Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, virtual reality, and computer games.

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cancels blender functions without changes
open the toolbox
start or quit edit mode
loads a blender file, changes the window to a file window
F1
appends parts from other files, or loads as library data
F1
writes a blender file, changes the window to a file window
F2
exports the scene as a dxf file
F2
exports the scene as a vrml1 file
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F2
writes a picture, if a picture has been rendered, and the file format is as indicated in the display buttons
F3
saves a screen dump of the active window
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F3
saves a screen dump of the whole blender screen
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F3
displays the logic context
F4
displays the shading context, light, material, or world sub-contexts
F5
displays the shading context and texture sub-context
F6
displays the object context
F7
displays the shading context and world sub-context
F8
displays the editing context
F9
displays the scene context
F10
hides or shows the render window
F11
starts the rendering from the active camera
F12
go to the previous frame
go to the first frame
go to the next frame
go to the last frame
go forward 10 frames
go back 10 frames
change the current blender window to animation playback mode, the cursor changes to a counter
A
change the current window and all 3d windows to animation playback mode
A
insert key menu, this menu differs from window to window
I
toggle the render buffers
J
opens the last saved file
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O
quit blender
Q
timer menu, this menu offers access to information about drawing speed
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T
save user defaults, current project settings are written to the default file that will be loaded every time you start blender
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U
write file without opening a file window
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W
write videoscape file
W
erase everything except the render buffer, the default scene is reloaded
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X
redo
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Y
undo
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Z
redo
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Z
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