Main Menu
- Duplicate: CTRL + D
- Group: CTRL + G
- Add to selection: SHFT + CLICK
Display
- View Poly Count, Display number of faces, vertices: MAIN || Display > Heads Up Display > Poly Count.
Stage
- Attribute Editor Window / Channel Box Window: CTRL + A (toggles between each other)
- View Panel Layout Toggle ( four view | one view): SPACEBAR
- fullscreen: HOTBOX CONTROLS || Display > UI Elements > Hide All UI Elements
Outliner Window
- Group Items: CTRL + G
- Parent: Press P. (When parenting objects make sure the object being parented to is the last item selected.)
- Expand Hierarchy along with children: SHIFT + CLICK
- Traversing hotkeys
- – Parent: UP ARROW
- – First Child: DOWN ARROW
- – Next Child: RIGHT ARROW
- – Previous Child: LEFT ARROW
Modeling
- IK Rotate Plane HANDLE
- Show the IK Rotate Plane handle manipulators: SELECT IK + PRESS “t”
- VIEWING
- Rotate View / Tumble: ALT + LMB
- Pan / Track: ALT + MMB
- Zoom / Dolly: ALT + RMB
- Zoom / Dolly Marque (a specific region): CTRL+ ALT + [LMB + CLICK-DRAG]
- Undo views: [
- Redo views: ]
- Reposition all views into frame: SHFT + F
- Frame Selected: F
- Frame All: A
- Isolate Selection: SHFT + I
- SCULPT GEOMETRY TOOL
- Change Brush Size: HOLD “b” + CLICK DRAG over object.
- OBJECT HARDWARE SHADING
- Rough: 1
- Medium: 2 (smooth with cage)
- Fine: 3 (smooth without cage)
- Wireframe: 4
- Smooth Shade: 5
- Turn On Hardware Texturing: 6
- Turn On All Lighting : 7
- MANIPULATING
- Select: Q
- Move: W
- Move aligned to object/vertice/edge: CTRL + SHIFT + RMB
- Rotate: E
- Scale: R
- Show Manipulator Tool: T
- Change Manipulator Size: +/-
- Invoke last Tool: Y
- Repeat Last Command: G
- Start / Stop Playback: ALT + V
- Go to first frame: ALT + SHIFT + V
- Object Mode / Component Mode (toggle): F8
- Display Vertices: F9
- Display Edges: F10
- Display Faces: F11
- Display UVs: F12
- Extrude: g (works after initial Extrude through menu
- Move Pivot Tool: [INSERT] or hold D
- SNAPPING
- Snap to Grid: x
Customization
- CUSTOM TOP SHELVES
- – CTRL + SHFT + (select an item from the drop down menu)
- LAYOUT
- HotBox/window Popping: SPACEBAR
- Showhide Attribute Editor: CTRL + A
Animation
- Set a keyframe: ANIMATION || Animate > Set Key or S
- Set Keyframe only to translation: SHFT + w
- Set Keyframe only to rotation: SHFT + e
- Set Keyframe only to scale: SHFT + r
- To Delete keyframes: select keyframe, RMB + select Delete
HYPERSHADE WINDOW
- Rename material node: CTRL + DBL CLICK on the icon
TEXTURE AND COLOR
- Scale the Paint Brush Tool: HOLD “b” + DRAG cursor (left or right)
GRAPH EDITOR WINDOW NAVIGATING
- – Dolly: ALT + RMB CLICK DRAG
- – Track: ALT + MMB CLICK DRAG
- – Constrain Dolly: SHFT + ALT + RMB CLICK DRAG
- – Constrain Track: SHFT + ALT + MMB CLICK DRAG