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 Basics
Name Function Windows Mac

New Open new project Ctrl + N ⌘+N

Open Open existing project Ctrl + O ⌘+O

Save Save project Ctrl + S ⌘+S

Save as... Save current project with specified name Ctrl + Shift + S ⌘+⇧+S

Close Close window or project Shift + W ⇧+W

Close Window Close window Ctrl + W ⌘+W

Close All Close all projects Ctrl + Shift + W ⌘+⇧+W

Quit Quit Cinema 4D Lite Ctrl + Q ⌘+Q

Cut Cut selection to clipboard Ctrl + X ⌘+X

Copy Copy selection to clipboard Ctrl + C ⌘+C

Paste Paste clipboard Ctrl + V ⌘+V

Delete Delete object Backspace Backspace

Select All Select all Ctrl + A ⌘+A

Invert All Invert current selection Shift + A ⇧+A

Deselect All Deselect all Ctrl + Shift + A ⌘+⇧+A

Undo Undo Ctrl + Z ⌘+Z

Undo (Action) Undo last action Shift + Z ⇧+Z

Redo Redo Ctrl + Y ⌘+Y

Project
Name Function Windows Mac

Edit Render Settings... Open Render Settings Ctrl + B ⌘+B

Project Settings... Open Project Settings Ctrl + D ⌘+D

Preferences... Open Preferences Ctrl + E ⌘+E

Project Information... Open Project Information Ctrl + I ⌘+I

Object Manager... Activate Object Manager Shift + F1 ⇧ + F1

Materials Manager... Activate Materials Manager Shift + F2 ⇧ + F2

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 Timeline (Dope Sheet)... Open Timeline (Dope Sheet) Shift + F3 ⇧ + F3

Layer Manager... Open Layer Manager Shift + F4 ⇧ + F4

Attributes Manager... Open Attributes Manager Shift + F5 ⇧ + F5

Picture Viewer... Open Picture Viewer Shift + F6 ⇧ + F6

Coordinates Manager... Open Coordinates Manager Shift + F7 ⇧ + F7

Content Browser... Activate Content Browser Shift + F8 ⇧ + F8

Structure Manager... Activate Structure Manager Shift + F9 ⇧ + F9

Console... Open Console Shift + F10 ⇧ + F10

Script Manager... Open Script Manager Shift + F11 ⇧ + F11

Customize Commands... Open Customize Commands Shift + F12 ⇧ + F12

Heads Up Display... Open Heads Up Display pop-up V V

Editor
Name Function Windows Mac

Nudge Up Move selection upward ↑ ↑

Nudge Down Move selection downward ↓ ↓

Nudge Left Move selection leftward ← ←

Nudge Right Move selection rightward → →

Move Tool Move hotkey E E

Rotate Tool Rotate hotkey R R

Scale Tool Scale hotkey T T

Zoom In Zoom in + +

Zoom Out Zoom out - -

Rectangle Selection Rectangle selection hotkey 0 0

Move Camera Hold to move camera 1 1

Scale Camera Hold to scale camera 2 2

Rotate Camera Hold to rotate camera 3 3

Move Object Hold to move object 4 4

Scale Object Hold to scale object 5 5

Rotate Object Hold to rotate object 6 6

Move Parent Moves selected object only and not children 7 7

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 Lasso Selection Lasson selection hotkey 8 8

Live Selection Live selection hotkey 9 9

Make Editable Convert parametric object to polygonal object C C

Enable Axis Modification Toggle axis modification L L

Snapping... Open pop-up menu P P

Toggle Parent Generator Toggle parent generator Q Q

Change Coordinates System Use world or object coordinate system W W

Toggle Active Tool Toggles the active tool Space Space

Toggle Modeling Mode Toggle between points, edges, and polygons mode Return Return

Go to Start of Animation Go to start of animation Shift + F ⇧+F

Go to End of Animation Go to end of animation Shift + G ⇧+G

Modeling Settings Show modeling settings in Attribute Manager Shift + M ⇧+M

Enable Quantizing Enable quantizing Shift + Q ⇧+Q

Enable Snap Enable component snapping Shift + S ⇧+S

Locked Workplane Toggle locked workplane Shift + X ⇧+X

Polygon Selection... Open Polygon Selection pop-up U U

Align Normal Align normals of current polygon selection U~A U~A

Ring Selection Select ring of points, edges, or polygons U~B U~B

Fill Selection Select all polygons within edge selection U~F U~F

Invert Selection Invert selection U~I U~I

Shrink Selection Shrink selection of active mode U~K U~K

Loop Selection Select a loop of points, edges, or polygons U~L U~L

Optimize... Optimize current project U~O U~O

Outline Selection Selects the outline of a polygon U~Q U~Q

Reverse Normals Reverse normals of current polygon selection U~R U~R

Select Connected Select all connected components of object U~W U~W

Convert Selection Convert selection to another selection U~X U~X

Grow Selection Grow selection of the active mode U~Y U~Y

Interactive Render Region Activate Interactive Render Region Alt + R ⌥+R

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 Viewport
Name Function Windows Mac

Render View Render active view Ctrl + R ⌘+R

Redo View Redo view changes Ctrl + Shift + Y ⌘+⇧+Y

Undo View Undo view changes Ctrl + Shift + Z ⌘+⇧+Z

Show Axis Show axis Alt + D ⌥+D

Configure All... Configure all views Alt + V ⌥+V

Configure... Configure views Shift + V ⇧+V

View 1 Perspective view F1 F1

View 2 XZ view F2 F2

View 3 YZ view F3 F3

View 4 XY view F4 F4

All Views All views F5 F5

Redraw Redraw view A A

Frame Geometry Frame geometry of project H H

Frame Selected Objects Frame selected objects of project O O

Frame Selected Elements Frame selected elements of project S S

Display... Open Display pop-up N N

Gouraud Shading View project in Gouraud Shading mode N~A N~A

Gouraud Shading (Lines) View project in Gouraud Shading mode with wireframe N~B N~B

Quick Shading View project in Quick Shading mode N~C N~C

Quick Shading (Lines) View project in Quick Shading mode with wireframe N~D N~D

Constant Shading View project in Constant Shading mode N~E N~E

Hidden Lines View project in Hidden Line mode with wireframe N~F N~F

Lines View project in wireframe only mode N~G N~G

Wireframe View project in wireframe mode N~H N~H

Isoparms View project in isoparms mode N~I N~I

Box View project in box mode N~K N~K

Skeleton View project in skeleton mode N~L N~L

Tags Use Display tags N~O N~O

Backface Culling Use Backface Culling N~P N~P

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 Textures Use textures N~Q N~Q

X-Ray View active objects in X-Ray N~R N~R

Timeline
Name Function Windows Mac

Timeline Preferences... Open Timeline Preferences dialog Ctrl + E U

Go to Previous Key Go to previous keyframe Ctrl + F ⌘+F

Go to Next Key Go to next keyframe Ctrl + G ⌘+G

Go to Last Key Go to last keyframe Ctrl + O ⌘+O

Go to First Key Go to first keyframe Ctrl + P ⌘+P

Show Filter Show filters in Timeline Ctrl + U ⌘+U

Autokeying Activate automatic keyframing Ctrl + F9 ⌘ + F9

Go to Last Marker Frame the last marker Ctrl + Shift + O ⌘+⇧+O

Go to First Marker Frame the first marker Ctrl + Shift + P ⌘+⇧+P

Automatic Mode Show all project elements automatically Alt + A ⌥+A

Go to Start Go to start of animation Alt + F ⌥+F

Go to End Go to end of animation Alt + G ⌥+G

Frame Preview Range Frame view to preview range Alt + H ⌥+H

Ripple Edit Activate ripple tool in timeline Alt + R ⌥+R

Go to Previous Frame Go to previous frame F F

Go to Next Frame Go to next frame G G

Go to Current Frame Frame view to current frame O O

Record Current State Create new key Q Q

Region Tool Activate Region tool R R

Frame Selected Frame view to all selected keys/clips S S

Enable Frame Snapping Quantize all timeline interactions X X

Play Backwards Play backwards F6 F6

Stop Stop playback F7 F7

Play Forwards Play forwards F8 F8

Record Active Objects Record position, scale, rotation of active objects F9 F9

Timeline (F-Curve)... Open Timeline (F-Curve) Shift + Alt + F3 ⇧ + ⌥ + F3

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 Go to Next Marker Frame view to next marker Shift + N ⇧+N

Go to Previous Marker Frame view to previous marker Shift + P ⇧+P

Key Interpolation... Use in Timeline panel T T

Auto Tangents Set selected keys to auto tangents T~1 T~1

Break Tangents Set selected keys to break tangents T~2 T~2

Zero Angle (Tangent) Set selected keys tangents to zero angle T~3 T~3

Zero Length (Tangent) Set selected keys tangents to zero length T~4 T~4

Clamp Set selected keys to clamp T~5 T~5

Linear Set selected keys to linear interpolation T~6 T~6

Step Set selected keys to step interpolation T~7 T~7

Soft Set selected keys to soft interpolation type T~8 T~8

Ease Ease Set selected keys to Ease Ease T~9 T~9

Ease In Set selected keys to Ease In T~I T~I

Ease Out Set selected keys to Ease Out T~O T~O

Key Mode/F-Curve Mode Change key, f-curve or motion mode Tab Tab

Object Manager
Name Function Windows Mac

Show Search Bar Display search bar in Object Manager Ctrl + F ⌘+F

Show Filter Show filters in Object Manager Ctrl + U ⌘+U

Toggle Parent Generator Toggle parent generator of selected object Q Q

Group Objects Group objects Alt + G ⌥+G

Expand Object Group Expand object group Shift + G ⇧+G

New Object as Parent object Hold to make new object parent object Alt ⌥

New Object as Child object Hold to make new object child object Shift ⇧

Materials Manager
Name Function Windows Mac

New Material Create new material Ctrl + N ⌘+N

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 Load Materials... Load material library Ctrl + Shift + O ⌘+⇧+O

New PBR Material Create new PBR material Ctrl + Shift + N ⌘+⇧+N

Content Browser
Name Function Windows Mac

Show Search Bar Display search bar in Content Browser Ctrl + F ⌘+F

Catalogs Jump to Catalogs in Content Browser C C

Desktop Jump to Desktop in Content Browser D D

Favorites Jump to Favorites in Content Browser F F

Home Jump to Home in Content Browser H H

Presets Jump to Presets in Content Browser P P

Recent Items Jump to Recent Items in Content Browser R R

Search Results Jump to Search Results in Content Browser S S

Computer Jump to Computer in Content Browser U U

Picture Viewer
Name Function Windows Mac

Render to Picture Viewer Render active project in Picture Viewer Shift + R ⇧+R

Fullscreen Display Picture Viewer fullscreen Ctrl + F ⌘+F

Set as A Set A image in Picture Viewer A A

Set as B Set B image in Picture Viewer B B

Go to Previous Image Go to previous image F F

Go to Next Image Go to next image G G

Set as Preview Start Set preview range start I I

Set as Preview End Set preview range end O O

Swap AB Swap AB image links in Picture Viewer S S

Play Play forwards Space Space

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