LightWave 3D keyboard shortcuts

LightWave 3D  

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6 years ago
- Shortcuts

Here is the complete LightWave 3D hotkey cheat-sheet, for those who want to design, edit and work faster.

1
↑  Shift + N

New object

0
Ctrl + O

Load object

0
S

Save object

-1
Ctrl + S

Save object as

-1
↑  Shift + S

Save incremental

0
↑  Shift + Q

Quit

0
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
Ctrl + C

Copy

0
Ctrl + V

Paste

0
Del

Delete

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
Z

Redo

0
Alt + F9

Edit keyboard shortcuts

0
Alt + F10

Edit menu layout

0
O

General options

0
D

Display options

0
F5

Surface editor

0
F6

Image editor

0
F7

Layers panel

0
F8

Vertex maps panel

0
F9

Presets panel

0
Alt + F1

Hide floating windows on / off

0
Alt + F2

Hide toolbar on / off

0
F1

Help

0
Ctrl + G

Points selection mode

0
Ctrl + H

Polygons selection mode

0
Ctrl + J

Inclusive volume select mode

0
↑  Shift + Y

Symmetry mode

1
N

Numeric panel

0
W

Statistics panel

0
I

Point / polygon info panel

0
Q

Change surface window

0
0

Toggle fullscreen viewport numeric keypad

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0
↑  Shift + X

Box

0
↑  Shift + O

Ball

0
F10

Manage fonts

0
↑  Shift + W

Text

0
+

Points

0
`

Sketch curve

0
Ctrl + P

Make open curve

0
T

Move

0
Ctrl + T

Drag

0
↑  Shift + G

Snap drag

0
;

DragNet

0
:

MagNet

0
[

Shear

0
F2

Center

0
F3

Rest on ground

0
Y

Rotate

0
F4

Rotate on ground

0
R

Rotate selection 90º clockwise

0
~

Bend

0
↑  Shift + H

Size

1
B

Bevel

0
Ctrl + B

Edge bevel

0
↑  Shift + E

Extrude

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0
E

Extender plus

0
↑  Shift + L

Lathe

0
↑  Shift + F

Smooth shift

0
Ctrl + R

Rail extrude

0
↑  Shift + P

Motion path extrude

0
↑  Shift + V

Mirror

0
Ctrl + Y

Array

0
C

Clone

0
↑  Shift + K

Knife

0
↑  Shift + D

Subdivide

0
↑  Shift + T

Triple

0
↑  Shift + U

Cut-saw

0
K

Remove polygons (leave points)

0
↑  Shift + B

Boolean

0
↑  Shift + C

Solid drill

0
↑  Shift + R

Drill

1
↑  Shift + I

Connect

0
Tab

SubPatch activate / deactivate

0
M

Merge points

0
↑  Shift + Z

Merge polygons

0
Ctrl + U

Unweld polygons

0
Ctrl + W

Weld points

0
V

Set value

0
F

Flip

0
Ctrl + K

Spin quads

0
↑  Shift + I

Unify polygons

0
Ctrl + E

Measure

0
_

Clear map from selections

0
↑  Shift + F9

Guess UV viewport

0
F11

Add plugins

0
Alt + F11

Edit plugins

0
Alt +
+

Pan

0
Ctrl + Alt +
+

Magnify

0
Ctrl + Q

Zoom

0
A

Fit all

0
↑  Shift + A

Fit selected

1
G

Center view around cursor

0
.

Zoom in

0
>

Zoom in x2

0
,

Zoom out

0
<

Zoom out x2

0
Insert

Insert layer

0
Home

Delete layer

0
End

Object collapser

0
'

Swap layers

0
Page Up

Next layer bank

0
Page Down

Previous layer bank

0
]

Select connected

0
?

Invert connected

0
}

Expand selection

0
{

Contract selection

0
"

Invert selection

0
/

Drop selection

0
-

Hide selected

0
=

Hide unselected

0
|

Invert hidden

1
\

Unhide all

0
↑  Shift + N

Clear scene

0
Ctrl + O

Load scene

0
+

Load object numeric

0
S

Save scene

0
Ctrl + S

Save scene as

1
↑  Shift + S

Save scene increment

0
Tab

Show / hide floating windows

0
Alt + F2

Show / hide toolbar

0
Alt + F3

Show / hide SubPatch cages

0
Alt + F4

Show / hide motion paths

0
Alt + F5

Show / hide handles

0
Alt + F6

Show / hide IK chains

0
F2

Motion mixer

0
F8

Presets

0
Ctrl + F5

Backdrop options

0
Ctrl + F6

Volumetrics and fog options

0
Ctrl + F7

Compositing options

0
Ctrl + F8

Image processing

0
M

Motion options

0
Ctrl + F1

Scene editor

0
Ctrl + F2

Graph editor

0
F5

Surface editor

0
F6

Image editor

0
D

Display options

0
O

General options

0
↑  Shift + O

Select objects


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Program information

Program name: LightWave 3D LightWave 3D (Imaging)

LightWave 3D is a software used for rendering animated and static 3D images. It's used in television, film, motion graphics, video games development, product desing and more. LightWave 3D was first released on 1990.

Web page: lightwave3d.com

Last update: 11/11/2019 8:10 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 90%

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Shortcut count: 221

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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