ZBrush Navigation

• Free Rotate – Click & drag Background
• Move – Alt+Click & drag Background
• Constrain to 90-degree rotation – Click+drag, press Shift
• Scale – Alt+Click, Release Alt, drag Background
• Rotate around Z-axis – Shift, Click, release Shift, drag

Zmodeler Tips

On Polygons - Default Zmodeler action:

• Drag= Extrude
• Drag& Shift = Move
• Drag& Ctrl = Detach (by duplicating)
• Drag& Alt = Define Temporary Polygroup

On Edges:

• Click = Insert Edge Loop
• Click & Shift = New Edge Loop is Perpendicular
• Click & Alt = Delete Edge Loop

ZBrush Accelerators

• [comma] = Lightbox
• B = Brush Palette
• Ctrl + N = Clear Canvas (when NOT in Edit Mode)
• T = Edit Mode
• X = Symmetry
• Shift + F = Toggle Polyframe (wires)
• A = Preview Polymesh on ZSpheres
• P = Perspective/ISO toggle
• Ctrl + W = Mask to Polygroup
• C = Spotlight Controls (display toggle)
• Shift + C = toggle Spotlight Image visibility

Sculpt Brush:

• S = Draw Size
• O = Focal Shift
• I = RGB Intensity
• U = Z Intensity
• Increase Draw Size by set units – ]
• Decrease Draw Size by set units – [

IMM Brush:

• M = Choose which mesh to place

Click Modifiers:

Edit Mode:

• Shift + Hold Down = Smooth
• Alt + Hold Down = Substract (or Add, depending of Brush settings)
• Shift + Alt + click = Isolate Current Mesh
• Ctrl + Hold Down (Background) = Update Dynamesh & Delete Mask
• Ctrl + Click (Background) = Invert Mask
• Ctrl  + Click (Mesh) = Sharpen Mask
• Ctrl + Alt + Click (Mesh) = Blur Mask
• Ctrl + Hold Down (Mesh) = Add to Mask
• Ctrl + Alt + Hold Down (Mesh) = Substract Mask
• Ctrl + Shift + Hold Down (Background onto Mesh) = Hide Unselected
• Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Hold Down (Background onto Mesh) = Hide Selected
• Ctrl + Shift + Click (Background) = Unhide All
• Ctrl + Shift + Click (Mesh) Hide Other Polygroups

Pixelogic Zbrush's Keyboard Accelerators

Rosetta Stone

Translation of Terminology between programs.

Blender3D	3DSMax	Blender Shortcut
3D Cursor	Working Pivot
Apply Rotation & Scale	Reset XForm	Ctrl + a
Bevel	Chamfer	Ctrl + b
Create Edge	Connect	J (with 2 verts selected)
Duplicate	Duplicate	Shift + D (copy) -- Alt + D (Instance)
Edit Mode	Sub Object Mode	Tab
Empty	Helper
F-Curves	Animation Curves
Join	Attach	Ctrl + J
Knife Tool	Cut Tool
Link Selection	Select Element	Ctrl + L
Local View	Isolate	Numpad /
Merge	Collapse	Alt + M
Origin	Pivot	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C
Proportional Edit	Soft Selection	O
Remove Doubles	Weld Selected	w
Select Similar	Select by Material ID	Shift + G
Shade Smooth	Smooth
Shrink and Flatten	Bevel (the scaling after Extruding)	Alt + S (on verts)
Simple Deform	Bend, Twist, etc
Smooth	Relax
Solidify	Shell
Split	Detach	P
Subdivision Surface	Turbosmooth
Texture Paint Mode	Viewport Canvas

Blender3D Viewport Navigation

• Orbit = MMB (+ Alt Snap to Predetermined Angles)
• Pan = MMB + Shift
• Zoom = MMB + Ctrl (or Mouse Wheel)

• Numpad period = Zoom Extends/Focus Selected/ORBIT AROUND SELECTED
• Numpad 2,4,6,8 are camera ROTATIONS (predetermined  increments)
• Numpad +/- Incremental Zoom
• Numpad 3 = Right View (+ Ctrl Left View)
• Numpad 1 = Front View (+ Ctrl Back View)
• Numpad 7 = Top View ( +Ctrl Bottom View)

• Numpad 5 = Perspective/Iso Toggle
• z = see thru / opaque toggle
  
• Shift + Space = Maximize view
• Alt + f10 = (Expert Mode) Fullscreen, no UI