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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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I am not able to view the graph panel it disappeared from the right hand side. please help

So the entire edit panel disappeared how do I get it to show again ?

how do you get the blocks to move its sooooooooooooo hard

how can I get a light to work (to be a red light because i know how to do it but i cant make int be a different colour)?

Select light point next got to you graphic panel go down to objects while the light point is still selected click color the white rectangle then choose a color from the rgb panel.

How do I make it so I stop getting notifications from certain posts and forums.

@Ammaar15 and @_45: Save the model and refresh.
@AnnieDuck9: You should see this forum: https://www.mecabricks.com/en/forum/topic/65
@Mast3rbr1ck: As of now that's not possible.

how do you select 3 item at ones without selecting everything

My brick coloring pad has diapered. What should I do?

Is there a way to mirror parts while I'm building, it would make it a bit easier for building.

Is there a way to mirror parts to make building easier?

pres the d key pugboy6209

what if you're using a macbook? it's annoying that i can't translate the whole view sideways when working on something long. is there a way to do this without numpad or mouse?

Suppose I use mecabricks on a Chromebook without a mouse. How would I be able to zoom in/out of the screen?

How can I pan view without a mouse? Can I have some help, please?

Is there a way to request a piece be added that is not yet in the system? Part #65617 released in 2020 and its the only time I've come across a piece that I can't find in the Mecabricks parts library. It's essential to the build I'm working on, so if anyone could help me figure it out, I'd be grateful

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=65617#T=C

@johnjimbob there is a forum topic here: https://www.mecabricks.com/en/forum/topic/50

hey, im not shure how to transfer designs between models. can anyone help?

In the workshop use File -> Import... choose Mecabricks, click Import. Now you can import a model that you have already saved.

can you upload parts to bricklink

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