Autodesk Maya keyboard shortcuts

Complete current tool

Enter tool Edit mode

Select Tool, or with left mouse button for Selection Mask marking menu

Move Tool, or with left mouse button for Move Tool marking menu

Rotate Tool, or with left mouse button for Rotate Tool marking menu

Scale Tool, or with left mouse button for Scale Tool marking menu

Show universal manipulator tool

Show manipulator tool

Selects the last used tool that is not one of Select, Move, Rotate, or Scale

(Hold + drag) Move, Rotate, Scale Tool Snapping

Increase manipulator size

Decrease manipulator size

With left mouse button move pivot (Move Tool)

Switches between move pivot and move object (Move Tool)

Cycle through In-View editor values

Reverse-cycle through In-view Editor values.

Move components along their normals (Component Mode only)

Rotate components along their local X axes (Component Mode only)

Scale components along their local YZ axes (Component Mode only)

Undo

Redo

Repeat last action

Switch between object/component selection mode

Parent

Unparent

Set key

Key the selected object position

Key the selected object rotation

Key the selected object scale

(When pressed down) Show the hotbox

Default Hotbox Style (Zones and Menu Rows)

Display > Hide > Hide Selection

Display > Show > Show Selection

Display > Show > Show Last Hidden

Display > Hide > Hide Unselected Objects

Show > Isolate Select > View Selected (in the panel menus)

Cycle rig display mode: shows joints, controls, and character

Shading > Wireframe

Shaded display

Shaded and Textured display

Lighting > Use All Lights

Default quality display setting

Rough quality display setting

Medium quality display setting

Smooth quality display setting

File > New Scene

File > Open Scene

File > Save Scene

File > Save Scene As

File > Exit

Create file reference

Set key

Set key for Rotate

Set key for Scale

Set key for Translate

Insert Keys (on any curve(s) inside or outside the Graph Editor that correspond to the position of the Current Time Indicator).

Note: If the window focus is outside the Graph Editor, this hotkey inserts a key on all curves. If you are within the Graph Editor this hotkey sets a key on the selected curve.

Inserts a key on a specific channel: E for Rotation, R for Scaling, and W for translation, at the position of the Current Time Indicator.

With middle mouse button lets you insert a key anywhere on a selected curve, regardless of the position of the Current Time Indicator.

With left mouse button for Keyframe marking menu (or swipe left)

With middle mouse button for Tangent marking menu (or swipe right)

Play animation (Press v again to turn animation off)

Toggle Multicolor Feedback

Toggle NURBs curves visibility

Toggle Polygon mesh visibility

Toggle Image Plane visibility

Switch between Wireframe and Shaded view

Switches between joints, controls, and character visibility

Opens the Create Bookmark window.

Creates a bookmark for the selected time range. (Bookmarks created this way have no name and a random color associated with it. Modify this in the Bookmark Manager.)

Frame Bookmark: sets the playback range to the start and end of the current bookmark. (If multiple bookmarks overlap, the bookmark on top, the newest-created, is selected.)

Frame Previous Bookmark: sets the Range Slider on the bookmark before the bookmark at the current time.

Frame Next Bookmark: sets the Range Slider on the bookmark after the bookmark at the current time.

Unframe Bookmark: sets the playback range to the animation range.

Bookmark selection step forward

Bookmark selection step backward

Reposition bookmark on the Time Slider.

Resize the bookmark on the Time Slider.

Selects the bookmark and the frames associated with it so you can move them together

Move forward one frame in time

Move backward one frame in time

Go to Next key

Go to Previous key

Selects the Next key in the Graph Editor without opening it.

Selects the Previous key in the Graph Editor without opening it.

Toggles playback on or off

Go to Min Frame (normally 0)

With middle mouse button for virtual Time Slider mode (press and hold and scrub timeline)

Tumble Tool (press and release)

Track Tool (press and release)

Dolly Tool (press and release)

2D Pan tool

2D Zoom tool

Enable/disable 2D Pan/Zoom.

Flood with the current value

Turn Show Wireframe on or off

Turn Color Feedback on or off

Toggle Reflection on or of

With left mouse button for Artisan Paint Operation marking menu

Modify upper brush radius (press and release) (Drag left or right for Blue Pencil stroke size)

Modify lower brush radius (press and release)

Edit Paint Effects template brush settings

Modify maximum displacement (Sculpt Surfaces and Sculpt Polygons Tool) (Drag left or right for Blue Pencil opacity)

Modify paint value

Switch to pick color mode (press and release)

With left mouse button for the Poly Brush Tool marking menu

With middle mouse button for Poly UV Tool marking menu

Snap to curves (press and release)

Snap to grids (press and release)

Snap to points (press and release)

Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping (press and release)

Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping (press and release)

Select > Object/Component (Switch between object and component editing)

Select > Vertex

Select > Edge

Select > Face

Select > UV

Select next intermediate object

Select > Vertex Face

Shrink polygon selection region

Grow polygon selection region

Show/hide main menu bar

Show/hide panel menu bar

Show/hide panel toolbar

With Left mouse button for Menu Set marking menu

Show Modeling menu set

Show Rigging menu set

Show Animation menu set

Show Dynamics (FX) menu set

Show Rendering menu set

Edit > Undo

Edit > Redo

Edit > Repeat

Repeat command at mouse position

Edit > Duplicate

Edit > Duplicate

Edit > Duplicate Special

Edit > Duplicate with Transform

Edit > Group

Edit > Parent

Edit > Unparent

Edit > Cut

Edit > Copy

Edit > Paste

Render view next image

Render view previous image

Open the Color Chooser in a modal window. When opened using this hotkey rather than from a swatch, you can save colors to the Color History or use the Eyedropper to select or inspect colors on screen. You can also load, save, and edit palettes. However, you cannot set color attributes on scene objects.

Pan in the Outliner

Fast pan in the Outliner

Pan in the Attribute Editor

Switches between Attribute Editor or Channel Box–displays the Attribute Editor if neither is shown

Frame All in active panel, or with left mouse button for History Operations marking menu

Frame All in all views

Frame Selected in active panel

Frame Selected in all views

(When tapped) Switch between the active window in multi-pane display and single pane display

Switch between the standard view and full-screen view of the current panels

Redo view change

Undo view change

Switch between a gradient, black, dark gray, or light gray background color.

View previous layout

View next layout

Help > Maya Help

Move up one pixel

Move down one pixel

Move left one pixel

Move right one pixel

Walk up current

Walk down current

Walk left in current

Walk right in current

Default polygon mesh display (no smoothing)

Cage + smooth polygon mesh display

Smooth polygon mesh display

Convert polygon selection to Vertices

Convert polygon selection to Edges

Covert polygon selection to Faces

Covert polygon selection to UVs

Proxy > Subdiv Proxy Displays original mesh (proxy) and a smoothed version of the original.

Proxy > Subdiv Proxy >Displays Subdiv Proxy options window

Toggles the display between the original (proxy) and the smoothed mesh.

Displays both the original (proxy) and the smoothed mesh.

Modify > Convert > NURBS to Subdiv, Polygons to Subdiv

Displays option window for Modify > Convert > NURBS to Subdiv > or Polygons to Subdiv > (depending on whether NURBS or Polygons are selected).

Increases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy.

Decreases Division Levels for Smooth Mesh Preview or Subdiv Proxy.

Lock/unlock length of curve (press and hold)

Slide selected component along edge. You can also middle-drag anywhere on the screen.

Extrude currently selected component (Component Mode only).

Move components along their normals (Move Tool only)

Rotate component groups along their local X axes (Rotate Tool only)

Scale component groups along their local YZ axes (Scale Tool only)

Activate Quad Draw Tool.

Activate Multi-Cut Tool.