Move, Rotate, Scale efficiently?

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Hi there,

on every tutorial I watched, the people tell that to translate/rotate etc. you’ll have to hit G and then the next shortcut … then the object is snapped to ne cursor I can move/rotate it without any real orientation.
Yes, I can “snap” it to an axis with middle mouse, but thats totally tedious.
Or when I hit R, it snaps to cursor and rotates somehow. But I want to hit R and then the rotation-gizmo comes in and I grab the axis I want to rotate it on. Like in every normal 3D-software :stuck_out_tongue:
I just found out randomly that if I hit shift+spacebar. I can select the “real” transform/scale etc. tools.
Is it somehow possible, that I could just hit -for example- W and then the same happens like if I click on the toolbar on move or rotate or do that shift-spacebar-move??
In the keymap there is already “G” on move. but it does not give me the real move-tool, just that snap to cursor senseless moving thing?

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Hey Jack,

Right click on this icon,
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select Assign Shortcut

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and press whatever key you like. Be aware that ‘w’ is also a shortcut on the tweak - so probably not a good choice . . .

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Cheers,
Dj.

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I’m not sure: don’t you know how to do handle this in generally in blender or do you just want to change the way blender is?

Like in every normal 3D-software

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And like in any other Software someone have to learn the GUI if it’s more than the menues and buttons…

Anyway, xou may have a look at “Gizmo” settings:

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You might want to use the"industry standard" keymap that comes with Blender. This keymap has wer mapped as you are used to from other software.

However, give grs a chance. Many prefer it after getting used to it and learn that gizmos are just a crutch.

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@DamianJ
Thats all Gizmos at once. A little too much :smiley:

@Okidoki
In general I just want to hit “R” and then the same happens like when I click on the toolbar on rotate or shift+space-r (the rotation gizmo appears on the object and I can choose which axis I want to rotate)
Same with translate and scale.
But I can’t find it in the keymap settings.

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at -Lumpengnom tried that and it works, but then I can’t follow many tutorials because they mostly use the standard keymap and say “then hit G then hit X then this and then that” and I have to search those shortcuts/functions on the industry standard keymap…

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ahhh now i see: (by the way: Windows shift space?; Linux space or left alt! this puzzled me additionally)
Anyway, i have to thank you @DamianJ (totaly overlooked the shortcut in your screenshot), i learned something new again.

The key combi shiftSpace/Space/Alt [sSSA] and then m, r or s is for activating the Move, Rotate or Scale Gizmo and the double sSSA is for deactivating the Gizmo. (Did use only m,r,s like in Blender2.7*).
And you don’t want it permanently (my suggestion) but without sSSA.

Then you could use @DamianJ’s suggestion (right click on icon) and remap to m,r,s and deactivate to .?.

Yes and sadly those short key strokes doesn’t seem to be in Pref Keymap…

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@Okidoki
yessss, right click on the tool and assign shortcut…
Didn’t see it. I just searched the keymap settings all the time.
Now I can click e and have the rotate-gizmo on the object!
Thanks a lot!