Learning the Blender Interface Part 3: Shortcuts

Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Numpad:
1 : Front perspective view
2 : Rotates upwards in small increments
3 : Right perspective view
4 : Rotates to the right in small increments
5 : Orthographic* / Perspective views
6 : Rotates to the left in small increments
7 : Top view
8 : Rotates downwards in small increments
9 :
0 : Camera view / Perspective view
. : Centers and zooms in on the object selected
/ : Global / local view

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Edit Mode:
U - UV mapping
W - brings up Specials menu
R - Rotates
E - duplicates along the z axis
A - selects / deselects all
S - Scale
F - merges faces
K - cuts the object
X - Delete menu
C - Brings up a circle that adds selections to the first selection

Ctrl + E - Edges enu
Ctrl + F - Faces menu
Ctrl + V - Vertices menu
Ctrl + R - Creates a ring that will cut the object
Ctrl + I - Inverse selection(s)

Shift + A - Constructs meshes to be added
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Object Mode:
Shift + S - Snap
Shift + D - Duplicate
Shift + G - Select Group Menu

Ctrl + Q - Quit
Ctrl + W - Brings up a save menu
Ctrl + U - Save start up file
Ctrl + O - Open file
Ctrl+ P - Set Parent
Ctrl + A - Apply transformation menu
Ctrl + G - Group select objects
Ctrl + C - Copies
Ctrl + V - Paste
Ctrl + N - Reloads start up file