Published 17:21 IST, February 21st 2020
Blender shortcut keys: Here's a list of all the commands to boost your productivity
Blender is a powerful 3D and 2D animation program used by people around the world. Here’s are all the Blender shortcut keys to help you boost your productivity.
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Blender is an open-source and free to use 3D creation suite. It supports entire 3D pipeline including 3D modelling, rigging, animation, game designing, simulation, rendering, and motion tracking. It also offers 2D animation pipeline for people who prefer old school. Here is a list of universal Blender shortcut keys that can help in boosting your creativity while cutting down on hard work:
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Blender for beginners: shortcut keys
If you have just come across Blender and are trying program to write your new 3D/2D animation, se Blender commands might come in handy. All commands mentioned below are universally accepted as Blender shortcuts across all Blender versions. Here are all most commonly used Blender shortcut keys used by Blender users across world:
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Blender shortcuts for Properties
- Ctrl+C – Copy (single) value of button
- Ctrl+V – Paste (single) value of button
- Ctrl+Alt+C – Copy entire vector or colour field
- Ctrl+Alt+V – Paste vector as whole or whole colour field
- RMB (Right Mouse Button) – Open context menu
- Backspace – Clear value (clears a text field or sets value to 0)
- Minus – Negate number values (multiply by -1.0)
- Ctrl+Wheel (Mouse Scrolling Wheel) – Change value in incremental steps, this option cycles values for pop-up option menus and buttons
- Return/Enter – Activates menus or toggles values
- Alt – When held while editing values, it applies changes to all selected items, including objects, bones and sequence-strips. It can be used for number fields and toggles.
Blender shortcut keys for Animation
- I – insert a keyframe
- Alt+I – Clear keyframe
- Shift+Alt+I – Clear all keyframes (removing all F-curves)
- Ctrl+D – Assign a driver
- Ctrl+Alt+D – Clear driver
- K – d a Keying Set
- Alt+K – Clear Keying Set
Blender for beginners - Python Scripting
- Ctrl+C – Over any Operator Button, shortcut copies Python command into clipboard ( program shortcut can be used in Python console or Text Editor while writing scripts)
- Shift+Ctrl+C – Over any property button, hotkey is used to copy data path for property. feature is also available from context menu.
- Shift+Ctrl+Alt+C – Over property buttons, command copies full data path for data-block and property. Note: it is best to access values based on context rar than by name, in most cases.
Blender shortcuts for Dragging
- Ctrl – while dragging to snap discrete and accurate steps
- Shift – Gives precision control to values
- Shift+Ctrl – Precise snap, this command will move object with high precision along with snapping constraint.
Blender for beginners – Text Editing shortcuts
- Home – Go to beginning of text
- End – Go to ending of text
- Left, Right – Move cursor left or right one character at a time.
- Ctrl+Left, Ctrl+Right – Move cursor left or right through an entire word
- Backspace, Delete - Delete characters
- Ctrl+Backspace, Ctrl+Delete – Deletes whole words
- Shift – Makes a selection while moving cursor and holding key.
- Ctrl+A – Selects entire text
- Ctrl+C – Copies selected text
- Ctrl+X – Cuts selected text
- Ctrl+V – Pastes text at position of cursor
Blender shortcut keys for Confirm or Cancel
- ESC or RMB (Right Mouse Button) – Cancels
- Enter or LMB (Left Mouse Button) – Confirms
Blender for beginners – Global Keys and shortcuts
- Ctrl+O – Open File
- Ctrl+S – Save File
- Ctrl+N – New File
- Ctrl+Z – Undo
- Ctrl+Shift+Z – Redo
- Ctrl+Q – Quit
- F1 – Help (context-sensitive)
- F2 – Rename Active Item
- F3 – Operator Search
- F4 – File Context Menu
- F5-F8 – Reserved for user actions
- F9 – just Last operation
- F11 – Show render window
- F12 – Render current frame
- Q – Quick Access (Favourites)
- Ctrl+Spacebar – Toggle Maximie Area
- Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar – Toggle Fullscreen Area
- Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+PageDown – Next/Previous Workspace
- Spacebar – User configurable
- Shift+Ctrl+Spacebar – Playback Animations (reverse)
Blender shortcuts – Common Editor Keys
- A – Select all
- Alt+A – Select none
- Ctrl+I – Invert selection
- H – Hide selection
- Alt+H – Reveal Hidden Items
- T – Toggle Sidebar
- N – Toggle Sidebar
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Blender shortcut keys – 3D viewport
- Tab – Edit-mode toggle
- Ctrl+Tab – Mode switching pie menu (toggles pose mode for armatures)
- 1 – 3 – Edit Mesh vertex/edge/face toggle (Shift extends, Ctrl expands)
- AccentGrave (`) – 3D view navigation pie menu
- Ctrl+AccentGrave (`) – toggle gizmos
- Shift+AccentGrave (`) – Walk/Fly mode
Blender shortcuts – Platform-specific hotkeys
macOS
Cmd key can be used as an alternative for Ctrl key on macOS devices. It works flawlessly with a few exceptions that conflict with operating system. List of or macOS specific Blender shortcut keys:
- Cmd+Comma (,) – Preferences.
Blender for beginners – Industry Compatible Keymapping
Blender commands - General
- 1 – 9 – Mode/Element Switching
- RMB (Right Mouse Button) – Context Menu
- Tab – Operator search
- Shift+Tab – Quick Access (Favourites)
- Ctrl+D – Duplicate
- P – Set Parent
- Return – Rename
- Ctrl+Return – Render
- B – Proportional Editing/Soft Selection
- Ctrl+[ - toggle toolbar
- Ctrl+] – toggle sidebar
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Blender shortcut keys - Viewport
- Alt+LMB (Left Mouse Button) – Orbit View
- Alt+MMB (Middle Mouse Button) – Pan View
- Alt+RMB (Right Mouse Button) – Zoom View
- F1 – F4 – Front/Side/Top camera viewpoints
- F – Frame Selected
- A – Frame All
Blender shortcuts – Selection
- LMB (Left Mouse Button) – Select
- Ctrl+A – Select All
- Shift+Ctrl+A – Deselect All
- Ctrl+I – Select Inverse
- Up – Select more
- Down – Select less
- Double LMB (Left Mouse Button) – Select Loop
- Alt+Double LMB (Left Mouse Button) – Select Ring
- ] – Select linked
Blender commands - Tools
- W, E, R – Transform Tools
- Q – Box Select
- D – Annotate
- C – Cursor Tool
Blender shortcuts - Edit Mode Tools
- Ctrl+E – Extrude
- Ctrl+B – Bevel
- I – Inset
- K – Knife
- Alt+C – Loop Cut
Blender shortcut keys – Animation
- Spacebar – Play/Pause
- S – Set Location + Rotation + Scale Keyframe
- Shift+S – Insert Keyframe Menu
- Shift+W – Set Location Key
- Shift+E – Set Rotation Key
- Shift+R – Set Scale Key
Can I use se Blender commands on any version of program?
All Blender commands mentioned above can be used across all variants of Blender programs. commands also work seamlessly on devices running macOS with alternating Cmd key with Ctrl key. compatibility of Blender shortcut keys is subject to developers of program and can be provided or revoked as per ir discretion. You can visit official Blender web portal for a comprehensive list of all shortcuts and hotkeys.
17:21 IST, February 21st 2020