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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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Please share screenshots to describe your issue. On the contrary, technology used and new viewport options allow much more realistic real time rendering.

@Scrubs rendering is offline

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Yes, it bas been discussed in another post.

What is the shortcut for entering negative values to things like transform?

Do you have any connecting pieces shortcut? Because there's some pieces that I can't connect, like a cup on a Lego mini-figure's hand.

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@Lev unless there is something wrong, you can enter negative values in fields.
@brenocarmona most pieces have had connection points entered. You can just snap these points together using the snap tool.

I mean using negative values in shortcuts.
Having to click around fields really slows things down.

Thanks. (-:

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@lev sorry could you detail a bit more your issue with negative values. I don't really understand what you currently mean.

How can I restore my creations on recycle bin?

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@brenocarmona Copy and paste in a folder outside the bin.

Is there a shortcut that allows me to replace one piece with another? (as a normal piece for one with decals)

Is there a way to move multiple bricks at once?

@BlueCreator
You can either select several parts by selecting one and then holding [Ctrl] + clicking on another (the first selected part becomes the pivot), or you can use [B] + [LMB drag] to box select several parts (in this case the oldest added part will become the pivot, if I'm not mistaken).

@NGCHunter2
Do you know if there's a shortcut that allows me to replace one piece with another? (as a normal piece for one with decals)

@brenocarmona, No there is no shortcut for that. What you can do is select the piece you want to replace and with it selected add the other(decorated) piece, just by clicking on it in the part library, and it will be placed over the first piece. You then have to manually remove the first selected piece. It would be a nice feature if it was possible to select a part and then replace it with another one, I agree on that. Make a suggestion for it in the suggestion and ideas thread and maybe Scrubs will add it to his ToDo list!

My trackpad gets kinda touchy if I try to use more than 1 finger, Could we maybe have Alt + = set to zoom in and Alt + - set to zoom out?

How do you move more than one brick, like 10 bricks. How would you do that?

@Free_Shavocadu
See my post above;
You can either select several parts by selecting one and then holding [Ctrl] + clicking on another (the first selected part becomes the pivot), or you can use [B] + [LMB drag] to box select several parts (in this case the oldest added part will become the pivot, if I'm not mistaken).

How do I select individual bricks for a group instead of an area of bricks? I saw you did it in one of your YouTube videos, and I'm not sure what did I miss. Is there a way to select bricks like such or I still have to use the area selection?

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