You can use hotkeys to change some Artisan
tool settings without opening the Tool Settings editor.
You can set hotkeys that
display marking menus (see
Use Artisan marking menus).
You can set hotkeys that
select options or actions. These hotkeys are straightforward—press
the key to turn an option on or off or to select an option or action.
Using the activate/deactivate
pairs listed in the Hotkeys editor, you can set
hotkeys that change option settings when you drag or use the arrow
keys (for example the brush stamp radius or displacement). These
hotkeys work by pressing the hotkey and doing one of the following:
- dragging left or right, or up and down
The setting appears as
part of the brush outline and changes as you drag. For example,
the following brush outline appears when you use an interactive
hotkey to modify the brush stamp radius.
- selecting an item from a marking menu
A marking menu appears
when you press the hotkey and left mouse button. Select the menu
item and release the left mouse button. See
Use Artisan marking menus.
- clicking a cluster, set, or surface area
using the arrow pointer
Table of default Artisan hotkeys
| Action |
Default Hotkey |
Flood surface
with the current value
|
Press Alt-f (Windows
and Linux)
Press Option-f (Mac OS X)
|
Turn Show Wireframe display
option on/off
|
Press Alt-a (Windows,
and Linux)
Press Option-a (Mac OS X)
|
Turn Color Feedback display
option on/off
|
Press Alt-c (Windows
and Linux)
Press Option-c (Mac OS X)
|
Turn Reflection stroke
option on/off (original architecture)
|
Press Alt-r (Windows
and Linux)
Press Option-r (Mac OS X)
|
Radius (U) value
(upper brush radius)
|
Press b and drag with
the left mouse button
|
Radius (L) value
(lower brush radius)
|
Press B and drag with
the left mouse button
|
Value (in
the Tool Settings editor)
|
Press n and drag with
the left mouse button
|
Maximum Displacement value
(for Sculpt Tools) or Change the Paint
Effects Surface Offset value
|
Press m and drag with
the left mouse button
|
Pick a color, Pick a
set to modify, Pick an attribute value (Use with the Color
Per Vertex, Paint Set Membership
Tool, Paint Attributes Tool, Paint Cluster
Weights Tool, Paint Jiggle Weights Tool,
and Paint Soft Body Weights Tool,
and Paint Fluids Tool.)
|
Press the / key and then
release it when done.
|
Define Artisan hotkeys
In addition to the preset
Artisan hotkeys, you can set additional Artisan hotkeys (under Categories
> Artisan in the Hotkey Editor)
to do the following:
- ModifyOpacityPress/ModifyOpacityRelease
- ModifyStampDepthPress/ModifyStampDepthRelease
- ToggleAutoSmooth
- UpdateReferenceSurface
- UpdateEraseSurface
- SculptReferenceVectorMarkingMenuPress/SculptReferenceVectorMarkingMenuRelease
- ActivateGlobalScreenSlider/DeactivateGlobalScreenSlider
- ActivateGlobalScreenSliderModeMarkingMenu/DeactivateGlobalScreenSliderModeMarkingMenu
For information on defining
hotkeys, see
Hotkey Editor in
the Basics guide.
