Maya Hotkeys

c

Snap to curves (press and release)

v

Snap to points (press and release)

Shift

j

Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping (press and release)

Alt

f

Flood with the current value

Alt

c

Turn Color Feedback on or off

u

With left mouse button for Artisan Paint Operation marking menu

Shift

B

Modify lower brush radius (press and release)

m

Modify maximum displacement (Sculpt Surfaces and Sculpt Polygons Tool)

/

Switch to pick color mode (press and release)

o

With left mouse button for the Poly Brush Tool marking menu

Alt

Left mouse button

Tumble Tool (press and release)

Alt

Right mouse button

Dolly Tool (press and release)

Middle mouse button

Return

Complete current tool

Shift

Q

Select Tool, or with left mouse button for Component marking menu

q

Select Tool, or with left mouse button for Selection Mask marking menu

e

Rotate Tool, or with left mouse button for Rotate Tool marking menu

Ctrl

t

Show universal manipulator tool

y

Selects the last used tool that is not one of Select, Move, Rotate, or Scale

=, +

Increase manipulator size

d

With left mouse button move pivot (Move Tool)

Ctrl

h

Display > Hide > Hide Selection

Ctrl+Shift

H

Display > Show > Show Last Hidden

Shift

l

Show > Isolate Select > View Selected (in the panel menus)

s

Animate > Set Key

Shift

S

With left mouse button for Keyframe marking menu

Shift

E

Set key for Rotate

Shift

W

Set key for Translate

Alt

.

Move forward one frame in time

.

Go to Next key

Alt

v

Turn Playback on or off

k

With middle mouse button for virtual Time Slider mode (press and hold and scrub timeline)

space

(When pressed down) Show the hotbox

Ctrl

Left

Render view next image

Ctrl

a

Switches between Attribute Editor or Channel Box–displays the Attribute Editor if neither is shown

Shift

A

Frame All in all views

Shift

F

Frame Selected in all views

Ctrl

space

Switch between the standard view and full-screen view of the current panels

[

Undo view change

Shift

{

View previous layout

F1

Help > Maya Help

Alt

Up

Move up one pixel

Alt

Left

Move left one pixel

Up

Walk up current

Left

Walk left in current

*Based on selection, the arrow keys let you walk up the hierarchy (object selected) or walk about the object’s components (component selected, including vertices, edge loops, edge rings).

1

Default polygon mesh display (no smoothing)

3

Smooth polygon mesh display

Ctrl

i

Select/refine subdivision surface component

Ctrl

F10

Convert polygon selection to Edges

Ctrl

F12

Covert polygon selection to UVs

Ctrl+Shift

`

Proxy > Subdiv Proxy >

Displays Subdiv Proxy options window

~

Displays both the original (proxy) and the smoothed mesh.

Alt+Shift

~

Displays option window for Modify > Convert > NURBS to Subdiv > or Polygons to Subdiv > (depending on whether NURBS or Polygons are selected).

Page Down

Decreases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy.

4

Shading > Wireframe

6

Shaded and Textured display

0

Default quality display setting

2

Medium quality display setting

Ctrl (or )

n

File > New Scene

Ctrl (or )

s

File > Save Scene

Ctrl

r

Create file reference

Ctrl

m

Show/hide main menu bar

M

Show/hide panel toolbar

F2

Show Animation menu set

F4

Show Modeling menu set

F6

Show Rendering menu set

z

Edit > Undo (also Ctrl+z/+z)

g

Edit > Repeat

Ctrl

d

Edit > Duplicate

Shift

D

Edit > Duplicate with Transform

p

Edit > Parent

Ctrl (or )

x

Edit > Cut

Ctrl (or )

v

Edit > Paste

F8

Select > Object/Component (Switch between object and component editing)

F10

Select > Edge

F12

Select > UV

Alt

F9

Select > Vertex Face

>

Grow polygon selection region