Key Shortcuts

Tab: Toggle Edit mode

1-3: In Edit mode, switch between editing vertices (1), edges (2), or faces (3)

Shift + Z: Swap between Solid mode/Wireframe mode

A: Select all

AA / Alt + A: Deselect all

H: Hide Selection

Alt + H: Reveal hidden items

Ctrl + I: Inverse selection: selects all geometries that are not selected, and deselect currently selected components

G: Transform (move) selection. Press X, Y, Z or hold Mouse Wheel to move in a specific axis.

S: Transform (scale) selection. Press X, Y, Z or hold Mouse Wheel to scale in a specific axis.

R: Transform (rotation) selection. Press X, Y, Z or hold Mouse Wheel to rotate in a specific axis.

Ctrl + G/S/R: snapping transform (move, scale or rotate in snapping mode)

B: Border select: rectangular region selection tool (in Wireframe mode, it will select components not visible in other display modes)

C: Circle select: circular shaped brush selection tool

N: Toggle side bar

T: Toggle tool bar

E: Extrude selected components

I: Inset selected components

F: Create an edge between two selected vertices , or create a face between three or more selected vertex / or two or more selected edges

Alt + F: Fill the gaps (edit mode): Create a face within vertices and edges selected.

X: Delete menu (edit mode): Show different deletion options. 'Limited disolve' is very cool. It eliminates redundant edges in an item.

P: Split object

Ctrl + J: Join together two or more objects

Ctrl + R: Loop cut and slide

Ctrl + B: Bevel on selected edge/edges (move mouse to change width. Use mouse wheel to change segments)

Ctrl + B: Bevel vertex. Press V to change only vertices (move mouse to change width. Use mouse wheel to change segments)

Shift + Tab: Snap during transform

Shift + A: Add a mesh

O: Organic mode (use mouse wheel to increase/decrease selected area of influence)

Ctrl + V: Lauch Vertex menu (edit mode)

Ctrl + E: Edge menu (edit mode)

Ctrl + F: Face menu (edit mode)

Shift + S: Cursor menu

Z: Shader menu

< : View menu

SPACE: Command launcher

Transforms using a specific axis

1. Press G, S or R

2. Press X, Y or Z; or hold mouse wheel

3. Move mouse (hold Ctrl for snapping)

Transforms avoiding a specific axis

1. Press G, S or R

2. Press Shift + X, Y or Z

3. Move mouse

Loop cut and slide

1. Press Tab to toggle Edit Mode

2. Press Ctrl + R

3. Point the mouse cursor to the item where you want the cuts. Depending on the position of the cursor in the item, it will highlight the X or Y axis.

4. If you rotate the mouse wheel, you can create multiple segments.

5. Click LMB to perform the cut. Move the mouse to place the segment more accurately if you want. Click LMB again to confirm the cut.

How to create an edge

1. LMB click the first vertex

2. Hold SHIFT and LMB click the second vertex

3. Press F

How to create a face

1. LMB click the first vertex / edge

2. Hold SHIFT and LMB click the rest of vertices / edges

3. Press F

Efficient texturing for low poly objects

Creating collision mesh in Blender

If you want to create a collision mesh in an object created in Blender, rename the object (not the file) by adding the suffix -col. For instance: Cube-col

Exporting scene from Blender to Godot