Camera View
  • NUMPAD-5 Toggle Perspective/Orthographic
  • CTRL-ALT-NUMPAD-0 Align Camera to View
  • JKEY Cycle Render Slots

Modeling

  • SHIFT-A Add object
  • EKEY Extrude
  • CTRL-LEFT MOUSE Extrude (here)
  • SHIFT-E Extrude Edges
  • SHIFT-D Duplicate
  • ALT-D Linked Duplicate
  • CTRL-P Parent
  • ALT-P Clear Parent
  • CTRL-J Join Objects
  • PKEY Separate
  • ALT-C Convert
  • CTRL-H Hooks
  • MKEY Move to Layer
  • HKEY Hide
  • SHIFT-CTRL-ALT-C Set Origin
  • SHIFT-C Reset 3D Cursor to 0,0,0
  • CTRL-SPACEBAR Turn 3D Widget On/Off

Curves

  • HKEY Toggle Free/Aligned Handles
  • VKEY Vector Handles
  • SHIFT-HKEY Auto Handles
  • CTRL-CLICK Add Control Point
  • WKEY Subdivide Curve

Sculpting

  • FKEY Change Brush Size
  • SHIFT-F Change Brush Strength
  • CTRL-F Rotate Brush Texture
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