Text Editing
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Up Arrow | Add 1 to Value | |
| Down Arrow | Subtract 1 from Value | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow | Add 0.01 to Value | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow | Subtract 0.01 from Value | |
| Shift+Up Arrow | Add 10 to Value | |
| Shift+Down Arrow | Subtract 10 from Value |
Mesh Editing
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+EthenCtrl+D | Export Rocks/Imported Meshes |
Terrain Editing
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+O | Access Deep Texture Editor form Terrain Editor | |
| Ctrl+O | Access Picture Library from Terrain Editor | |
| Ctrl+N | New Blank Terrain | |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Revert to Terrain Active When TE was Opened | |
| Ctrl+L | Max Brush Level | |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Min Brush Level | |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Erode Terrain | |
| Ctrl+X | Lower Terrain | |
| Ctrl+Shift+X | Raise Terrain | |
| Ctrl+I | Flip/Invert Terrain | |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Reset Clipping Bracket | |
| Alt+Click on Gradient Bar | Reset Gradient Bar | |
| Ctrl+F | Flip Gradient Colors | |
| Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V | Copy/Paste Terrain | |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo One Step |
Deep Text Editor
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | Clear Texture |
Terrain Exporter
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacebar+Drag | Preview Pan | |
| Ctrl+Drag | Preview Zoom | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Drag | Preview Adjust Contrast | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Drag | Preview Adjust Brightness |
Advance Motion Lab
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+Click Object Name | Toggle Hierarchy for Object | |
| Shift+Click Object or Attribute | Animation Option Dialog for Object | |
| Ctrl+Q | Toggle hIerarchy for All Animated Objects | |
| Ctrl+H | Toggle Hierarchy for Selected Object | |
| Ctrl+A | Show All/Show Animated | |
| Home | Top of List | |
| End | Bottom of List |
Menus
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | New Document | |
| Ctrl+Alt+N | Document SetUp | |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Animation SetUp | |
| Ctrl+O | Open | |
| Ctrl+S | Save | |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save As | |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Revert to Saved | |
| Ctrl+R | Render | |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Clear and Render | |
| Alt+Shift+R | Render Animation | |
| Ctrl+P |
General Editing
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+> | Clear | |
| Alt+C | Copy Matrix | |
| Alt+V | Paste Matrix | |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate | |
| Alt+D | Replicate | |
| Alt+Shift+D | Multi Replicate | |
| Alt+R | Random Replicate | |
| Ctrl+A | Select All | |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Invert selection |
Object
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+E | Edit Object | |
| Ctrl+Alt+E | Attributes | |
| Alt+Shift+C | Convert Boolean to Mesh | |
| Ctrl+M | Edit Material | |
| Ctrl+Alt+M | Edit 2D Pictures | |
| Alt+M | edit 3D Textures | |
| Ctrl+B | Show Objects as Box | |
| Ctrl+L | Show Objects as Mesh | |
| Ctrl+G | Group Objects | |
| Ctrl+U | Ungroup Objects | |
| Alt+P | Create Path | |
| Ctrl+T | Motion Tab | |
| Ctrl+E | Sky Lab |
Set Object Attributes
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| P | Set Current Object As Positive | |
| N | Set Current Object As Negative | |
| I | Set Current Object to Intersect |
Selecting Objects
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Tab through Objects in Scene | |
| Shift+8 | Double Object Size | |
| / | Half Object size | |
| = | Return Object to original Size |
Object Translation
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| X+Drag Object | Constarint Direction to X axis | |
| Y+Drag Object | Constarint Direction to Y axis | |
| Z+Drag Object | Constarint Direction to Z axis | |
| Shift+Right Arrow | Move Positive on X-axis by 10.24 BU | |
| Shift+Left Arrow | Move Negative on X-axis by 10.24 BU | |
| Shift+PgUp | Move Positive on Y-axis by 10.24 BU | |
| Shift+PgDn | Move Negative on Y-axis by 10.24 BU | |
| Shift+Up Arrow | Move Positive on Z-axis by 10.24 BU | |
| Shift+Down Arrow | Move Negative on Z-axis by 10.24 BU | |
| Right Arrow | Move Positive on X-axis by 5.12 BU | |
| Left Arrow | Move Negative on X-axis by 5.12 BU | |
| PgUp | Move Positive on Y-axis by 5.12 BU | |
| PgDn | Move Negative on Y-axis by 5.12 BU | |
| Up Arrow | Move Negative on Z-axis by 5.12 BU | |
| Down Arrow | Move Negative on Z-axis by 5.12 BU |
Palettes and Labs
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+1 | Create | |
| Ctrl+2 | Edit | |
| Ctrl+3 | Sky | |
| S | Toggle Time/selection | |
| Ctrl+M | Materials Lab | |
| Ctrl+Alt+M | Picture Library | |
| Alt+M | Deep Texture Editor | |
| Ctrl+K | Sky Lab | |
| Ctrl+T | Motion Lab | |
| Ctrl+E | Object Editor |
Timeline
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+P | Show Selected Path as Ribbon | |
| / | Play/Pause | |
| > | Next Ticker Mark in Timeline | |
| < | Previous Ticker Mark in Timeline | |
| Shift+< | Previous Key Frame | |
| Shift+> | Next Key Frame | |
| [ | Move to Start of Animation | |
| ] | Move to End of Animation | |
| . | Move to Next Ticker Mark | |
| , | Go back to Previous Ticker Mark |
Move Palettes
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacebar+Drag Palette | Move Palette | |
| Alt+Spacebar+Click Palette | Reset Palette |
Advanced Display Palette
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| M | Marker | |
| Alt+Click on Pan Tool | Reset Pan Tool | |
| +/- | Zoom in/Zoom out |
Camera Views
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| ~ | Director's View | |
| 1 | Camera View | |
| 2 | Top | |
| 3 | Right | |
| 4 | Front | |
| 5..9 | Saved View 1..5 |
Fly Around View
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+Y | Start Fly-Around | |
| Shift | Slow Down Fly-Around View | |
| Spacebar | Pause/Unpause Fly around | |
| Enter | Stop Fly around |
Rendering
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+R | Render | |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Clear and Render | |
| Alt+Shift+R | Render Animation | |
| Ctrl+R | Resume Render |
