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title: Interface
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Where Chisel's parts sit in the Blender window.

![the Blender window with the Chisel tool active, a Box with a hole and an Array selected](../assets/interface-overview.webp)

## The window

Top left to bottom right:

| Area | Where | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| Tool settings row | Above the 3D View, while the Chisel tool is active | **Chisel Disable**, **Edit**, **Mode** and the mode's settings, the gizmo icons and their drop-down. See [Chisel Tool](active-tool.md#the-tool-settings-row) |
| Gizmo icons | Right end of the tool settings row | Which handles and overlays show: Tape tree, rounding, modifiers, outlines… See [Chisel Tool ▸ Gizmo icons](active-tool.md#gizmo-icons) |
| Tool bar | Left edge of the 3D View | The Chisel tool's icon, among Blender's tools. `Alt + Q` picks it from any tool |
| View text | Top left of the 3D View | Blender's view name and object, then Chisel's status line. See [Status Bar & Messages](info-bar.md#the-views-status-line) |
| Tape tree | Under the view text | Every shape of the scene with its stack. See [Tape Tree](tape-tree.md) |
| Handles | On the selected shapes in the view | Drag a dot or an arc to change a rounding, a blend or a modifier. See [Gizmos](gizmos.md) |
| Properties editor | Right of the 3D View | Chisel's panels on four tabs: *Render* (the engine), *Object* (**SDF**: the shape), *Modifiers* (**Chisel Modifiers**: the stack), *Material*. See [Properties Panels](panels.md) |
| Redo panel | Bottom left of the 3D View, after an add or a draw | The new shape's values. See [Add Menu](add-menu.md#the-redo-panel) and [Block Mode](block-mode.md#the-redo-panel) |
| Status bar | Bottom of the window | During a Chisel drag, the keys it answers to. See [Status Bar & Messages](info-bar.md#status-bar) |

## Menus over the view

These open at the cursor while the Chisel tool is active.

| Key | Menu | Page |
|---|---|---|
| `Shift + A` | **Add Chisel Primitive**: every shape | [Add Menu](add-menu.md) |
| `Q` | The pie menu: shapes, modifiers, profiles and drags, engine actions | [Pie Menu](pie-menu.md) |
| `RMB` | Chisel's right-click menu | [Right-Click Menu](rmb-menu.md) |
| `D` | The tool's popup: the modes and the mode's settings | [Chisel Tool ▸ The D popup](active-tool.md#the-d-popup) |

With any other tool, Blender's own `Shift + A` menu has **Chisel** and **Chisel Actions** at its end, see [Add Menu](add-menu.md#blenders-add-menu--chisel).

## Elsewhere

| Where | What | Page |
|---|---|---|
| `Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Add-ons ▸ Chisel` | Status, GPU memory, theme colours, debug tools | [Preferences](../preferences.md) |
| `Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Keymap` | Chisel's keys, under *3D View Tool: Object, Chisel* | [Keymap](../keymap.md) |
| *Render Properties ▸ Render Engine* | **Chisel**, the engine that draws the shapes | [Render Engine](../render-engine/index.md) |