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Visit the KeyShot Amazing Shots forum to see what others are creating and share your own work. We would love to see what you create with this tip. To learn more about KeyShot Hotkeys visit the KeyShot manual. These are 5 great hotkeys to aid your workflow but, as mentioned earlier, press the K-Key to pull up the entire list of Hotkeys, save the image and print it out or select Setup/Details.
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If you press Alt+G, KeyShot will update your model and save you from needing to click the Execute Geometry button. If you apply a Fuzz material or use another Geometry node you will often make updates to the settings and want to see your changes in the Real-time View. This shows only the properties of the selected node, so you can isolate and adjust the node as needed. First, when you are working with different nodes and you want to isolate a specific node to see what effect it has to the part, press the C-Key.
Isolate Selected Nodes(C-Key)įor KeyShot Pro users there are two important hotkeys for the KeyShot Material Graph. Additionally, if you are a KeyShot Pro user, you have the option to hold Shift to add a material as a sub-material, which is also really helpful. The part takes the new material, but retains the texture and label. If your model has a texture and/or label you want to retain, but need to switch the material from paint to plastic, hold ALT to retain textures and hold CTRL or CMD to retain labels. The third hotkey comes into play when dragging and dropping materials. Retail Labels and Textures (Ctrl/Cmd Alt) This is a nice shortcut because you don’t have to navigate to the Scene tab to find a part to move. If you didn’t select a part, this hotkey triggers a dialog instead where you can select the part or parts you want to move. Click on what you want to move and then hit Ctrl+D on Windows or Cmd+D on a Mac. Next, here's a quick way to move parts in a scene. If you want to turn the Heads-Up Display off just hit the H-Key again. This information can be useful for gauging the performance of your scene or preparing it for final render.
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This is full of really valuable information about your system and scene, including Frames Per Second, Resolution, Focal Length, render Time and Samples, and more. KeyShot is the fastest and easiest to use 3D rendering and animation software available.
Interested in learning all there is to know about KeyShot These video tutorials will have you started in no time. This will activate the Heads-Up Display in the upper left corner. Luxion offers on-site KeyShot training that can be customized to fit your specific experience level and needs. From the Ribbon bar, start the KeyShot Render command. For our first hotkey, let's show some info about our scene. Use the Quick View Cube to orient the view so that it is easy to see most parts of the assembly.
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In this short video, you’ll learn how to enhance your workflow between KeyShot and Solidworks with all that the KeyShot Solidworks plugin has to offer.Ģ:21 Switching to NURBS geometry (KeyShot Pro)Ģ:34 Working with multiple materials, appearance and colorsģ:54 Using LiveLinking to update model changesĥ:19 Exporting a KeyShot. SolidWorks is one of the most popular 3D modeling programs around, and while you can import the part and assembly files directly into KeyShot, you can also use the KeyShot SolidWorks plugin to import your model, creating visuals faster with Luxion’s LiveLinking technology to send any model changes back over to KeyShot.