Autodesk Maya 2012 Essential Shortcuts & Cheat Sheet

MOUSE: Tumble, Track or Dolly HOW TO SCALE HOW TO ROTATE

HOT KEYS (q) Select tool (w) Move tool (e) Rotate tool (r) Scale tool (t) Show Manipulator SNAPPING OPERATIONS Snap to curves Snap to grids Snap to points Move, Rotate, Scale snapping MODELING = Increase Manipulator Size Decrease Manipulator Size Home Key Pivot Ctrl + ` Proxy > Subdiv Proxy Displays both the original ~ proxy & smoothed mesh Toggles display original proxy ` & smoothed mesh c x v j

MENUS Hold Space bar Show Hot box F1 Help F2 Show Animation Menu Set F3 Show Polygons Menu Set F4 Show Surfaces Menu Set F5 Show Dynamics Menu Set F6 Show Rendering Menu Set Shift + m Show/Hide Viewport Panel Menu Ctrl + Shift Show/hide Viewport Panel Toolbar SELECTING OBJECTS AND COMPONENTS F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 Alt + F9 Switch between object/component editing Select > Vertex Select > Edge Select > Face Select > UV Select > Vertex Face WINDOW AND VIEW OPERATIONS Ctrl + a Switch Attribute Editor to Channel Box a Frame All in active panel Frame All in all views Frame Selected in active panel Frame Selected in all views

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Shift + z g Ctrl + d Ctrl + g p Shift + p Ctrl + h Ctrl+Shift + h [ ] Alt + b Tap Space bar

DISPLAY Default quality display setting Rough quality display setting Medium quality display setting Smooth quality display setting Shading > Wireframe Shaded display Shaded and Textured display Lighting > Use All Lights EDIT OPERATIONS Edit > Redo Edit > Repeat Last Edit > Duplicate Edit > Group Edit > Parent Edit > Unparent (child) Display > Hide > Hide Selection Display > Show > Show Last Hidden Go To Previous View Go To Next View Change Backround Color Toggles Between Single and Four View

Shift + a f Shift + f

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