The listing below gives important keyboard shortcuts that will be useful in using Blender for scientific visualization.
A | Select/deselect all |
TAB | Toggle between Mesh Edit and Object modes |
X | Delete object |
S | Scale object |
R | Rotate object |
G | Grab object |
I | Insert keyframe |
E | Extrude selected vertices, lines, or faces |
. | Period key—center on selected object |
CTRL–Z | Undo |
SHIFT–S | Snap cursor |
U | UV Mapping |
F12 | Still frame render |
T | Object tools toggle |
CTRL–E | Mark edges and seams on meshes |
→ | Advance animation frame |
← | Reverse animation frame |