Modifier keys and mouse buttons

Subjects

    The following tables show the modifier key and mouse button variations that can be used within Alias to speed up your workflow.

    Note: these are defaults. If you modify the defaults, you can edit this HTML file to reflect your changes.

Camera Override Tools - Shift and Alt together

tool

modifier

mouse button

Orthographic window

Perspective window
Camera Override tools Shift & Alt

No Effect Tumble
Track Track
Dolly Dolly

Marking Menus - Shift & Control together

tool

modifier

mouse button

Windows

Action Window

(Only applies to Action Window tools)
Marking Menus Shift & Control

Left Mouse Menu - Pick

Pick Nothing, Pick CV's, Pick Object, Pick Template

Left Mouse Menu - Pick

Pick Nothing, Pick Keyframes, Pick Curve, Pick Template

Middle Mouse Menu - XForm

Move, Scale, Rotate, Non-Porportional Scale

Middle Mouse Menu - Xform

Move, Scale Time, Scale Value, Randomize

Middle Mouse Menu - Misc

Toggle Template, Toggle Shade, Track/Dolly/Tunble, Shelves

Right Mouse Menu - Misc

Look At, Dolly, Track, Undo View, Redo View, Undo, Redo

Picking (within some tools) - Shift

tool

modifier

mouse button

Orthographic window

Perspective window

Cplane persp
General

Pick and Xform

Shift

Toggle pick Toggle pick Toggle pick
Exclusive pick

On nothing = pick nothing

Exclusive pick

On nothing = pick nothing

Exclusive pick

on nothing = pick nothing

Un-pick Un-pick Un-pick

Xform - Shift, and Control & Alt combinations

tool

modifier

mouse button

Orthographic window

Perspective window

Cplane persp
General Pick and Xform Shift

Toggle pick Toggle pick Toggle pick
Exclusive pick

On nothing = pick nothing

Exclusive pick

On nothing = pick nothing

Exclusive pick

on nothing = pick nothing

Un-pick Un-pick Un-pick
Move None

free on window plane along +/- X vector Free on CP XY plane
Horizontal to window along +/- Y vector along +/- CPY vector
Vertical to window move along +/- Z vector nothing
Control

place point Magnet snap
Horizontal snap in window selected Magnet pt. Always snap in All dims to selected Magnet point Always snap to selected Magnet
Vertical snap in window
selected Magnet point.
Alt

Snap in 2 dimensions to selected Grid point
Horizontal snap in window with selected Grid pt Always snap

in All dims to selected Grid point

Vertical snap

Vertical in window to align with selected Grid point

Ctrl & Alt

Snap in 2 dimensions to selected point on curve
Horizontal snap in window to selected point on a curve or surface isoparam Always snap to selected
Grid point 		Always snap in to intersection of curve and
Vertical snap in window to selected point on a curve or surface isoparam
Rotate None

rotate about +/- X vector rotate about +/- X vector rotate about +/- X vector
rotate about +/- Y vector rotate about +/- Y vector rotate about +/- Z vector
rotate about +/- Z vector rotate about +/- Z vector rotate about +/- Z vector
Scale None

Proportional scale Proportional scale Proportional scale
Non-Prop scale of Window/Object Horizontal
Non-Prop scale of Window/Object Vertical
N-P Scale None

Free Non-Proportional scale X Non-Proportional scale X Non-Proportional scale
Non-Prop Scale of Window / Object Horizontal Y Non-Proportional scale Y Non-Proportional scale
Non-Prop Scale of Window / Object Vertical Z Non-Proportional scale Z Non-Proportional scale

Curve Creation - Shift, and Control & Alt combinations

tool

modifier

mouse button

Orthographic window

Perspective window

Cplane persp
new curve none

Free place point nothing Free place on plane
Place point using Horiz. value + fixed Vert. nothing
Place point using Vert. value + fixed Horiz.
Control

Place point Magnet Snap
Horizontal snap in window to selected Magnetpt. Always snap to selected Magnet point Always snap to selected Magnet point
Vertical snap in window to selected Magnet pt.
Alt

Snap in 2 dimensions to selected Grid point
Horizontal snap in window to selected Grid point Always snap to selected Grid point
Vertical snap in window to selected Grid point
Ctrl & Alt

Snap in 2 dimensions to selected point on curve
Horizontal snap in window to selected point on a curve or surface isoparam Always snap to selected Grid point Always snap in to intersection of curve
Vertical snap in window to selected point on a curve or surface isoparam

Interface Shortcuts

Space Bar Perform action (same as clicking Go, OK, Yes)
Arrow keys Small adjustment in Xform tools
Alt-drag on numeric values in Info Window. Adjust value using mouse

Multi-lister Shortcuts

Double-click shader ball Open shader/texture editor
shader name Edit name
Shift-click shader ball Select more than one shader/texture
parameter label Select/deselect parameters
texture thumbnail Keep texture menu open
Alt-click shader ball Open the color editor.
shader ball shadow Open the incandescent color editor
shader ball background Open the background color editor
shader ball highlight Open the specular color editor.
Left/Right arrow Select previous/next shader
Down arrow Select first texture attached to current item.
Up arrow Select parent of current item

Animation Shortcuts

Shift-click expand icon

(in Action Window)

 Expand all nodes under this node
Double-click node name

(in Action Window)

 Edit node name
Arrow keys

(with skeleton selected)

 Move through skeleton hierarchy
Shift-click

(in Bulge Section Editor)

 Add bulge control point
Alt-click

(in Bulge Section Editor)

 Delete bulge control point

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