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Navigation and shortcuts | Substance 3D Viewer

Adobe Substance 3D Viewer includes shortcuts to help accelerate your workflow.

Navigation controls

Navigation controls allow you to change the position of the camera in the Viewport so you can view your models from different angles and perspectives.

Action

Description

3 button mouse shortcut

2 button mouse shortcut

Orbit

Rotate around the model

Right click and drag

Right click and drag

Pan

Move left, right, up, and down.

Middle click and drag

Space + click and drag

Dolly

Move forwards or backwards.

Scroll mouse wheel

Alt + right click and drag

Navigation shortcuts are visible in the Navigation bar at the bottom of the viewport.

  • Use the dropdown in the Navigation bar to select between displaying 2-button or 3-button mouse shortcuts.
  • Use the i button on the right side of the bar to hide the shortcut bar.

Note

The shortcuts for a 2 button mouse will also work while using a 3 button mouse. The dropdown in the Shortcuts bar only changes which shortcuts are displayed, it does not enable or disable shortcuts.

Keyboard Navigation controls

You can use the following shortcuts to navigate without a mouse:

Action

Description

Shortcut

Orbit

Rotate around the model

NUM 2, NUM 4, NUM 6, NUM 8

Shortcuts

Note:

Many of Viewer's shortcuts can be modified to suit your needs. Use Edit > Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts to see a list  of shortcuts that can be changed.

 

Action

Shortcut

Frame the current object

F

Switch to Appearance workspace

G

Switch to Composition workspace

V

Switch to Environment workspace

E

Rotate lighting

Shift + Right click and drag in the viewport.

Open file

Ctrl + O

Open file with settings

Ctrl +Alt + O

Open folder

Ctrl + Shift + O

Save file

Ctrl + S

Save file as...

Ctrl + Shift + S

Export an image

Ctrl + E

Copy to clipboard

Ctrl + Alt + C

Close Viewer

Ctrl + Q

Undo

Ctrl + Z

Redo

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Or Ctrl + Y

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