All the V-Ray Essential Keyboard Shortcuts You Need to Know

Improve your workflow using these shortcuts for the rendering engine V-Ray

Widely used in movies—think Avatar, Robocop, Iron Man, and Tron Legacy, to name just a few—, the video game industry, and architectural visualizations, V-Ray is one of the favorite render engines for 3D professionals.

Discover all the shortcuts you need to start working efficiently with this software and speed up your projects.

Edit Geometry

Convert to editable polygon → Ctrl + C
Chamfer → C
Inset (Poly) → Ctrl + Spacebar
Target Weld (Poly) → Q
Cut Tool (Poly) → T
Select Ring → Ctrl + W
Select Loop → Ctrl + E
Connect Edge → V
Connect Vertex → Shift + V
Show End Result → Space
Transform Toolbox → Ctrl + T
Align → Alt + A
Swift Loop → Alt+S
Set Flow → Shift + Ctrl + F
Clone → Ctrl + V

Quad menu

Animation → Alt + RMB
Light / Render → Ctrl + Alt + RMB
Modelling → Ctrl + RMB
Snap → Shift + RMB

Selection, statistics, and options

Isolate Selection Toggle → Alt + Q
Step Mode Toggle → Shift + S
Select Object → Alt+Ctrl+A
Select by Name → H
Smart Place → And
Smart Scale → R
Material Explorer → 6
Show Statistics → 7
Environment and Effects → 8
VrayLightLister → 9

Viewport display

Undo viewport operation → Shift + Z
Redo viewport operation → Shift + Y
Orbit rotate view mode → Ctrl + R
Camera → ,
Back View → 2
Left View → 4
Perspective View → 5
Right View → 6
Top View → 7
Front View → 8
Merge File → 1
Toggle Scene Explorer → 0

English version by @angeljimenez.

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