The key-function table

Here is a table of keyboard commands and their functions:

Key

Function

MMB

Press it after starting to move, scale, or rotate an object and it locks the motion, scaling, or rotation to the nearest axis

Ctrl + Z

Undoes a step

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Redoes a previous step undone with Ctrl + Z

F

Creates a face from selected vertices

Alt + F

Makes faces from selected vertices

Shift + Alt + F

Done after using Alt + F, this makes a nicer set of faces

Tab

When using a multiset button, such as X, Y, Z, or R, G, B, it allows you to move quickly between the buttons

B

Does a border select in the Graph Editor

Ctrl + P

Child a group of selected objects to the last object selected

Ctrl + T

Sets an object(s) ...

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