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 green. 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
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Shortcut
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Version
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Notes
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| Rotate
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MMB
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| Zoom
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Scroll wheel or Ctrl+MMB
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| Pan
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Shift+MMB
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| Re-center
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Num.
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Centers the camera on the selected objects and zooms to fit them in view.
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| Toggle orthogonal
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Num5
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Switches between perspective and orthogonal view.
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| Front view
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Num1
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Hold Ctrl for the opposite side. Hold Shift to align the camera with a face in edit mode.
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| Left view
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Num3
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"
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| Top view
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Num7
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"
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| Toggle wireframe
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Z
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Blender 2.8+ also has the material preview and rendered shading modes available this way.
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Basic
| Tool
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Shortcut
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Version
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Notes
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| Select/deselect
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LMB
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Hold Shift to select/deselect multiple objects; the last selected object is the active object (indicated by a light orange outline).
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| Select/deselect all
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A
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| Box select
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B
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LMB to select; MMB to deselect.
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Object mode
| Tool
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Shortcut
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Version
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Notes
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| Join
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J
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Joins the selected objects with the active object. The merged object has the properties of what was the active object.
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| Apply transforms
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Ctrl+A
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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.
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| Parent
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Ctrl+P
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Opens the dialog to parent the selected objects to the active object.
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Edit mode
| Tool
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Shortcut
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Version
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Notes
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| Separate
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P
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Separates the selected parts of the object into a new object. The new object retains the properties of the object it was separated from.
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| Edge tools
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Ctrl+E
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Opens a edge tool menu. Most importantly, this lets you mark UV seams and sharp edges.
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| Unwrap
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U
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Opens the dialog to unwrap the UVs for the selected parts of the object.
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