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Blender 3D hotkeys and shortcuts

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Blender 3D Hotkeys, Shortcut Keys and Reference

OM = Object Mode only
EM = Edit Mode only

SM = Sculpt Mode only

PM = Pose Mode only

Keys Mode Actions

A
Select all / Deselect all
Shift + A
Add menu
Alt + A
Play animation toggle
Alt + Shift + A
Play animation in reverse toggle
CTRL + A OM Apply menu (such as freeze transforms)
CTRL + Shift + A OM Make Dupliverts Real
B
Shift + B
Shift + B
Alt + B
C
C
Shift + C
Alt + C
Alt + C
CTRL + Shift + C
CTRL + Alt + Shift + C

SM
OM
EM
OM

Circle select (brush select)

Clay brush
3D Cursor to origin
Convert menu
Close / Open a curve
Add Constraint menu
Set Origin menu

D
Shift + D
Alt + D

SM

Draw brush
Duplicate
Linked Duplicate (Instance)

E
Alt + E
Shift + E
Shift + E
E
CTRL + E

EM
EM
EM
EM

Extrude region
Extrude menu
Crease
Set Keyframe Extrapolation menu (Graph Editor)
End frame assign (Timeline window)
Edges menu

F
F
F
Shift + F
Shift + F
CTRL + F
Alt + F
Alt + Shift + F
CTRL + Shift + F
CTRL + Alt + Shift + F

EM
EM
SM
SM

G
G
Alt + G
CTRL + G
Shift + G
CTRL + Shift + G
Alt + Shift + G
Alt + G
CTRL + G
Shift + G
CTRL + G
H
Shift + H
Alt + H
CTRL + H
CTRL + Alt + H
H
CTRL + H
I
Alt + I
I
CTRL + I
Shift + I

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Border select (marquee select)

Marquee zoom
Set render border (Active Camera)
Isolate 3D view toggle

EM

EM
EM
EM
EM
EM

Create Face (3+ vertices selected)

Create Edge (2 vertices selected)
Brush size adjust
Brush strength adjust
Camera Fly mode
Faces menu
Fill create faces
Beauty Fill create faces
Edge Flip
Select linked flat faces (Face Mode only)

SM

Move (Grab)
Grab brush

OM
OM
OM
OM
EM
EM

OM
OM
EM

SM
PM

Reset location
Create new group
Select Grouped menu
Add selected to active group
Remove selected from active group
Ungroup (Node Editor)
Vertex Groups menu
Select Similar menu
Add selected objects to group
Hide selected
Hide unselected
Unhide all
Restrict selected from render
Allow selected to render
Minimize node toggle (Node window)
Hooks menu
Insert Keyframe menu
Delete keyframe
Inflate brush
Select Inverse
Add IK menu

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Blender 3D hotkeys and shortcuts

CTRL + Alt + I

PM

Remove IK constraint

J
CTRL + J
Alt + J

OM
EM

Save last render (Render window)

Join selected objects
Covert selected triangles to Quads

LMB + K
LMB + Shift + K

EM
EM

Knife cut
Knife cut midpoint

L
L
L
CTRL + L
Shift + L

OM
EM
SM
OM
OM

Make Local menu

Select Linked Components
Layer brush
Make Links menu
Select Linked menu

M
M
M
CTRL + M
Alt + M

OM

EM

Move object to a different layer

Add Marker (Action Editor)
Add Marker (Timeline)
Mirror object over an axis
Merge menu

OM
PM
EM
EM

Properties panel toggle

Reload Start-up File
Recalculate Roll menu
Recalculate normals to outside
Recalculate normals to inside

N
CTRL + N
CTRL + N
CTRL + N
CTRL + Shift + N
O
Alt + O
Shift + O
CTRL + O
CTRL + Alt + O
O
Alt + O
Alt + O
P
P
P
P
Alt + P
Alt + P
CTRL + P
CTRL + Shift + P
CTRL + P
CTRL + Alt + P

EM
EM
EM

OM
OM
EM
SM
EM
EM

EM

CTRL + Q
CTRL + Alt + Q
R
Alt + R
CTRL + R
Shift + R
S
Alt + S
S
S
Shift + S
Alt + S
CTRL + S
T
T
CTRL + T
Alt + T
Shift + T
Shift + T
Shift + Alt + T
CTRL + T
Alt + T
CTRL + T

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Proportional Editing on/off toggle

Proportional Editing connected toggle
Proportional Editing Falloff type toggle
Open file
Link file
Clean Keyframes (F-Curve Editor)
Smooth Keys (F-Curve Editor)
Clear Origin on children
Start Game Engine
Separate
Pinch/Magnify brush
Pin vertices (UV/Image Editor)
Unpin vertices (UV/Image Editor)
Clear Parent menu
Make Parent
Make Parent without Inverse
Make Vertex Parent
Make Proxy
Quit Blender
Quad View toggle

OM
EM
EM

OM
SM

EM

EM
EM
SM

OM
OM
EM

Rotate
Clear rotation
Loop Cut
Select Row from selected vertex (NURBS surface)
Scale
Reset Scale
Smooth brush
Start frame assign (Timeline window)
Snap menu
Shrink / Fatten
Save File
Object Tools panel toggle
Toggle frames / seconds (Timeline)
Tilt (Curves)
Reset Tilt (Curves)
Flatten/Contrast brush
Move Texture Space
Scale Texture Space
Make Track menu
Clear Track menu
Convert selected faces to triangles

U
U
CTRL + U
CTRL + Alt + U

OM
EM

Make Single User menu

UV Mapping menu
Save User Settings
User Preferences window

V
V
V
CTRL + V

EM
EM
EM

Set Handle Type menu (curves)

Rip selected vertices
Object Mode / Vertex Paint Mode toggle
Vertices menu

OM

Specials menu

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Blender 3D hotkeys and shortcuts

W
W
Shift + W
CTRL + W

EM
EM
EM

X
X
XX

Delete menu
Constrain global X axis transform
Constrain local X axis transform

Y
YY
Y

Constrain global Y axis transform

Constrain local Y axis transform
Split Vertex / Edge / Face

EM

Z
ZZ
Z
Alt + Z
CTRL + Z
CTRL + Shift + Z

Constrain global Z axis transform

Constrain local Z axis transform
Solid / Wireframe toggle
Solid / Textured toggle
Undo
Redo

NUM 0
CTRL + NUM 0
CTRL + Alt + NUM 0
NUM .
NUM /
NUM 1
NUM 3
NUM 7
NUM 5
CTRL + NUM 1
CTRL + NUM 3
CTRL + NUM 7
NUM 4/NUM 6
NUM 2/NUM 8

Active camera view

Turn selected object into active camera
Move camera to current view
Frame selected in view
Global/Local view toggle
Front view
Side view
Top view
Perspective/Orthographic view toggle
Back view
Other side view
Bottom view
Rotate view left/right in iterations
Rotate view up/down in iterations

Keyboard #
Alt + Keyboard #
~
CTRL + Keyboard #

View layer 1 - 10
View layer 11 - 20
View all layers
Add Subsurf modifier with that # of levels

,
CTRL + ,
.
CTRL + .
Alt + .
HOME
Tab
CTRL + Tab
CTRL + Tab
CTRL + Tab
Spacebar
Spacebar
CTRL + Spacebar
Alt + Spacebar
CTRL + LMB drag
CTRL + LMB click
Left/Right Arrow
Up/Down Arrow
Shift + Left/Right Arrow
CTRL + Up/Down Arrows
Shift + Spacebar
CTRL + Left/Right Arrows
F1
F2
F3
F3
F11
F12
CTRL + F12
Shift + F1
Shift + F2
Shift + F3
Shift + F4
Shift + F5
Shift + F6
Shift + F7
Shift + F8
Shift + F9
Shift + F10
Shift + F11
Shift + F12

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Specials menu (varies per object)

Weld / Align menu (UV/Image Editor)
Warp
Save File

Bounding Box Center pivot

Median Point pivot
3D Cursor pivot
Individual Centers pivot
Active Object pivot

EM
OM

EM

Frame all in view

Object Mode / Edit Mode toggle
Mesh Select Mode menu
Object Mode / Weight Paint Mode toggle
Object Mode / Pose Mode toggle (Armatures)
Search (3D view)
Toolbox (UV/Image Editor)
Transform Manipulator toggle
Orientation menu
Lasso select
Extrude / Create new component or bone
Increase 1 frame
Increase 10 frames
Go to end start/end frame
Maximize current view toggle
Maximize current view toggle
Screen presets toggle
Open file
Save As
Repeat History menu
Save Rendered Image (UV/Image Editor)
Show last closed rendered image
Render current frame
Render animation
Link/Append from Library
Logic Editor
Node Editor
Python Console
3D view
Graph Editor
Properties
Video Sequence Editor
Outliner
UV/Image Editor
Text Editor
Dope Sheet

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