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Blender 3.0 from Blender Guru tutorials Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

Blender 3.0 from Blender Guru tutorials

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

General (Most window types)

Toolbar
T
Properties
N
Add Object­/Node
Shift + A
Delete
X or Delete
Search for Function
F3
Move
G
Scale
S
Rotate
R
... along axis
_ then X/Y/Z
… along local axis
_ then X,X/Y,­Y/Z,Z
Trackball Rotate
R, R
Precise movement
Shift (hold)
Increm­ental movement
Ctrl (hold)
Duplicate
Shift + D
Duplicate Linked
Alt + D
Hide
H
unhine
Alt + H
Hide all Except Selected
Shift + H
Annotate
D (hold) + LMB (drag)
Erase Annotation
D (hold) + RMB (drag)
Quick favs menu
Q

Change Window Type (Under Cursor)

Movie Clip
Shift + F2
Nodes
Shift + F3
Python Console
Shift + F4
3d Viewport
Shift + F5
Graph
Shift + F6
Properties
Shift + F7
Video Sequencer
Shift + F8
Outliner
Shift + F9
UV/Image
Shift + F10
Text
Shift + F11
Dope Sheet
Shift + F12

Window General (most window types)

Toolbar
T
Properties bar
N
Maximise Area (but keep toolbar)
Ctrl + Space
Fullscreen Area
Ctrl + Alt + Space
Quad view
Ctrl + Alt + Q

Graph Editor

Add Keyframe at Cursor
Ctrl + RMB
Properties and Modifiers
N
Lock Selected Channel
TAB

Sculpting

Brush Selection
Shift + Space
Brush Size
F
Brush Strength
Shift + F
Brush Angle
Ctrl + F
Angle Control
R
Stroke Control
E
Mask (box)
B
Mask (brush)
M
Clear Mask
Alt + M
Invert Mask
Ctrl + i
Hide (box)
H

Image Editor (Paint)

Create New Blank Image
Alt + N
Open Image
Alt + O
Brush Properties
N
Brush Size
F
Brush Strength
Shift + F
Sample Color
S
Flip Color
X

Selection (Edit Mode)

Select Connected Mesh
Ctrl + L
Select Connected Mesh Under Cursor
L
Select Edge Loop
Alt + LMB
Select Edge Ring
Ctrl + Alt + RMB
Vertex Select Mode
1
Edge Select Mode
2
Face Select Mode
3
Mirror current selection
Ctrl + Shift + M
Grow/S­hrink Selection
Ctrl +/-
Edge Crease
Ctrl + E
 

Navigation (3D viewport)

Orbit
MMB
Pan
Shift + MMB
Zoom In/Out
Scroll or Ctrl + MMB
Fly
Shift + ~

View (3D viewport) on numpad

Isolate
/
Focus
.
Camera
0
Front
1
Down
2
Side
3
Left
4
Persp/­Ortho
5
Right
6
Top
7
Up
8
Opposite
9
View Pie Menu
~
Fast View Switch
Alt + MMB (drag)
Show All Objects
Home
Zoom to region
Shift + B

Curve Editing (Edit mode)

Add new handle
E or Ctrl + RMB
Change handle type
V
Delete but maintain connection
Ctrl + X
Close curve
Alt + C
Tilt
Ctrl + T
Clear Tilt
Alt + T

Texturing (Edit Mode)

Unwrap
U
Mark Seam
Ctrl + E

Nodes (Materials / Compos­itor)

Cut Connection
Ctrl + RMB (drag)
Connect selected
F
Properties
N
Delete selected but maintain connection
Ctrl + X
Duplicate selected and maintain connection
Ctrl + Shift + D
Mute Selected
M
Group Selected
Ctrl + G
Ungroup Selected
Ctrl + Alt + G
Enter/Exit Group (Toggle)
TAB
Frame Selected Nodes
Ctrl + J
Show/Hide inactive node slots
Ctrl + H

Rigging (Armat­ures)

Add new bone
E
Duplicate bone
Shift + D
Bone Settings
Shift + W
Roll
Ctrl + R
Clear Roll
Alt + R
Recalc­ulate Roll
Shift + N
Align bone
Ctrl + Alt + A
Switch bone direction
Alt + F
Dissolve Bone
Ctrl + X
Dissolve bones
Ctrl + X
Split
Y
Separate
P
Scroll Hierarchy
] and [

Rendering

Render
F12
Render Animation
Ctrl + F12
Playback rendered animation
Ctrl + F11
Set Render Region
Ctrl + B
Clear Render Region
Ctrl + Alt + B
 

Object Mode (3D viewport)

Mode Pie Menu
Ctrl + TAB
Edit/O­bject mode toggle
TAB
Mirror
Ctrl + M then X/Y/Z (or MMB (drag))
Set Parent (to last selected)
Ctrl + P
Clear Parent
Alt + P
Toggle Snapping
Shift + TAB
Clear Location
Alt + G
Clear Rotation
Alt + R
Clear Scale
Alt + S
Apply Location / Scale / Rotation
Ctrl + A
Join Selected Objects
Ctrl + J
Copy Attributes to New Objects
Ctrl + L
Add Subdiv­ision level
Ctrl + 0/1/2/­3/4/5
Mask view to region / Clear mask
Alt + B
Center 3D cursor
Shift + C
Move active object to collection
M
Move Active Camera to view
Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 0
Set as Active Camera
Ctrl + Numpad 0

Modelling (Edit Mode)

Extrude
E
Inset
i
Bevel
Ctrl + B
Bevel Vertices
Ctrl + Shift + B
Loop cut
Ctrl + R
Vertex­/Edge Slide
G,G
Knife
K
Fill Face
F
Shear
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S
Bend
Shift + W
Split
Y
Rip
V
Rip Fill
Alt + V
Merge
M
Recalc­ulate Normals
Shift + N
Invert Normals
Ctrl + Shift + N
Propor­tional Editing On/Off
O
Propor­tional Falloff Type
Shift + O
Separate to new object
P

Posing Mode

Add Keyframe
i
Clear Location
Alt + G
Clear Rotation
Alt + R
Clear Scale
Alt + S
Apply Pose
Ctrl + A
Propagate Pose
Alt + P
Push Pose from Breakdown
Ctrl + E
Relax Pose to Breakdown
Alt + E
Pose Breakd­owner
Shift + E
Copy Pose
Ctrl + C
Paste Pose
Ctrl + V
Add IK
Shift + i
Add Pose to Library
Shift + L
Paste Pose Flipped
Ctrl + Shift + V
Add Constraint
Ctrl + Shift + C

Animation General

Play/Pause Playback
Space
Reverse Play
Ctrl + Shift + Space
Scroll through frames
Alt + Scroll
Next/P­revious Frame
Left/Right arrow
First/Last Frame
Shift + Left/Right arrow
Jump to Keyframe
Up/Down arrow
Add Keyframe on current frame
i
Delete Keyframe on current frame
Alt +
 

General Selection (most window types)

Select
LMB
Select All
A
Deselect All
Alt + A or A,A
Marquee Box Select
B or LMB (drag)
Circle Select
C
Lasso Select
Ctrl + RMB
Invert Selection
Ctrl + i
Select Linked
Shift + L
Select Similar
Shift + G
Select from many
Alt + LMB

Shading (3D viewport)

Shading Pie Menu
Z
Toggle X-Ray
Alt + Z

Pie Menus

Pivot point pie menu
.
Snap pie menu
Shift + S
Orient­ation pie menu
,

Animation (Timeline / Dopesheet / Graph Editor)

Toggle Dopesheet
Ctrl + TAB
Toggle Frames­/Se­conds
Ctrl + T
Zoom to fit active keyframes
Home or . (Numpad)
Set Keyframe Interp­olation
T
Set Keyframe Handle Type
V
Set Keyframe Extrap­olation
Shift + E
Mirror Keyframes
Ctrl + M
Set Preview Range
P then LMB (drag)
Auto set preview range
Ctrl + Alt + P
Clear Preview
Alt + P
Marker
M
Rename Marker
Ctrl + M
Bind Selected Camera to Selected Marker
Ctrl + B
Select keyframes before­/after current frame
[ / ]
Select all keyframes on current frame
Ctrl + K

Compositor

Move backdrop
Alt + MMB
Zoom backdrop
V / Alt + V
Properties and perfor­mance
N

Image Editor (View)

Proper­ties, Scopes, Slots and Metadata
N
View at 100%
1 (Numpad)
View to Fit
Shift + Home
Next Render Slot
J
Previous Render Slot
Alt + J
Select Render Slot
1-8
Save Image
Alt + S
Save Image As
Shift + S

UV Editor

Select Island
L (under cursor) or Ctrl + L
Stitch
V
Weld
Shift + W
Pin
P
Unpin
Alt + P
Select Pinned
Shift + P