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Desktop shortcuts and controls
Find a list of shortcuts to help improve your workflows on Desktop.You can modify the desktop layout through the preferences menu. Use File > Preferences > Desktop to reposition the palette or adjust the scale of interface elements.
Many time consuming operations such as increasing resolution, exporting, or converting a mesh to clay can be canceled with the Esc key.
Tools |
Shortcut |
Quick swap tool |
Tab |
Clay tool |
c |
Erase tool |
e |
Warp tool |
w |
Constrain Warp to surface normal | z |
Buildup tool |
b |
Smooth tool |
Hold Shift to temporarily switch to Smooth tool while using sculpting tools (any tool other than the Select tool). |
Select tool |
v |
Crease tool | x |
Flatten tool | d |
Brush |
Shortcut |
Size |
Ctrl + click and drag |
Asymmetric resize | In Gizmo placement mode, Ctrl + click and drag a non-uniform resize handle. |
Increase brush size | ] |
Decrease brush size | [ |
Action |
Shortcut |
Undo |
Ctrl + z |
Redo |
Ctrl + shift + z |
Select all |
Ctrl + a |
Deselect all |
Ctrl + shift + a |
Invert selection |
Ctrl + i |
Cut |
Ctrl + x |
Copy |
Ctrl + c |
Paste |
Ctrl + v |
Group selected |
Ctrl + g |
Ungroup selected |
Ctrl + shift + g |
Merge selected |
Ctrl + e |
New Layer |
Ctrl + n |
Select/Deselect scene object |
With the Select Tool, left click the layer/object. Hold shift to add or remove objects to the selection. |
Duplicate selected |
Ctrl + d |
Quick duplicate and move |
d while transforming the gizmo |
Delete selected layers |
Backspace / delete |
Hide Selection |
h with an object selected |
Show all |
h with no objects selected |
Increase resolution |
Ctrl + = |
Decrease resolution |
Ctrl + - |
Focus and Scoping | Shortcut |
Scope In |
Hover over clay and tap s |
Scope Out |
Alt + s / Hover over empty space and tap s |
Scope in directly to layer | Ctrl + double click layer |
Gizmo | Shortcut |
Toggle Gizmo and surface modes |
g |
Flip |
Ctrl + LMB on gizmo translate handle |
Rotate 90° |
Ctrl + LMB on gizmo rotate handle |
Gizmo rotate angle snap |
Start rotating, then hold Shift to snap to angles While the cursor is inside the rotation ring, rotation snaps to 22.5° increments. Outside the rotation ring, rotation snaps to 15° increments. |
Reset Gizmo orientation |
r (tap r twice to reset gizmo orientation and location) |
Apply Gizmo brush |
Spacebar (Hold and move gizmo for continuous application) |
File Menu |
Shortcut |
Export |
Ctrl + shift + e |
Save |
Ctrl + s |
Save As |
Ctrl + shift + s |
New |
Ctrl + shift + n |
Load |
Ctrl + o |
Open Preferences | Ctrl + k |
Camera/Viewport |
Shortcut |
Toggle perspective/orthographic |
Numpad 5 |
Switch to Right / Front / Top view | Numpad 1 / Numpad 3 / Numpad 7 |
Switch to Left / Back/ Bottom view | Ctrl + Numpad 1 / Ctrl + Numpad 3 / Ctrl + Numpad 7 |
Frame selection / Recenter camera on selection | f |
Set camera focus point | Shift + f |
Miscellaneous |
Shortcut |
Manually toggle VR on or off | F4 |
Close top-most dialog | esc |
Pick Color from scene | q |
If Modeler fails to automatically switch to desktop mode on removing your headset, you can use ESC to manually switch to desktop mode. After manually switching to desktop mode, a button appears that will allow you to reenable VR mode.
Scene Navigation
There are 3 movements that can be performed with the desktop camera.
Action | Description | Shortcut |
---|---|---|
Orbit/Rotate | Rotate the camera around a point | alt + left click and drag |
Pan | Move the camera up, down, left, and right | alt + middle click and drag |
Zoom | Zoom the camera in and out | alt + right click and drag |
The camera always moves relative to the Gizmo, or relative to the mouse cursor.
It is not possible to tilt the camera.