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title: Keymap
order: 11
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Every Chisel key, grouped by where it works. Most keys belong to the Chisel tool and work only while it is the active tool, so they never override Blender's keys elsewhere. A few work from any tool. To change a key: `Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Keymap`, the tool's keys under *3D View Tool: Object, Chisel*, the Tape tree's under *Chisel Tape Tree*.

## Any tool

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `Alt + Q` | Makes the Chisel tool the active tool |
| `X` / `Delete` over a point's dot | Removes that point. An Ngon, Outline or Lathe keeps three points; a Tube, Rail, Sweep or Bisect fence keeps two. With no dot under the cursor, Blender's own delete runs |

## Chisel tool, Object and Edit

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `Tab` | Switches the tool between Object and Edit, on a Chisel shape or with nothing active. On any other object it stays Blender's Edit Mode |
| `RMB` | The [right-click menu](interface/rmb-menu.md) |
| `D` | The tool's popup: Edit, the Mode and its settings, see [Chisel Tool ▸ The D popup](interface/active-tool.md#the-d-popup) |
| `Q` | The [pie menu](interface/pie-menu.md). Elsewhere `Q` stays Blender's Quick Favorites |
| `Shift + A` | The [Add Chisel Primitive](interface/add-menu.md) menu |
| `B` | Rounding drag on the selected shapes |
| `Ctrl + B` | Blend drag on the Boolean and Carve modifiers that use the selection |
| `Ctrl + D` | Duplicate Chain: copies the shape with the shapes its joins use, see [Right-Click Menu](interface/rmb-menu.md#fixed-rows) |
| `Alt + D` | Duplicate as Boolean: copies the shape into its own stack as a Union blended by `0.5`, see [Boolean](joins/boolean.md#duplicate-as-boolean). Off a Chisel shape it stays Blender's Duplicate Linked |
| `[` / `]` | The previous / next type of the selected shapes |
| `;` / `'` | The previous / next operation of the joins that use the selection |
| `V` | [Veil](operations.md#veil--unveil): hides the shapes with *Render* off, except the selection |
| `Alt + V` | Unveil: shows the hidden shapes the selection uses or parents |
| `Shift + Alt + V` | Unveil, and selects what it showed |

`[` / `]` and `;` / `'` repeat while held. The type cycle runs Sphere, Box, Oblong, Ngon, Cylinder, Cone, Torus, Capsule, Prism, Trapezoid; path shapes, Text and Mesh shapes keep their type. The operation cycle runs Difference, Union, Intersect, Emboss, Engrave, Carve (not Slice).

### Quick booleans

The selected shapes join the active one. Each works from the number row and the numpad.

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `Alt + −` or `NumPad −` | Difference |
| `Alt + =` or `NumPad +` | Union |
| `Alt + \` or `NumPad /` | Intersect |

## Chisel tool, Object

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `LMB` drag | Depends on the **Mode**: **Select** hands the drag to the chosen Blender select tool, **Create** draws a new shape, **Block** draws a base and pulls its height, **Bisect** draws a cut. See [Chisel Tool ▸ Modes](interface/active-tool.md#modes) |
| `LMB` click | Selects the shape under the cursor and deselects the rest |
| `Shift + LMB` drag | Box select, adding to the selection |
| `Space` | Block mode only: sets the custom drawing plane from what is under the cursor; again: back to Face. In the other modes `Space` stays Blender's |

## Chisel tool, Edit

These act on the points while points show. Where no point applies, a key does what it does in Object, or Blender's.

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `LMB` click on a dot | Selects that point; with `Shift`, adds it or takes it away |
| `LMB` drag a selected dot | Moves every selected point |
| `LMB` drag | Box select over points (over objects, where no points show) |
| `Shift + LMB` / `Ctrl + LMB` drag | Box select: add / take away |
| `LMB` click away from the dots | Deselects the points |
| `A` / `Alt + A` / `Ctrl + I` | Selects all points / none / inverts |
| `G` | Moves the selected points with the mouse |
| `S` | Scales the radius of the selected points (Tube, Rail) |
| `X` / `Delete` | Removes the selected points |

See [Edit Mode](interface/edit-mode.md).

## Tape tree

Over the [Tape tree](interface/tape-tree.md)'s text:

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `LMB` on a name | Selects that row; `Ctrl`: adds or takes away; `Shift`: the range from the active row |
| `LMB` on the arrow | Opens or closes the row; `Shift`: everything under it |
| `LMB` on a join's glyph | The join menu |
| `LMB` drag a name | Moves the row, or every selected row |
| `RMB` on a name | The row's blend and rounding |
| Wheel | Scrolls the tree |

## Viewport handles

While the handles show (with the Chisel tool, by default; see [Render Engine ▸ Gizmos](render-engine/gizmo-settings.md)). Shape points (Ngon, Tube, Lathe, Outline, Rail) show only in Edit.

| Handle | What it does | Keys while dragging |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Bisect arrow | Drag: slides the plane. Click: flips the kept side | |
| White Bisect tilt ring | Tilts the plane | `Ctrl` 15°, `Shift` finer |
| Blue fence point or Sweep point | Moves the point | `Ctrl` slides along a segment, `Shift` finer; on a Sweep `X` / `Y` / `Z` lock an axis |
| Orange blend or rounding handle | Bisect blend, fence corner, Ngon or path corner, Sweep corner | `1`–`5` profile, `S` chamfer smooth (not on a Sweep corner) |
| Green dot | Inserts a point (Ngon, path, Sweep, fence), or sets an Array's count | `Shift` finer |
| Array offset, radius or smooth dot | Sets that value | `X` / `Y` / `Z` lock (offset), `Ctrl` snap, `Shift` finer |
| Bend or Twist end ring, Bend dial | Sets the angle or the direction | `Ctrl` 15°, `Shift` finer |
| Bend arrow, Bend limit dots | Slides the bend, sets its limits | `Ctrl` snap, `Shift` finer |
| Solidify dot | Sets the wall thickness | `Ctrl` 0.01, `Shift` finer |
| Violet Lattice dot | Moves that cage point | |
| Array or Bend axis dot, Twist axis button, Array type button | Click: changes the axis or the type | |

See [Gizmos ▸ Using handles](interface/gizmos.md#using-handles).

## During a drag

Every value drag (`B`, `Ctrl + B`, a pie or right-click value, an arc, a handle):

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `1` – `5` (or NumPad `1` – `5`) | Profile: Round, Sharp, Soft, Tight, Chamfer. In every rounding and blend drag, the Ngon and path corner handles, the Bisect blend and corner dots, and the Smooth modifier's radius |
| `S` | Switches to the chamfer's **Smooth** and back (on Chamfer only; not in the Smooth modifier's radius) |
| `Shift` | Ten times finer |
| `Ctrl` | Snaps to round steps (`Ctrl + Shift`: finer steps) |
| `LMB`, `Enter`, `Space` | Keeps the value |
| `RMB`, `Esc` | Cancels: the value goes back. In the rounding and blend drags, a profile picked with `1` – `5` during the drag stays |

Drags with keys of their own:

| Drag | Keys |
|---|---|
| Ngon corner | `Ctrl` snaps, `Alt` slides along an edge, `Shift` finer |
| Path points (Tube, Outline, Rail, Lathe) | See [Points ▸ Drag keys](primitives/paths/points.md#drag-keys) |
| A Rail's **Sides** | Move away from the shape for more sides; wheel or `Up` / `Down` steps by one; no snap |
| `G` in Edit | `X` / `Y` / `Z` lock a world axis (again: unlock), `Shift` finer; no `Ctrl` snap |
| A Lattice point | None |

### Block mode

While drawing in [Block mode](interface/block-mode.md#keys):

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Release, `Enter`, `Space` | Starts the height; then click, `Enter` or `Space` keeps the shape |
| `B` | Bevel or Rounding; then `1` – `5` or the wheel for the profile, `S` for Smooth |
| `Ctrl + B` | The cut's Blend |
| `X` / `Y` | Mirrors the base about the press point |
| `Z` | Extrudes both ways |
| `Q` held while confirming | Selects the new shape |
| `Ctrl` / `Shift` | Snaps to **Increments** / finer |
| `RMB`, `Esc` | Cancels |

### Bisect mode

While drawing a cut in [Bisect mode](interface/active-tool.md#bisect-mode):

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `F` | Flips which side is kept |
| `Ctrl` | Toggles angle snap |
| `Shift` | Finer |
| `LMB` release, `Enter` | **Line**: keeps the cut |
| `LMB` click | **Polyline**: adds a corner |
| `Space`, `Enter` | **Polyline**: keeps the cut |
| `Backspace` | **Polyline**: removes the last corner |
| `RMB`, `Esc` | Cancels |

### Create mode

While drawing in [Create mode](interface/active-tool.md#create-mode):

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| `Shift` | Finer |
| `Ctrl` | Snap |
| `LMB` release, `Enter`, `Space` | Keeps the shape |
| `RMB`, `Esc` | Cancels |