This page provides information about navigation and operation controls in Chaos Envision.
| Shortcut | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
Ctrl+N | New | Create a new empty scene. |
| Ctrl+O | Open | Open a browse window to load a supported scene file. |
| Ctrl+I | Link | Import a scene by referencing an external scene file. |
| Ctrl+S | Save | Save the scene in .envision file format. |
| Ctrl+F4 | Close | Close the current scene. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo | Reverse your last action. You can reverse more than one action. |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo | Reverse your Undo actions. |
| Ctrl+A | Select All Nodes | Select all objects in the scene. |
| Del | Delete Nodes | Delete all objects in the scene. |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate Nodes | Duplicate all objects in the scene. |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Toggle Show/Hide Nodes | Toggle on/off the visibility of all selected nodes. |
| \ | Suspend Viewport | Stop the rendering process and freeze the viewport so that no changes can be made. Once the viewport is suspended, this option changes to Resume Viewport. |
| Z | Zoom Extents | If an object is selected, zoom that object and frame it into the viewport. If no selection is made, fit the scene into view. |
| P | Switch to Perspective View | Switch the viewport to the perspective view. |
| T | Switch to Top View | Switch the viewport to the top view. |
| F | Switch to Front View | Switch the viewport to the front view. |
| L | Switch to Left View | Switch the viewport to the left view. |
| Alt+C | Switch to Camera | Switch the viewport to the camera view. |
| C | Switch to Next Camera | Switch the viewport to the next camera view in the list. |
| Shift+C | Switch to Previous Camera | Switch the viewport to the previous camera view in the list. |
| Shift+U | Lock/Unlock Camera | Disable/Enable the transformation options for the selected camera. |
| Ctrl+P | Hide/Show Panels | Hide the left and right panels and switch the viewport to full view. Click again to show the panels. |
| G | Toggle lights gizmos visibility | Toggle the visibility of the lights’ gizmos on and off. |
| H | Scene Selection Highlighting | Toggle the visibility of selection outline around selected objects. |
| Q | Select | Select one or more items in the viewport. Press Ctrl to add more items to the selection. Press Shift to remove items from the selection. |
| B | Select by Box | Select multiple items from the viewport by drawing a 3D box. All items within the box boundaries become selected. |
| W | Move | Move the selected item or items. |
| E | Rotate | Rotate the selected item or items. |
| R | Scale | Resize the selected item or items. |
| M | Select material | Pick a material from the viewport to view and edit its properties. |
| Shift+R | Render image(s) | Open the Render Setup window where you can manage rendering settings. |