Viz Artist User Guide

Version 5.1 | Published October 31, 2023 ©

Scene Editor Shortcuts

This section contains the following topics:

General Shortcuts

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Adds new Key Frame in Stage of selected container

ENTER

Copies container(s)

CTRL + Left click and drag

Deletes container

CTRL + DELETE
BACKSPACE

Cancels selection of container(s)

SPACE
Left click

Cancels selection of one out of multiple selected Containers

CTRL + Left click

Selects multiple Containers

CTRL + Left click

Displays Scene Editor Shortcut Help

CTRL + F1

Selects next container down in tree hierarchy

Cursor right

Selects next container in tree

Cursor down

Selects parent container

Cursor left

Selects previous container in tree

Cursor up

Switches additional performance information on

Middle mouse click on P (Classic Render Pipeline only)

Toggles bounding box on/off

B

Zooms in / out

CTRL + Plus sign on the numeric keypad
CTRL + Minus sign on the numeric keypad

Camera Controls and Shortcuts

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Switches Camera from 1 to 10

1 - 0

Switches to Back Camera

Numeric Keypad 0

Switches to Bottom Camera

Numeric Keypad 2

Switches to Front Camera

Numeric Keypad 7

Switches to Left Camera

Numeric Keypad 4

Switches to Top Camera

Numeric Keypad 8

Changes Position of Camera in X

P + Left mouse button click and drag (left-right)

Changes Position of Camera in y

P + Middle mouse button click and drag (up-down)

Changes Position of Camera in z

P + Right mouse button click and drag (up-down)

Orbits in X (Rotate Camera around Selected Object in X)

O + Right mouse button click and drag (up-down)

Orbits in y (Rotate Camera around Selected Object in y)

O + Left mouse button click and drag (left-right)

Orbits in z (Rotate Camera around Selected Object in z)

O + Middle mouse button click and drag (left-right)

Moves Camera to show the Selected Container

T

Pans Camera

I + Left mouse button click and drag (left-right)

Resets Camera Transformation

R

Switches to Right Camera

Numeric Keypad 6

Tilts Camera

I + Middle mouse button click and drag (up-down)

Twists Camera

I + Right mouse button click and drag (left-right)

Zooms Camera

U + Left mouse button click and drag (left-right)

Orthogonal View Controls and Shortcuts

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Pans

Left mouse button click and drag on background

Rubberband Zooms In

Z + Left mouse button click and drag

Rubberband Zooms Out

X + Left mouse button click and drag

Animation Controls and Shortcuts

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Manipulates single handle

CTRL + Left mouse button click handle and drag

Mirrors Handles

SHIFT + Left mouse button click handle and drag

Resets handle of selected Key Frame in animation path

D

Text Editor

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Copies

CTRL + C

Cuts

CTRL + X

Pastes

CTRL + V

Redoes action

CTRL + Y

Selects all

CTRL + A

Undoes action

CTRL + Z

See Also