10 incredibly useful keys to know about if you didn't already.
Pressing one of these keys enables the corresponding mode for the mouse.
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 (https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/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.
Lol, yeah. I learned most of what I know now from trial and error, the rest I have Sereja to thank for. :P
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.
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.
Useless blabbering by my twelve year old self removed.
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.