Probably. Blender’s keymap can be viewed in the User Preferences window (and you might wanna start there to make sure you’re not going to overwrite an important shortcut). As to how to go about it, I’ve attached an Open Office doc below that explains how to do it for the 1,2, 3 keys and the same process may work here, too. If not, I can’t help. Blender’s keymap editing changed a couple of years ago and tutorials are scarce.
Select something, make sure to leave your mouse cursor in the 3D View, and hit the period key on the numpad. Works with single or multiple entities. it also works with Blender’s other editor windows.
And if you’re using a laptop with no numpad, set emulation in User Preferences > Input (left side, almost half way done). It should transfer this action to the normal period key, but if not, I can’t help.
Not that I’m aware of. Using the mirror modifier does the same job non-destructively, though and can be applied to make it permanent (you likely guessed that).
how do I bind number keys (1,2,3) to vertex/edge/faces ?
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how come I cannot “INSET” further then this on my picture ?
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thanks for the help guys! It seems I could not inset scale correctly since my “center” was still at origin. If I ctrl+right click it sets it to whatever selection I have set and it will scale fine.
Select something, make sure to leave your mouse cursor in the 3D View, and hit the period key on the numpad. Works with single or multiple entities. it also works with Blender’s other editor windows.
And if you’re using a laptop with no numpad, set emulation in User Preferences > Input (left side, almost half way done). It should transfer this action to the normal period key, but if not, I can’t help.
I think you misunderstood my request on this one. Hitting the period “focusses/zooms in” to selection but what I am looking for is this:
snapping a face selection to X=0 (or other axis), useful when modeling/using symmetry.
Is there a quick way to find the actions of hotkeys ? I have a ton of hotkeys I want to remap but I have trouble looking them up in the hotkey editor. My ‘‘Mesh Select Mode’’ is bind to a custom key and I cannot find it in the hotkey editor anyway.For instance I want to bind hotkeys to these commands but I cannot find where they are:
In the n-panel on the right side of the 3d view, you can change the x-value to zero.
In the tabs on the left side of the screen – click the options tab, Mesh, select the X Mirror checkbox. Works in edit mode only.
As for remapping hotkeys – I would advise against it since you’ll be quite lost if you decide to follow any tutorials. A better option is an addon that can be found in the forums here that allows you to create your own pop up menus. I use it for all my common tasks and it is invaluable. It’s called Advanced UI Menus by Ryan Inch.
