Blender shortcuts

Introduction

This page lists some useful Blender shortcuts and tools. The bare minimum tools that are required to prepare a model for PES are highlighted in red. If a tool is only available in Blender versions newer than 2.79, it will be noted.

Some tools have options with additional shortcuts; these are displayed at the bottom of the viewport while the tool is active.

Viewport

Tool	Shortcut	Version	Notes
Rotate	MMB
Zoom	Scroll wheel or Ctrl+mouse
Pan	Shift+mouse

Basic

Tool	Shortcut	Version	Notes
Select/deselect	LMB		Hold Shift to select/deselect multiple objects; the last selected object is the active object (indicated by a light orange outline).
Select/deselect all	A
Box select	B		LMB to select; MMB to deselect.

Object mode

Tool	Shortcut	Version	Notes
Join	J		Joins the selected objects with the active object. The merged object has the properties of what was the active object.
Apply transforms	Ctrl+A		Opens a dialog to apply the location, rotation, and/or scale of the object. This sets the current location/rotation to (0,0,0) and scale to 1. All changed transforms need to be applied before export, as these values are not respected by other programs.
Parent	Ctrl+P		Opens the dialog to parent the selected objects to the active object.

Edit mode

Tool	Shortcut	Version	Notes
Separate	P		Separates the selected parts of the object into a new object. The new object retains the properties of the object it was separated from.
Edge tools	Ctrl+E		Opens a edge tool menu. Most importantly, this lets you mark UV seams and sharp edges.
Unwrap	U		Opens the dialog to unwrap the UVs for the selected parts of the object.