Substance 3D Painter Keyboard Shortcuts
Complete Substance 3D Painter keyboard shortcuts reference — 57 shortcuts across 6 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows.
Viewport & Camera (10)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Tab | Hide UI |
| Alt + H | Hide/ignore excluded geometry |
| F5 | Camera Perspective |
| F6 | Camera Orthographic |
| Space | Toggle animation |
| F | Center the whole mesh |
| F1 | Viewport layout 3D/2D |
| F2 | Viewport layout 3D only |
| F3 | Viewport layout 2D only |
| F4 | Swap 2D / 3D view |
Modes (5)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| F8 | Baking |
| F9 | Painting |
| F10 | Rendering (Iray) |
| Shift + Escape | Pause engine computation |
| A | Resume previous stroke |
Project (7)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Ctrl + O | Open project |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close project |
| Ctrl + S | Save project |
| Ctrl + N | New project |
| Alt + F4 | Quit application |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Bake Mesh Maps |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Export textures |
Tools (25)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Q | Show/Hide manipulator |
| + | Increase the manipulator size |
| - | Decrease the manipulator size |
| T | Cycle through manipulation spaces |
| Shift + V | Toggle warp edition mode |
| W | Translate tool |
| E | Rotate tool |
| R | Scale tool |
| Shift + W | Surface tool |
| L | Symmetry |
| 1 | Select Paint tool |
| Ctrl + 1 | Select Paint tool + Particles |
| 2 | Select Eraser tool |
| Ctrl + 2 | Select Eraser tool + Particles |
| 3 | Select Projection tool |
| Ctrl + 3 | Select Projection tool + Particles |
| 4 | Select Polygon Fill |
| 5 | Select Smudge tool |
| 6 | Select Clone tool (relative source) |
| Ctrl + 6 | Select Clone tool (absolute source) |
| ] | Increase tool size |
| [ | Decrease tool size |
| X | Invert grayscale tool |
| P | Pick stroke material |
| D | Lazy Mouse |
Display (5)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| C | Display next channel |
| Shift + C | Display previous channel |
| M | Display material |
| B | Display next mesh map |
| Shift + B | Display previous mesh map |
Masking (5)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| U | Toggle quick mask edition |
| Y | Clear quick mask |
| I | Invert quick mask |
| Alt + Q | Texture Set isolate |
| N | Ignore stencil mask |
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