Keymap

Chisel’s shortcuts split into two groups. Tool-local keys are defined in the Chisel active tool’s keymap and only fire while that tool is the active tool in the 3D viewport. They never shadow Blender’s defaults anywhere else. Global keys work from any tool. Everything is customizable in Edit → Preferences → Keymap (search for Chisel).

The Chisel tool’s tooltip (hover the toolbar icon) lists the full hotkey set inline, starting with the addon version.

Global

These two work from any tool in the 3D viewport.

Key	Action
`Alt + Q`	Activate the Chisel tool from anywhere
`Alt + V`	Unveil: show hidden objects related to the selection
`Shift + Alt + V`	Unveil + swap selection to the unveiled objects

Q on its own is tool-local. It opens the Chisel pie menu only inside the Chisel tool, so it no longer shadows Blender’s Quick Favourites elsewhere. Use Alt + Q to jump into the tool first.

Tool-local

Everything below works only while the Chisel tool is the active tool.

Drawing & selection

Key	Action
`LMB` drag	Mode-dependent, see tool modes
`LMB` click	Select under cursor, deselect everything else
`Shift + LMB` drag	Box-select (add to selection)
`RMB`	Chisel object context menu
`D`	Mode picker with the current mode’s options
`Shift + A`	Add a Chisel primitive (tool-local add menu)
`Q`	Chisel pie menu

What LMB drag does depends on the tool’s Mode: Select (default) hands the drag to Blender’s own Tweak / Box / Circle / Lasso tool, Create draws a new SDF primitive using the tool’s Shape / Operation / Align, and Bisect draws a cutting line across the selected SDF objects.

Modifiers & editing

Key	Action
`B`	Adjust rounding modal (selected primitives)
`Ctrl + B`	Adjust blend modal (boolean and carve modifiers targeting the selection)
`Ctrl + D`	Chisel Duplicate: clone a shape with its modifier graph
`[` / `]`	Cycle primitive type of the selected shapes (previous / next)
`;` / `'`	Cycle the boolean / displace operation on targeting modifiers
`V`	Veil: hide non-rendered objects (keeps the current selection visible)

[ / ] and ; / ' repeat while held. Cycling primitive type never crosses families: mesh shapes stay mesh, curve shapes stay curve. The operation cycle runs Difference → Union → Intersect → Emboss → Engrave → Carve (Slice is excluded).

Quick booleans

Each binds to both the keyboard row and the numpad. Use whichever your keyboard offers. The selected shapes are booleaned into the active one.

Key	Action
`Alt + −` (or `NumPad −`)	Quick Boolean Difference
`Alt + =` (or `NumPad +`)	Quick Boolean Union
`Alt + \\` (or `NumPad /`)	Quick Boolean Intersect

Viewport handles

These work on any tool, whenever the gizmo is visible (see Render Engine: Gizmos for what decides that):

Key	Ngon	Sweep	Lattice	Bisect
Drag a blue dot	Move that polygon point	Move that path point	—	Slide the plane along its arrow
Drag an orange handle	Set that corner’s rounding	Set that corner’s rounding	—	Ring: cut-edge blend. Corner dot: that corner’s blend
Click a green dot	Insert a point on that edge	Insert a point on that segment	—	—
Drag a violet dot	—	—	Move that cage point	—
`X` / `Delete`	Delete the hovered point (minimum three)	Delete the hovered point (minimum two)	—	—

When no dot is hovered, X and Delete fall through to Blender’s own delete.

Once a drag is running (rounding B, blend Ctrl + B, a pie or right-click value, an arc, or a viewport handle) these apply:

1–5: snap the edge profile to Round / Sharp / Soft / Tight / Chamfer (NumPad 1–5 work too). Available in every rounding and blend drag, the Ngon and bisect corner handles, the bisect blend ring, and the Smooth modifier’s radius
S: jump to/from the Chamfer Smooth adjustment (only when a target is on Chamfer; not in the Smooth radius drag)
Shift: precision mode (finer steps); Ctrl: snap to round increments. The Sweep and Lattice point drags take no modifier keys
LMB, Enter or Space: confirm; RMB or Esc: cancel and restore every value the drag touched

Bisect gesture

While drawing a cut in the tool’s Bisect mode:

F: flip which side is kept
Ctrl: toggle angle snap; Shift: precision
Line: LMB release or Enter confirms
Polyline: LMB click adds a corner, Space / Enter accepts, Backspace removes the last corner
RMB or Esc: cancel

Create gesture

While drawing a shape in Create mode: Shift precision, Ctrl snap, LMB release / Enter / Space confirm, RMB / Esc cancel.

Customizing

Edit → Preferences → Keymap
Search for Chisel
Edit, disable, or rebind any operator