3D Modelling

03. Blender Hotkey Cheat Sheet

Introduction

This documentation is intended as a cheatsheet to reference all the keyboard shortcuts used in the tutorial videos

General (most window types)

Shortcut Key What It Does
X or Delete Delete
Shift + A Add Object/Node
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G Move (Grab)
R Rotate
S Scale
then X/Y/Z ...along axis
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Ctrl + Z Undo
Shift + D Duplicate

Navigation (3D ViewPort)

Shortcut Key What It Does
(hold) MMB Orbit
(hold) Shift + MMB Pan
Scroll or Ctrl + MMB Zoom

View (3D ViewPort)

Numpad Views (Most Common Bolded)
7
Top		 8
Up		 9
Opposite
4
Left		 5
Persp/Ortho		 6
Right
1
Front		 2
Down		 3
Side
0
Camera		 .
Focus
Shortcut Key What It Does
~ View Pie Menu

Shading (3D ViewPort)

Shortcut Key What It Does
Z Shading Pie Menu
Alt + Z Toggle X-Ray

Object Mode (3D ViewPort)

Shortcut Key What It Does
Tab Edit/Object Mode Toggle

Modelling (Edit Mode)

Shortcut Key What It Does
I Inset
E Extrude

Sculpting

Shortcut Key What It Does
F Brush Size

Rendering

Shortcut Key What It Does
F12 Render Image
Ctrl + F12 Render Animation

Animation General

Shortcut Key What It Does
Space Play/Pause Animation
I Add Keyframe on current frame

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