## 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
@NathatG428: There is no way to recolor a decal in the workshop, but I suppose you could just search up the piece without the decals and replace the decorated piece with the blank one.
Hey, can someone explain me how to create a folder/group of many bricks, it can be really nice ! thank you
bro please help i closed the graph panel idk how cant use it anymore what do i do
@Wassilei Use "B" to select multiple pieces and then click "J"
It'd be nice to have customizable shortcuts, if possible!
Working a lot with Blender, for example, I find the move/pan/rotate default shortcuts here a little bit uncomfortable for myself, other than that, it's excellent! I'm so happy that I just discovered this awesome website and tool!
how do you make custom parts or images on bricks (like the minifigs)
I just want to say thanks for a lovely program, it's so user friendly and by far the most intuitive I've tried. Finishing up my first MOC, and it's been a very enjoyable experience.
Please delete my Mecabricks account. (Or add the ability to delete an account).
Please, delete my Mecabricks account. (Or add the ability to delete an account).
Is there a way to set an image from my computer as a background in the workshop during building? For example, I would like to use a blueprint .jpeg image as a background during a build to work on a scale model and be able to line it up directly against the blueprint. I've been toggling between the orthographic and regular view a lot because it's very helpful for scale models. Being able to also set an image as the background during building would be super
is there a way to measure your build in the workshop? on very large builds, it is almost impossible to count stud-for-stud how large a build is.
@Johnjimbob-
You cannot set an image as a background in the build space of the workshop. It's been suggested before, but will not be in the current version of Mecabricks.
@FerrusManus-
There is no tool that you can use for measurements, so you will need to be creative and make your own. If your build is extremely big, you could measure it in terms of baseplates. I think you could drop a baseplate (or other reference part), duplicate it and set the new one to a different color and set it edge-to-edge with the first. Now you can multi-select these and duplicate them. Each time you do this, you'll double the size of your "ruler." With the alternating colors, you should be able to count the plates easier.
Ctrl+z = Undo
Ctrl+y = Redo
Hope this helps a few people.
@B1Trash
True. There is no measure tool.
Does anybody know how to add a background?
@Hestorking-
What are you trying to add a background to?
My models such as ships 😃
How do I customize a brick?
Here ya go:
https://www.mecabricks.com/en/forum/topic/2925
Just be aware that you won't be able to decorate some of the bow and stern pieces.
Thanks!
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