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Blender Shenanigans Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

Some of the most used blender shortcuts

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Navigation

Center View to Cursor
Cmd + C (Alt+Home)
Move Cursor to Selection (Custom)
Cmd + D
Move Cursor to Origin
Shift + C
Front View
Cmd+1 (Num1)
Right View
Cmd+3 (Num3)
Top View
Cmd+7 (Num7)
Back View
Ctrl+Cmd+1 (Ctrl+­Num1)
Left View
Ctrl + Num3 (Ctrl+­Cmd+3)
Bottom View
Ctrl+Cmd+7 (Ctrl+­Num7)
Toggle orthor­aph­ic/­per­spe­ctive
Cmd + 5 (Num5)
Camera View
Cmd+0 (Num0)
Toggle Quad-View
Ctrl + Alt + Q
Maximize Viewport
Ctrl + Up
Return Viewport to normal
Ctrl + Down
Shift Camera
Shift + MMB
Rotate Camera
MMB
Zoom in/out
Mouse Scroll
View Selected
Cmd - (Num .)
 

General

Add Menu
Shift + A
Snap Menu
Shift + S
Search Menu
Spacebar
Properties Panel
N
Toggle Object­/Edit Modes
Tab
Select­/De­sselect All
A
Border Select
B
Circle Select
C
Delete Selected
X
Clear Location (0,0,0)
Alt + G
Save
Ctrl + S
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Redo
Ctrl + Shift + Z

Animation & Rendering

Align Camera with Viewport
Ctrl + Alt + Num0 (Ctrl+­Alt+0)
Insert Keyframe
I 
(that's a i)
Render Still Image
F12
Render Animation
Ctrl + F12
Save Rendered Image
F3
Play Rendered Animation
Ctrl F11

Usefull Tools

Bridge Edge Loops : makes vertex and faces from selected edges loops.
Find them by Search Menu (Spacebar)
  

Editing

Mesh Select Mode
Ctrl + Tab (+ 1, 2 or 3 for mode))
Select All Linked Edges
L with mouse over edge
Grab (Move)
G
Rotate
R
Scale
S
Extrude Region
E
Lock to Axis
X/Y/Z
Confirm Action
LMB
Cancel Action
RMB
Propor­tional Editing
O
Propor­tional Edt. Connected
Alt + O
Extrude Menu
Shift + E
Merge Menu
Alt + M
Set Parent
Ctrl + P
Create Face
F
Loop Cut Mesh
Ctrl + R
Knife Cut Midpoint
Shift + K + LMB
Subdivide Mesh (Custom)
Alt + W
Smooth Vertex (Custom)
Q
UV Mapping Menu
U
Specials Menu
W
Recalc­ulate Normals
Ctrl + N
Vertex Bevel
Ctrl + Shift + B