#basic keys

3 Basic Keys in Life. This applies to pretty much any area of your life.

3 Basic Keys to help you in every area of your life. These keys can be modified based on your particular situation. That is something that I learned older I become and also working on the wiser part as well. Hope this helps those that are not sure where to go or where to begin. I would love to hear your experiences with these…

The mesh editing mode

'Edit mode' / 'Object mode' toggle: Tab

Vertex / Edge / Face mode selection: Ctrl + Tab

Extrude Vertex / Edge / Face: E ( Hold Shift for precision )

Shrink / Fatten: Alt + S ( Hold Shift for precision )

Make edge loop: Ctrl + R ( MWheel to define edge loop count )

Knife tool: K ( Hold Ctrl to snap to midpoints )                                                ( Spacebar: confirm, E: new cut, C: angle constrain, Z: cut through )

Inset face: I ( Hold Shift for precision )

Vertices menu: Ctrl + V

Edges menu: Ctrl + E

Faces menu: Ctrl + F

Specials menu: W

Merge: Alt + M

Edge slide: GG

Rip: V

Select more: Ctrl + 'Numpad +'

Select less: Ctrl + 'Numpad -'

Saparate selected: P ( Note: P is 'play' in the object mode )

Bevel: Ctrl + B ( Hold Shift for precision )

Recalculate normals of selected: Ctrl + N ( if you see weirdness in the mesh )

Delete Vertex / Edge / Face: X

Dissolve edge: X » Dissolve

Combine faces out of selected geometry: F

Connect vertices: J

Vertex slide: Shift + V (Hold Shift to snap to midpoints)

Extrude individual Vertices / Faces: Alt + E

Most important stuff is topmost.

Orbit view: MMB

Pan view: Shift + MMB

Zoom view: MWheel

Select object: RMB

Move selected: G   ( X / Y / Z to define axis, XX / YY / ZZ to define local axis, numeric value to define amount )

Rotate selected: R   ( X / Y / Z to define axis, XX / YY / ZZ to define local axis, numeric value to define amount )

Scale selected: S   ( X / Y / Z to define axis, XX / YY / ZZ to define local axis, numeric value to define amount )

Add new object: Shift + A

Duplicate object: Shift + D

Add / Remove from selection: Shift + RMB

Box select: B ( MMB-drag to deselect )

Circle select: C ( MWheel to change size, MMB to deselect )

Lasso select: Ctrl + LMB ( Shift + Ctrl + LMB to deselect )

'Select all' / 'Deselect all' toggle: A

Delete selected: X

'Wireframe view' / 'Solid view' toggle: Z

Make parent: Ctrl + P ( first select the children, then the parent )

Clear parent: Alt + P

Join objects: Ctrl + J ( select the object last into which you want to join )

Undo: Ctrl + Z

Redo: Ctrl + Shift + Z

Zoom to selected: Numpad .

Local View toggle (isolate selection): Numpad /

during moving/rotating/scaling - Restrict one axis: Shift + X / Y / Z

during moving/rotating/scaling - Restrict one local axis: Shift + XX / YY / ZZ

during moving/rotating/scaling - Incremetal behavior: Hold Ctrl

during moving/rotating/scaling - Precision behavior: Hold Shift

Rotate object as trackball: RR

Front View: Numpad 1

Right View: Numpad 3

Top View: Numpad 7

Back View: Ctrl + Numpad 1

Left View: Ctrl + Numpad 3

Bottom View: Ctrl + Numpad 7

Perspective / Orthographic toggle: Numpad 5

View everything ( and center 3D-cursor to origin ): Shift + C

Full screen ( the window under mouse cursor ): Shift + Space

Tools sidebar ( in the window under mouse cursor ): T

Properties sidebar ( in the window under mouse cursor ): N

Render Image: F12

Close Render View: Esc

Show / Hide Render View toggle: F11

Save rendered image: F3

Next Render Slot ( in render view ): J

Previous Render Slot ( in render view): Alt + J

Save file: Ctrl + S

Save Blender File as... : Ctrl + Shift + S   or   F2

Open Blender File: Ctrl + O   or   F1