most important Hotkeys
 

t - move
y - rotate
shift-h - scale
h - stretch
ctrl-t - drag tool (drag vertices around)
shift-x - make a box
shift-o - make a ball
p - make polgygon from selected points
ctrl-p - make spline from selected points
ctrl-w - welds selected points at the location of the last selected
m - merge points (either automatic or with tolerance, popup menu)
shift-e - extrude
b - bevel
Tab - toggle SubPatches
shift-k - knife tool
shift-f - smoothshift (like bevel but for groups of polys)
ctrl-v - set value (enter x y or z value for selected elements)
shift-v - mirror

these should get you going, if you have useful additions to these, post them in this thread.

cheers,

philip

Thank you very much Phillips.
-I now understand better the tutorial-

great :D

There are many useful hotkeys but here are the ones I find I use the most (not including what Philip wrote) :D:

Shift+g : snap (like drag [ctrl+t] only it snaps to points)
F2 : center the object
~ : bend
[ : shear
Shift+d : Subdivide
q : set surface
f : flip polygons
ctrl+k : Spin quads
a : Fit all the mesh into the window
shift+a : fit all selected into the window
- : hide selected
= : hide unselected
\ : unhide

oh yeah, good ones kvaalen.

and how about ctrl-F3: surface editor

Oh, I forgot...

Ctrl + g : Points selection mode
Ctrl + h : Polygon selection mode
u : undo
Shift + u : Redo
s : save (you should save a lot)
Shift + s : Save as
Shift + F5 : Change the Action center to mouse
Shift + F8 : Change the Action center to selection
/ : diselect all
" : invert select (I ususally use this to select everything when nothing is selected)
] : Select conected

The URL below directs you to a printable keyboard shortcuts list that some might find usefull.


http://www.flay.com/getarticle.cfm?articleid=20

Excellent one Keef

I found the same link when I dug up for some information following Phillip´s post, but I thought I should leave the thread to develop itself

And for every key you hit follow it with 'n'. I know, it's more useful to leave this panel open but, especially new users, rarely do that wether they should because it helps a lot undarstanding the current selected tool..

I like ' to switch background and foreground layers in modeller.
Dug

What does set surface and spin quads do?

set surface is basically applying a (new) material to your selection, or everything if nothing is selected.

spin quads sort of spins around the edge shared by 2 selected 4-point polygons

*blink*


ahhh makes so much more sense...

no...

i think ill just expiriment in LW tomorrow when i have time.