[info]SoftImage ModTool Keyboard Shortcuts and Tips

[tirpider]

10 incredibly useful keys to know about if you didn't already.

Pressing one of these keys enables the corresponding mode for the mouse.

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Key Mode
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S view - track (drag)
P view - dolly (zoom)
O view - orbit

T select - vertex / point
E select - edge
U select - face / polygon
space select - object

X transform - scale
C transform - rotate
V transform - translate

info from :XSI Cheatsheet @ the Valve Developer Community wiki

I was so mad I could spit because I couldn't do simple tasks like move the view or rotate the model.  And while reading their documentation is best, a quick list of keys is really useful to have.

[RepComm]

Lol, yeah. I learned most of what I know now from trial and error, the rest I have Sereja to thank for.
Eventually I figured out S + Right Click = move,  S + Left Click = Pan Orbit

Even the UV editor I had to go days with just being mad. But this certainly does help.

[tirpider]

Feel free to add any Quick keys or key+mouse combinations that can help speed things along in this program.

I am hunting through tutorials and guides all over the place, and while very useful, they all seem to be tailored to folks that already have a background in CG work.

It took half a day to realize File>Save wouldn't work till I created a new project.  Almost broke a window on that one.

[RepComm]

Useless blabbering by my twelve year old self removed.

[tirpider]

Nice simple ones.

Press 8 to pull up an explorer in a floating window.

Tap the spacebar while in any other mode to quickly return to "select object" mode.

Press and hold S while in any other mode to enable the pan/dolly/rotate mouse controls, and let go to return to the tool you were using before.