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Maya - Hotkeys (Particularly Lesser Known But Very Useful Ones)



  • Context Sensitive RMB Menus
    • RMB Drag, Shift+RMB Drag, Ctrl+RMB Drag 
    • Gives context sensitive menus depending on what you RMB over.
    • RMB - particularly useful for changing component modes (this is one everybody know)
    • Shift+RMB - particularly useful for modeling operations.
    • Ctrl+RMB particularly useful for converting selections


  • Additional Marking Menus
      • To use these, hold down the key and LMB drag while holding the key
    • o key - additional modeling marking menu
    • w key - move tool options marking menu
    • e key - rotate tool options marking menu
    • r key - scale tool options marking menu
    • Sculpting/Brush Mode marking menus
      • u - change brush type
      • b - change brush size
  • Nudging
      • nudging move things one pixel on the screen at a time
    • alt with any arrow keys (be sure to activate the move tool first)