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 |