Edit Operation
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+C/Ctrl+X/Ctrl+V | Copy/Cut/Paste | |
| Z | Edit - Undo | |
| Shift+Z | Edit - Redo | |
| G | Edit - Repeat | |
| Shift+G | Repeat command at mouse position | |
| Ctrl+D | Edit - Duplicate | |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Edit - Duplicate Special | |
| Shift+D | Edit - Duplicate with Transform | |
| Ctrl+G | Edit - Group | |
| P | Edit - Parent | |
| Shift+P | Edit - Unparent |
File Operation
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | File - New Scene | |
| Ctrl+O | File - Open Scene | |
| Ctrl+S | File - Save Scene | |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | File - Save Scene As | |
| Ctrl+Q | File - Exit | |
| Ctrl+R | Create file reference |
General Tools
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Complete current tool | |
| Insert | Enter tool Edit mode | |
| Shift+Q | Select Tool, or with left mouse button for Component marking menu | |
| Alt+Q | Select Tool, or with left mouse button for Polygon marking menu | |
| Q | Select Tool, or with left mouse button for Selection Mask marking menu | |
| W | Move Tool, or with left mouse button for Move Tool marking menu | |
| E | Rotate Tool, or with left mouse button for Rotate Tool marking menu | |
| R | Scale Tool, or with left mouse button for Scale Tool marking menu | |
| Ctrl+T | Show universal manipulator tool | |
| T | Show manipulator tool | |
| Y | Selects the last used tool that is not one of Select, Move, Rotate, or Scale | |
| J | Move, Rotate, Scale Tool Snapping (press and release) | |
| +/- | Increase manipulator size / Decrease manipulator size | |
| D+left mouse button | Move pivot (Move Tool) | |
| Insert | Switches between move pivot and move object (Move Tool) |
View
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+left Mouse button | Tumble | |
| Alt+middle Mouse Button | Track | |
| Alt+right mouse button | Dolly | |
| A | Show all | |
| F | Show selected | |
| 1 | Rough display | |
| 2 | Medium display | |
| 3 | Smooth display | |
| 4 | Wireframe display | |
| 5 | Shaded display | |
| 6 | Shaded and textured display | |
| 7 | Display with lights | |
| Ctrl+Space | Switches between the standard view and a full-screen view | |
| Alt+B | Changes the background color of the perspective and orthographic panels: standard (light gray), dark gray, or black |
Playback Control
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+./Alt+, | Move forward / move backward one frame in time | |
| ./, | Go to Next key / Go to Previous key | |
| Alt+V | Turn Playback on or off | |
| Alt+Shift+V | Go to Min Frame | |
| K+middle mouse button | Virtual Time Slider mode (press and hold and scrub timeline) |
Camera
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+Left mouse button | Tumble Tool (press and release) | |
| Alt+Middle mouse button | Track Tool (press and release) | |
| Alt+Right mouse button | Dolly Tool (press and release) | |
| \ | Enable/disable 2D Pan/Zoom. |
Interfaces
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+A | Switches between Attribute Editor or Channel Box | |
| A | Frame All in active panel | |
| Shift+A | Frame All in all views | |
| F | Frame Selected in active panel | |
| Shift+F | Frame Selected in all views | |
| Space | Switch between the active window in multi-pane display and single pane display | |
| Ctrl+Space | Switch between the standard view and full-screen view of the current panels | |
| ]/[ | Redo view change / Undo View Change | |
| Alt+B | Switch between a gradient, black, dark gray, or light gray background color. | |
| Shift+{/Shift+} | View previous layout / View next layout | |
| F1 | Help - Maya Help | |
| Ctrl+M | Show/hide main menu bar | |
| Shift+M | Show/hide panel menu bar | |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Show/hide panel toolbar | |
| H | With left mouse button for Menu Set marking menu | |
| F2 | Show Animation menu set | |
| F3 | Show Polygons menu set | |
| F4 | Show Modeling menu set | |
| F5 | Show Dynamics menu set | |
| F6 | Show Rendering menu set | |
| Space | (When pressed down) Show the hotbox | |
| Alt+M | Default Hotbox Style (Zones and Menu Rows) |
Display hotkeys
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+H | Hide Selection | |
| Shift+H | Show Selection | |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Show Last Hidden | |
| Alt+H | Hide Unselected Objects | |
| Shift+L | Show Isolate Select - View Selected | |
| Default quality display setting | ||
| 1 | Rough quality display setting | |
| 2 | Medium quality display setting | |
| 3 | Smooth quality display setting | |
| 4 | Shading - Wireframe | |
| 5 | Shaded display | |
| 6 | Shaded and Textured display | |
| 7 | Lighting - Use All Lights |
Modeling
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Default polygon mesh display (no smoothing) | |
| 2 | Cage + smooth polygon mesh display | |
| 3 | Smooth polygon mesh display | |
| Ctrl+H | Display coarser subdivision surface level | |
| Ctrl+I | Select/refine subdivision surface component | |
| 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 - | |
| Page Up/ | Increases / Decreases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy. | |
| L | Lock/unlock length of curve (press and hold) |
Painting Operation
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+F | Flood with the current value | |
| Alt+A | Turn Show Wireframe on or off | |
| Alt+C | Turn Color Feedback on or off | |
| Alt+R | Toggle Reflection on or off | |
| U+left mouse button | Artisan Paint Operation marking menu | |
| B | Modify upper brush radius (press and release) | |
| Shift+B | Modify lower brush radius (press and release) | |
| Ctrl+B | Edit Paint Effects template brush settings | |
| M | Modify maximum displacement (Sculpt Surfaces and Sculpt Polygons Tool) | |
| N | Modify paint value | |
| / | Switch to pick color mode (press and release) | |
| 8 | Open Paint Effects panel | |
| O+left mouse button | Poly Brush Tool marking menu | |
| O+middle mouse button | Poly UV Tool marking menu |
Rendering
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+Left | Render view next image | |
| Ctrl+Right | Render view previous image |
Making Selections
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| F8 | Select - Object/Component (Switch between object and component editing) | |
| F9 | Select - Vertex | |
| F10 | Select - Edge | |
| F11 | Select - Face | |
| F12 | Select - UV | |
| Ctrl+I | Select next intermediate object | |
| Alt+F9 | Select - Vertex Face | |
| >/< | Grow / Shrink polygon selection region | |
| Arrow Keys | Pick Walk - walk up/down/left/right |
Snapping
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| C | Snap to curves (press and release) | |
| X | Snap to grids (press and release) | |
| V | Snap to points (press and release) | |
| J | Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping (press and release) | |
| Shift+J | Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping (press and release) |
Tool and Action
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Q | Select Tool | |
| W | Move Tool | |
| E | Rotate Tool | |
| R | Scale Tool | |
| T | Show Manipulator Tool | |
| Ctrl+T | Universal Manipulator | |
| Y | Last tool used | |
| +/- | Change the size of the manipulator | |
| Z | Undo | |
| Shift+Z | Redo | |
| G | Repeat last action | |
| F8 | Switch between object/component selection mode | |
| P | Parent | |
| Shift+] | Unparent | |
| S | Set key | |
| Shift+W | Key the selected object position | |
| Shift+E | Key the selected object rotation | |
| Shift+R | Key the selected object scale | |
| 8 | Paint Effects Panel | |
| Ctrl+A | Attribute Editor | |
| (hold) x | Snap to grids | |
| (hold) c | Snap to curves | |
| (hold) v | Snap to points | |
| Alt+Arrow keys} | Move up/down/left/right one pixel |
Animation
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| S | Animate - Set Key | |
| I | Insert Keys Tool for Graph Editor | |
| Shift+S+left mouse button | Keyframe marking menu | |
| Shift+S+middle mouse button | Tangent marking menu | |
| Shift+E | Set key for Rotate | |
| Shift+R | Set key for Scale | |
| Shift+W | Set key for Translate | |
| Alt+J | Toggle Multicolor Feedback |
