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## Global
Ctrl + S - Save
Ctrl + Z - Undo
Ctrl + Y - Redo

## Viewport and Graph Panel
A - Select all / Deselect all
B - Start box select tool. Elements in the box will be added to the selection. Press shift to remove them
C - Take viewport screenshot
D - Clone selection
E - Show/Hide empty panel
F - Flexible Part Tool (only active for flexible parts like rubber band, flex tube, etc.)
H - Hide selection
ALT + H - Show everything
I - Invert selection
J - Group selection
Alt + J - Ungroup selection
L - Show/Hide lamp panel
M - Toggle between translation and rotation gizmo
P - Select pivot point
Q - Toggle between small, medium and large transformation grid
R + (X or Y or Z) + numerical value - Rotation along selected axis in the global or local space
S - Select snap point
T + (X or Y or Z) + numerical value - Translation along selected axis in the global or local space
V - Toggle between Global and Local Space
W - Display selection tools
Z - Toggle between shaded, shaded with edges and wireframe mode

CTRL + Left Click - Add or remove element to or from the selection

NUMPAD 8 or 2 - Translate along Z axis
NUMPAD 4 or 6 - Translate along X axis
Page Up or Page Down - Translate along Y axis

← or → - Rotate selection 45° along Y axis
↑ or ↓ - Rotate selection 45° along X axis
Home or End - Rotate selection 45° along Z axis (keys next to page up and page down keys on an apple keyboard)

Esc - Deactivate selected tool / Cancel rotation or translation
Ctrl + Click - Add or remove a part/group to the selection

Numpad 5 - Toggle between Perspective and Orthographic projection
Numpad 9 - Toggle between Turntable and Trackball orbit style
Numpad 0 - Reset the position of the camera
Ctrl + Numpad 3 - Left view
Numpad 3 - Right view
Ctrl + Numpad 1 - Back view
Numpad 1 - Front view
Ctrl + Numpad 7 - Bottom view
Numpad 7 - Top view
Numpad . - Center selection or scene
Space - Change camera orientation

Del or Bak - Delete selection

Flexible Tool

B - Box select: add to selection
B + Ctrl - Box select: remove from selection
I - Inverse selection
A - Select all / Deselect all
Click + Ctrl - Add / Remove Anchor point to / from selection
E - Extrude first or last anchor points
D - Divide curve joining two anchor points
DEL or BAK - Delete anchor points
S - Snap anchor point or solid part selected

## Animation Editor
A - Select all nodes
B - Start box select
Ctrl + C - Copy selected nodes
D - Duplicate selected nodes
G - Move selected nodes
I - Invert node selection
Ctrl + V - Paste nodes previously copied

Numpad . - Center selection
Numpad 0 - Reset diagram position
Numpad 1 - Reset diagram zoom

Del or Bak - Delete selected nodes

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Hello, could you tell me how to rotate an object other than 45 ° please? thank you in advance

Press the 'm' key and rotate (accuracy depends on size of Transformation Grids). For more precise rotations, you can manually input rotation under the "Move" tab. Select 'Rotations' and input the degree of rotation you want. Positive values are clockwise about the axis (pointing away from you; counter-clockwise pointing towards you) and vice versa.

Hola,¿podria decirme como eliminar las creaciones que guarde?, porfavor
Lo agradeceria mucho

What he's saying is:
Hello, could you tell me how to delete the creations that I save?
I'd be really grateful

The Answer to your question in English:
Double Click on the Creation on your Mecabricks home page, and then press Delete on your keyboard.

In Spanish:
Haga doble clic en Creación en la página de inicio de Mecabricks y luego presione Eliminar en su teclado.

Muchas gracias

Can you add a shortcut for coloring your model?

There are multiple ways to color pieces a single color en masse:
Area: Select the "Area" selection from the cursor menu and then drag over it. However I advise only using this when you are coloring the whole model a single color.
Color: Select the "Color" selection from the cursor menu and then select the piece that has the color that you want to replace it with. All pieces with the same color as the selected piece will be selected automatically.
Shape: Select the "Shape" selection from the cursor menu and then select the piece with the shape that you want to color. All pieces with the same geometry with that piece will be selected automatically.
Multiple: This is a trickier tool. Select the "Multiple" selection from the cursor menu. Click on the pieces that you want to color. If you click on any empty space or rotate the model in any way, the selection will stop.

These are all the ones I have used so far but I think there are some more.

Hello!

I think there is a consistency issue when selecting pieces over an invisible piece. Sometimes, clicking pieces that are under the invisible piece selects the invisible piece, and other times it doesn't. Does anyone know the cause of this? Thanks!

How can I make an item group automatically? I'm just dragging it to the group and it's not cool. :C

And every time I press J it makes a new group, can you please add some shortcuts?

how do you post in home your design

@AmouAvin: The shortcuts are on the first page.
@Puff You mean a model, right?

I am joined a few hours ago. I cannot see the right side color palette, and I don't know where browser zoom is. Could someone PLEASE HELP SOON?

how do i copy a minifigure to another saved project with out having to make it again

To get a minifig from one project to another, you will need to use the import tool under File > Import...

One thing that may help is to isolate your minifigure. Open the model that has it and then use File > Save as... and save it as the name of your minifig. Now you can safely delete everything except your minifig and then of course hit File > Save to lock in the changes. Now you can open your other project and import just the minifig. This will work for any file that has parts you want to move around.

Hope it helps!

I like how the shortcuts are similar to Blender. Thanks.

hello how to you add a file like the three assorted strings to a empty file if you wont to make a cool build

also pls add peoples custom bricks i saw that there was a legend of Zelda one and i wonted to use it but i could not ):

? I couldn't really read all of that well.

hello dear maker if you could be so kind to as make a share workshop me and green flame wont to make a build together that will brake the meca bricks record

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