Modeling hotkeys

Note:

If you are on macOS, use the following special keys instead of their Windows equivalents unless otherwise specified:

Alt = Option
Ctrl = Control
Windows key = Command

In addition if you have a one or two-button mouse on macOS, make sure to set the Mouse Tracking option in the Interface Preferences as appropriate.

Modeling Operations
	1	Default polygon mesh display (no smoothing)
	2	Cage + smooth polygon mesh display
	3	Smooth polygon mesh display
Ctrl	F9	Convert polygon selection to Vertices
Ctrl	F10	Convert polygon selection to Edges
Ctrl	F11	Covert polygon selection to Faces
Ctrl	F12	Covert polygon selection to UVs
Ctrl	`	Proxy > Subdiv Proxy Displays original mesh (proxy) and a smoothed version of the original.
Ctrl+Shift	`	Proxy > Subdiv Proxy > Displays Subdiv Proxy options window
	`	Toggles the display between the original (proxy) and the smoothed mesh.
	~	Displays both the original (proxy) and the smoothed mesh.
Alt	`	Modify > Convert > NURBS to Subdiv, Polygons to Subdiv
Alt+Shift	~	Displays option window for Modify > Convert > NURBS to Subdiv > or Polygons to Subdiv > (depending on whether NURBS or Polygons are selected).
	Page Up	Increases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy.
	Page Down	Decreases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy.
	l	Lock/unlock length of curve (press and hold)
Ctrl+Shift	Drag transform manipulator	Slide selected component along edge. You can also middle-drag anywhere on the screen.
Shift	Drag transform manipulator	Extrude currently selected component (Component Mode only).
Ctrl	Middle-drag	Move components along their normals (Move Tool only)
Ctrl	Middle-drag	Rotate component groups along their local X axes (Rotate Tool only)
Ctrl	Middle-drag	Scale component groups along their local YZ axes (Scale Tool only)
Ctrl+Shift	Q	Activate Quad Draw Tool.
Ctrl+Shift	X	Activate Multi-Cut Tool.

For Modeling Toolkit hotkeys, see Modeling Toolkit hotkeys.

Modeling hotkeys

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