Cinema 4D Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete Cinema 4D keyboard shortcuts reference — 222 shortcuts across 19 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & macOS.

Animation - Timeline (42)

Shortcut	Action
`Tab`	Dope Sheet/F Curve Mode Switching
`F9`	Record Active Objects Objects
`Q`	Record Current State
`F6`	Play backwards/Stop
`F7`	Stop
`F8`	Play forward/Stop
`Ctrl + F9`	Autokeying
`Shift + F`	Go To Start
`Ctrl + F`	Go To Previous Key
`F`	Go To Previous Key
`Ctrl + G`	Go To Next Key
`G`	Go To Next Frame
`Shift + G`	Go To End
`Ctrl + P`	Jump To First Marker
`Ctrl + O`	Jump To Last Marker
`S`	Show selected
`H`	Show all
`O`	Go To Current Frame
`Alt + F`	Go To Start
`Alt + G`	Go To End
`Alt + H`	Show preview
`Shift + N`	Go To next marker
`Shift + P`	Go To previous marker
`Shift + Ctrl + P`	Go To first marker
`Shift + Ctrl + O`	Go To last marker
`Ctrl + LMB`	Create marker in Timeline
`Shift + Ctrl + LMB`	Marker in animation palette
`R`	Range tool
`Alt + R`	Ripple Edit
`Alt + A`	Automatic mode
`Ctrl + U`	Show filter
`A, T 1`	Auto tangents
`B, T 2`	Break tangents
`0, T 3`	Zero angle (tangent)
`L, T 4`	Zero length (tangent)
`C, T 5`	Clamp
`Alt + L, T 6`	Linear
`Alt + T, T 7`	Step
`Alt + S, T 8`	Soft
`Alt + I, T I`	Ease
`Alt + E, T 9`	Ease Ease
`Alt + O, T O`	Ease Out

Attribute Manager (3)

Shortcut	Action
`Shift + F5`	New Attribute Manager
`Alt`	Change parameter values faster/slower with arrows
`RMB on arrow`	Set parameter values to default

BodyPaint 3D (10)

Shortcut	Action
`Alt + .`	Turn brush clockwise
`Alt + [`	Rotate Brush Counterclockwise
`,`	Increase brush size
`.`	Reduce brush size
`Shift + .`	Increase brush hardness
`Shift + ,`	Reduce brush hardness
`Ctrl + .`	Increase brush opacity
`Ctrl + ,`	Reduce brush opacity
`Shift + T`	Non-Uniform Scale
`Ctrl + T`	UV Transform

Editor (16)

Shortcut	Action
`Shift + F1`	Object Manager
`Shift + F2`	Material Manager
`Shift + Alt + F2`	Node Editor
`Shift + F3`	Timeline
`Shift + F4`	Layer Manager
`Shift + F6`	Picture Viewer
`Shift + F7`	Coordinates Manager
`Shift + F9`	Structure Manager
`Shift + F10`	Script Manager
`Shift + F12`	Command Manager
`W`	Change coordinate system
`Shift + W`	Close window
`Backspace`	Delete
`V`	Quick command Selection
`J + LMB`	Interactively change animation time
`Ctrl + F1`	Open Help via parameter/element

File (6)

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + N`	New Project
`Shift + Ctrl + F4`	Close all Projects
`Shift + Ctrl + S`	Save Project As
`Ctrl + S`	Save Project
`Ctrl + Alt + S`	Save Incremental
`Ctrl + Q`	Exit Program

Material Manager (2)

Shortcut	Action
`Shift + Ctrl + N`	New physical material
`Ctrl + Alt + N`	New Node Material

General (3)

Shortcut	Action
`Space bar`	Switch between last tool and Selection
`Shift + space bar`	Switch between the last two tools
`Ctrl + Tab`	Full-Screen Mo

Node Editor (6)

Shortcut	Action
`C`	Commander
`Shift + L`	Arrange all Nodes
`L`	Arrange selected Nodes
`Shift + S`	Subsequent Nodes select
`Alt + S`	Center Selected
`U W`	Select Connected Nodes

Object Manager (4)

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + I`	Scene Information
`Alt + Create object`	Create one/several object(s), Parent to the Selection
`Create SHIFT + object`	Create object(s), Child to the Selection
`Ctrl + Create object`	Create multiple objects at the same hierarchy level

Picture Viewer (4)

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + Shift + S`	Save image as
`A`	Define as
`B`	Define as B
`I`	Set as preview start

Structure Manager (7)

Shortcut	Action
`N`	Jump Next Selection
`Page up`	Jump Page up
`Page down`	Jump Page down
`End`	Jump to End
`Pos 1`	Jump to Start
`P`	Points
`U`	UVW

Viewport (32)

Shortcut	Action
`1, ALT + MMB`	Move camera
`2, ALT + RMB`	Scale camera
`3, ALT + LMB`	Rotate camera
`3 + RMB, ALT + RMB`	Rotate camera around viewing axis
`S, ALT + S`	Zoom to selected elements
`O, ALT + O`	Zoom to selected object
`H, ALT + H`	Zoom to geometry
`Alt + D`	Show/hide axes
`MMB on view`	Viewport large/small
`Shift + V`	View presets
`Alt + V`	View presets (all)
`Shift + Alt + V`	Similar view presets
`Ctrl + R`	Render view
`Shift + Ctrl + Z`	Undo view
`Shift + Ctrl + Y`	Restore view
`F5`	All views
`Page up, MMB`	Toggle active view
`N A`	Gouraud Shading
`N B`	Gouraud Shading (Lines)
`N C`	Quick Shading
`N D`	Quick Shading (Lines)
`N E`	Constant Shading
`N F`	Hidden Lines
`N G`	Lines
`N H`	Wireframe
`N I`	Isoparms
`N K`	Box
`N L`	Skeleton
`N O`	Display Tag
`N P`	Backface Culling
`N Q`	Textures
`N R`	X-Ray

Motion Tracer (3)

Shortcut	Action
`Alt + MMB`	Move footage
`Alt + RMB`	Scale footage
`Arrow keys`	Move Track by 1 pixel

Script Manager (1)

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + E`	Browser default settings

Modeling (72)

Shortcut	Action
`Alt + W`	Enable/Disable symmetry globally
`M A`	Create point
`B, M B`	Bridge
`M C`	Brush
`M D`	Close polygon hole
`M E`	Create polygon
`M F`	Cut edges
`M G`	Smoothing
`M I`	Magnet
`K K, M K`	Line Cut
`K J, M J`	Plane Cut
`K L, M L`	Loop/path cut
`M N`	Dissolve
`U O, U SHIFT + O`	Optimize
`M H, M SHIFT + H`	Symmetrize
`M U`	Set point value
`M O`	Slide
`M P`	Sew
`M Q`	Merge
`M R, .`	Set SDS weighting
`M S`	Bevel
`M V`	Spin Edge
`D, M T`	Extrude
`I, M W`	Extrude Inn
`M X`	Matrix Extrude
`M Y`	Smooth Shift
`M`	Move (along Normals)
`M #`	Scale (along Normals)
`M ,`	Rotate (around Normals)
`U P, U SHIFT + P`	Disconnect
`U R`	Reverse Normals
`U E`	Dissolve N-gons
`U S, U SHIFT + S`	Subdivide
`U Z`	Melt
`U C`	Shrink
`U T`	N-Gon triangulation
`U D, U SHIFT + D`	Disconnect
`U A`	Align Normals
`U G`	Retriangulate N-Gons
`U U`	Un-triangulate
`U V, U SHIFT + V`	Mirror Selection
`M M`	Connect points/edges
`4`	Move object
`5`	Scale object
`6`	Rotate object
`7`	Move Parent
`E`	Move tool
`T`	Scale
`Return`	Switch modeling mode
`Shift + Z`	Undo (action)
`X`	X-axis / Heading
`Y`	Y-axis / Pitch
`Z`	Z-axis / Bank
`Shift + M`	Modeling Settings
`Shift + Q`	Quantize on/off
`Shift + X`	Lock workplane on/off
`Ctrl + A`	Select all
`Shift + Ctrl + A`	Deselect all
`8`	Freehand Selection
`9`	Live Selection
`0`	Rectangle Selection
`U I`	Invert Selection
`U X`	Convert Selection
`U Q`	Outline Selection
`U F`	Fill Selection
`U Y, U SHIFT + Y`	Enlarge Selection
`U B`	Ring Selection
`U L`	Loop Selection
`U M`	Path Selection
`U N`	Phong Break Selection
`U K`	Shrink Selection
`U H, U SHIFT + H`	Volume Mesh

Render (4)

Shortcut	Action
`Shift + R`	Render in Picture Viewer
`Shift + Ctrl + R`	Render to Picture Viewer (TR)
`Alt + B`	Create Preview
`Ctrl + B`	Render presets

Sculpt (4)

Shortcut	Action
`Shift`	Smoothing with all brushes
`Ctrl`	Invert brush effect
`Alt + X,Y,Z`	Switch symmetry modes
`T + LMB, RMB, MMB`	Stencil Various, Scale, Rotate

Generally all brushes (1)

Shortcut	Action
`MMB + mouse vertical`	Brush Hardness, Opacity

Additional Shortcuts (2)

Shortcut	Action
`N~B`	Gouraud shading
`Ctrl + D`	Project settings

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