List of shortcut keys

How
Shortcut Command useful
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Snapping Operations
Autodesk Maya

c Snap to curves + –

x Snap to grids + –

v Snap to points + –

j Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping + –

Shft+J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping + –

Painting Operations
Autodesk Maya

Alt+f Flood with the current value + –

Alt+a Turn Show Wireframe on/off + –

Alt+c Turn Color Feedback on/off + –

Alt+r Toggle Reflection on/off + –

u+LMB Artisan Paint Operation marking menu + –

b Modify upper brush radius + –

Shft+B Modify lower brush radius + –

Ctrl+b Edit Paint Effects template brush settings + –

i Modify Artisan brush Stamp Depth + –

m Modify Max Displacement (Of Sculpt Surfaces and + –

Sculpt Polygons Tool)

n Modify Value + –

/ Switch to pick colour mode + –

' Select cluster mode (Of Paint Weights Tool ) + –

i Modify Artisan brush Stamp Depth + –

m Modify Max Displacement (Of Sculpt Surfaces and + –

Sculpt Polygons Tool)

n Modify Value + –

/ Switch to pick colour mode + –

' Select cluster mode (Of Paint Weights Tool ) + –

8 Open Paint Effects panel + –

o+LMB Poly Brush Tool marking menu + –

o+MMB Poly UV Tool marking menu

+ –

Tumble, Track or Dolly

Autodesk Maya

Alt+LMB Tumble Tool + –

Alt+MMB Track Tool + –

Alt+RMB Dolly Tool

+ –

Display
Autodesk Maya

4 Shading > Wireframe + –

5 Shaded display + –

6 Shaded and Textured display + –

7 Lighting > Use All Lights + –

d+LMB Display Quality marking menu + –

1 Low Quality Display setting + –

2 Medium Quality Display setting + –

3 High Quality Display setting

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d+LMB Display Quality marking menu + –

1 Low Quality Display setting + –

2 Medium Quality Display setting + –

3 High Quality Display setting

+ –

Displaying Objects (show, hide)

Autodesk Maya

Ctrl+h Display > Hide > Hide Selection + –

Ctrl+Shft Display > Show > Show Last Hidden + –

+H

Alt+h Display > Hide > Hide Unselected Objects + –

Shft+I Show > Isolate Select > View Selected

+ –

Tool Operations
Autodesk Maya

Return Complete current tool + –

~ Abort current tool + –

Insert Enter tool Edit mode + –

Shft menu Select Tool + –

+Q

Shft menu Component marking + –

+Q+LMB

Alt+q Select tool + –

Alt+q+LMB Polygon marking menu + –

q+LMB Mask marking menu + –

w Move tool + –

w+LMB Move tool marking menu + –

e Rotate tool + –

e+LMB Rotate tool marking menu + –

r Scale tool + –
q+LMB Mask marking menu + –

w Move tool + –

w+LMB Move tool marking menu + –

e Rotate tool + –

e+LMB Rotate tool marking menu + –

r Scale tool + –

r+LMB Scale tool marking menu + –

t Show manipulator tool + –

y Select last used tool (Excluding Select, Move, Rotate + –

and Scale)

j Snap Move, Rotate, Scale tool + –

= or + Increase manipulator size + –

- Decrease manipulator size

+ –

Animation Operations
Autodesk Maya

s Animate > Set key + –

i Insert Keys tool (for graph editor) + –

Shft+S Keyframe marking menu + –

+LMB

Shft+S Tangent marking menu + –

+MMB

Shft+E Set key for Rotate + –

Shft+R Ser key for Scale + –

Shft+W Set key for Translate + –

Alt+s Cycle handle stiky state (for IK handles)

+ –

Playback Control
Autodesk Maya

Alt+. Move forward one frame + –

Playback Control
Autodesk Maya

Alt+. Move forward one frame + –

Alt+, Move backward one frame + –

. Go to Next key + –

, Go to previous key + –

Alt+v Turn Playback on/off + –

Alt+Shft+v Go to Min Frame

+ –

Hotbox Display
Autodesk Maya

Space Hotbox + –

Alt+m Default Hotbox Style (Zones and Menus Rows)

+ –

Window and View Operations

Autodesk Maya

Crtl+a Toogle Attribute Editor and Channel Box + –

a Frame all in active panel + –

a+LMB History Operations marking menu + –

Shft+A Frame All in all views + –

f Frame selected in active panel + –

Shft+F Frame selected in all views + –

] Redo view change + –

[ Undo view change + –

` Set keyboard focus to command line + –

Alt+` Set keyboard focus to numeric input line + –

f Frame selected in active panel + –

Shft+F Frame selected in all views + –

] Redo view change + –

[ Undo view change + –

` Set keyboard focus to command line + –

Alt+` Set keyboard focus to numeric input line + –

F1 Help > Contents and Search

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Moving Selected Objects

Autodesk Maya

Alt+Up Move up one pixel + –

arrow

Alt+Down Move down one pixel + –

arrow

Alt+Left Move left one pixel + –

arrow

Alt+Right Move right one pixel

+arrow
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Traversing the Hierarchy

Autodesk Maya

Up arrow Walk up the current hierarchy + –

Down Walk down current hierarchy + –

arrow

Left arrow Walk left current hierarchy + –

Right Walk right current hierarchy

+arrow
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Modeling Operations
Autodesk Maya

Crtl+Up Display coarser Sub-d level + –

arrow

Crtl+Down Select/refine Sub-d component + –

Modeling Operations
Autodesk Maya

Crtl+Up Display coarser Sub-d level + –

arrow

Crtl+Down Select/refine Sub-d component + –

arrow

Crtl+F9 Convert poly selection to Vertices + –

Crtl+F10 Convert poly selction to Edges + –

Crtl+F11 Covert poly selection to Faces + –

Crtl+F12 Convert poly selction to UVs

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File Operations
Autodesk Maya

Ctrl+n File > New Scene + –

Ctrl+o File > Open Scene + –

Ctrl+s File > Save Scene + –

Ctrl+q File > Exit

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Selecting Menus
Autodesk Maya

Ctrl+m Show/Hide main menu bar + –

Shft+m Show/Hide panel menu bar + –

h+LMB Menu Set marking menu + –

F2 Show Animationmenu set + –

F3 Show Modeling menu set + –

F4 Show Dynamics menu set + –

F5 Show Rendering menu set

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F2 Show Animationmenu set + –

F3 Show Modeling menu set + –

F4 Show Dynamics menu set + –

F5 Show Rendering menu set

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Edit Operations
Autodesk Maya

z or Ctrl+z Edit > Undo + –

Shft+z Edit > Redo + –

g Edit > Repeat + –

Shft+G Repeat command at mouse position + –

Ctrl+d Edit > Duplicate + –

Shft+D Edit > Duplicate with Transform + –

Crtl+g Edit > Group + –

p Edit > Parent + –

Shft+P Edit > Unparent + –

Crtl+x Edit > Cut + –

Crtl+c Edit > Copy + –

Ctrl+v Edit > Paste

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Selecting Objects and Components

Autodesk Maya

F8 Switching between Objevt and Component Editing + –

F9 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Vertices + –

F10 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Edges + –

F11 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Faces + –

F12 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface UVs + –

Ctrl+i Select next intermediate onject + –

Alt+F9 Select Polygon Vertex/Faces + –

F9 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Vertices + –

F10 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Edges + –

F11 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Faces + –

F12 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface UVs + –

Ctrl+i Select next intermediate onject + –

Alt+F9 Select Polygon Vertex/Faces + –

< Shrink polygon selection region + –

> Grow polygon selection region + –