Pivot points, snapping, and saving UI layouts

Support Basics & Interface
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New user here. :slight_smile: Just started using Blender recently, and currently trying to find my feet in the software.

Anyway, 3 main questions:

  1. How does one reposition the pivot point of any object while in Object and Edit Mode? Is there a shortcut key that can be used?

  2. Are there any shortcuts that allow me to snap objects/vertices/faces/edges to other objects/vertices/faces/edges? Similar to Maya’s x, c and v, shortcuts?

  3. How does one save and switch between different UI Layouts?

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  1. http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/PartI/Interface/Screens
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  1. The Pivot Point can be changed from an icon Menu in the header, second icon right of the Context menu, and the tooltip gives the hotkeys. I suspect you might mean the Object Center though? In F9 buttons, Mesh tab (or Curve and Surface depending) Center, CenterNew and CenterCursor work only in Object mode.

  2. Shft-S has a basic Snap menu. In 2.43 and later versions the magnet icon in edit mode (Shft-Tab) offers more:
    http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Tutorials/Snap

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