Keyboard Shortcuts
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Overview
An overview of the keyboard shortcuts for those that don't take the time to read the online manual, and thus are not aware that these shortcuts are real time savers:
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3D Layout Keyboard Shortcuts
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Player/Author Mode
CTRL+SPACE - Play / Stop
CTRL+BACKSPACE or Alt+BACKSPACE - Restore Initial Conditions
ALT+SPACEBAR- Do One Step
ALT+ENTER - Toggle windowed / Fullscreen mode in Player Mode
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Object Selection
CTRL+C - Copy selection
CTRL+D - Clear selection
CTRL+A - Select all
CTRL+I - Invert selection
SPACEBAR - Lock selection
DELETE - Delete selection
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Transformation Tools
X - Move
C - Rotate
V - Toggle Scale (Normal/Volumetric/Uniform)
S - Toggle Snap
H - Toggle Hierarchy
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Axis and Plane Constraints
F5 - Switch to X constraint
F6 - Switch to Y constraint
F7 - Switch to Z constraint
F8 - Toggle XY/YZ/XZ constraints
F9 - Toggle anchor (selection center/object center/other object)
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Reference and Screen Guide
G - Toggle Reference Grid On/Off
SHIFT+G - Toggle Screen Grid On/Off
CTRL+G - Grid Setup
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Creation Tools
1 - Create a camera
2 - Create a light
3 - Create a curve
4 - Create a 3D frame
5 - Create a grid
6 - Create a 2D frame
7 - Create a Material
8 - Create a Texture
9 - Create a Portal
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Navigation Tools
Z - Camera zoom
SHIFT+Z - Zoom on selection
O - Toggle Orbit camera / Orbit target around camera
P - Pan camera
F - Change camera FOV
D - Dolly camera
N - Next Camera in scene
SHIFT+N - Previous Camera in scene
A - Switch to selection mode
W - Zoom all
Y - Flycam
Mouse Middle Button - Pan holding down shift increases navigation speed (make sure the viewport is selected)
Alt + Mouse Middle Button - Orbit
Mouse Wheel - Zoom
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Level Manager Keyboard Shortcuts
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NAVIGATION:
UP,DOWN, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, HOME, END - Scroll functions
RIGHT - Open hierarchy of selected item if available
LEFT - Close hierarchy of selected item if hierarchy is opened, otherwise select parent item.
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CREATION TOOLS
P - Create a new Place and adds selected 3D Entities to the place.
R - Create a new Array.
C - Create a new Scene.
W - Create a new Workset.
S - Create a new Script on selected items.
G - Creates a group and adds selected items to the group.
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FIND
F - Opens the Find dialog box
F3 - Find Next.
Shift+F3- Find Previous.
Ctrl+F3 - Find Next that contains the string/text currently selected.
Ctrl+Shift+F3- Find Previous that contains the string/text currently selected.
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SELECTION
F2 - Renames entities.
DEL - Deletes selected entities.
SPACEBAR - Toggles selection lock in 3D view.
V - Show selected 2D/3D entities.
H - Hide selected 2D/3D entities.
A - Activate selected entities in their context scene.
D - Deactivate selected entities in their context scene.
1 - Set Show/Hide Flags on selected items.
2 - Remove Show/Hide Flags on selected items.
+ - Moves the entity up in the group order.
- - Moves the entity down in the group order.
RETURN or Middle button on a script - Show in Schematic.
RETURN or Middle button on a entity - Show Setup.
CTRL+A - Selects all children of the selected item.
CTRL+C - Copies the selection to the clipboard.
CTRL+V - Pastes the clipboard content on the selection.
Alt+S- Saves the current selection to an object file.
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Schematic Keyboard Shortcuts
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NAVIGATION
ARROW KEYS, PAGE UP, DOWN, HOME, END (when no script is selected) - Scroll functions
PLUS, MINUS (+, -) - Zoom in, Zoom out (3 predefined levels)
R - Zoom out and scroll to first page
SHIFT+R - Refresh schematic
SHIFT+Up/Down keys - If a script is selected, select previous / next script and scroll
CTRL+Up/Down keys (when no script is selected) - Page scroll
CTRL+Up/Down keys ( when a script is selected) - Move highlighted script
Right/Left keys (when only scripts are selected) - Open/close selected scripts
CTRL+B - Select/deselect highlighted script
SPACEBAR - Force mouse scroll (even if mouse is on a moveable item)
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SELECTION
CTRL+X - Cut selection to clipboard. Scripts cannot be cut.
CTRL+C - Copy selection to clipboard
CTRL+V - Paste from clipboard
Fast Copy and Paste - There is another fast way to copy and paste a selection: press Shift before moving the selection by dragging it.
CTRL+SHIFT+V - Paste shortcut (only if output/local/shortcut parameters has been previously copied)
DELETE - Delete selection
SHIFT + DELETE - Delete behavior graph but keeps its content
CTRL+click and drag mouse - Rectangle selection (selects everything that is strictly inside [schematic preference - strict multi-selection active] otherwise everything that intersects the drawn rectangle.)
Hold SHIFT down to add items to current selection by clicking on them.
Hold CONTROL down to invert selected state of clicked items.
SHIFT+Move Selection - copy moved selection
CONTROL+Move Selection - invert Search Best Path while Linking preference
SHIFT+Q - Set Initial Conditions on selected scripts
CTRL+Q - Remove Initial Conditions on selected scripts
ALT+Q - Restore Initial Conditions on selected scripts
SPACEBAR - Change display of selected local parameters - Open/close selected behavior graphsand scripts
F1 - Open building block help if building block is selected and doc is available
F2 - Edit name or comment box. Return or click elsewhere to accept new name, press escape to cancel
F9 - Add/remove breakpoint
Shift+F9 - Configure breakpoint
E or RETURN - Edit selected item's Parameters (behavior, parameter operation, link)
K- Opens CK Properties dialog to analyse the currently selected parameter input/output/local.
M - Modify selected Parameter Operation
P - Update path of selected links and links connected to selected items. Switch between direct path (no control points) and best path
S - Edit Settings of selected building block if available
Shift+S - Save selection
T - Add / remove Target Parameter to selected Building Blocks
V - Opens / shows Vsl Script Manager and edit selected Run Vsl building block script.
ALT+X - Execute selected scripts
Y - Edit selected behaviors priority
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MODES
G - Create graph mode
L - Create link mode
A - Activate automatic link
Z - Deactivate automatic link
ESC or right-click or L - End link mode if in link mode
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BEHAVIOR BB/BG CONSTRUCTION
C - Creates a comment (graph and script only)
I - Creates an input for selected
O - Creates an output for selected
ALT+I - Creates an Parameter Input for selected
ALT+O - Creates an Parameter Output for selected
ALT+L - Creates a local parameter for selected / in script
ALT+T - Creates a This parameter for selected / in script
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MOUSE SHORTCUTS
Double-Click Link - Open Edit Link Delay dialog box
Double-click Script Name - Open/close script
Double-click Scrip Owner - Open Level Manager with owner selected
Double-click Graph - Open/close graph
Double-click Building Block- Edit building block parameters
Double-click Input/Parameter Output - Edit that parameter only
Double-click Local Parameter - Edit local parameter
SHIFT+Right-Click - show menu with 10 most recently used building blocks
Middle button - show menu with building block categories
Drag&Drop input/output or parameter input/output- link
Shift + Drag&Drop input/output or parameter input/output- export and/or move if moved object is a parameter that belong to a graph.
Alt + Drag&Drop input/output or parameter input/output- change connected link source/destination
Drag&Drop linked parameter local outside graph- export local parameter. Opposite operation is possible too.
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MISCELLANEOUS
H - Open Message - Sender and Receiver Retrieval dialog box
ALT+S - Save selection as nms file
CTRL+F - Find text, open find text dialog
F3 - Find text, next
Shift+F3 - Find text, previous
CTRL+Shift+F - Open Schematic Explorer
ALT+P - Creates a parameter operation in script
CTRL while linking - invert Search Best Path while Linking preference
