This document provides a cheat sheet for keyboard shortcuts in Cinema 4D R17 for Windows. It lists shortcuts for modeling, selections, object operations, timeline navigation and operations, attribute editing, rendering, sculpting, materials, and more. The cheat sheet is intended to help users access common Cinema 4D functions quickly through keyboard inputs.

1. MAXON CINEMA 4D R17
WINDOWS CHEAT SHEET
rev.1 as of 04/21/16 | ©2016 Matteo Curcio | Maxon and Cinema 4D logo are registered trademarks of Nemetschek Group
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
ALT
ALT
ALT
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL TAB
DEL
SPACE
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
ALT SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFTGouraud Shading (Lines)
Gouraud Shading Change Coordinates System
Close Window
Delete
Heads Up Display
Toggle Parent Generator
Timewarp
Help via Setting/Element
Quick Shading
Quick Shading (Lines)
Constant Shading
Hidden Lines
Lines
Wireframe
Isoparms
Box
Skeleton
Display Tags
Backface Culling
Textures
X-Ray
Use Isoline Editing
Object Manager
Attributes Manager
Picture Viewer
Coordinates Manager
Content Browser
Structure Manager
Console
Script Manager
Customize Commands
Materials Manager
Timeline Dope Sheet
Timeline F-Curve
Layer Manager
New
Add
Open
Close All
Save as
Save
Quit
Move Camera
Scale Camera
Frame Selected Elements
Frame All
Perspective View
Rotate Camera
Zoom Selected Object
Hide/Show Axes
Right View
Top View
Configure View
All View
Front View
Configure All Views
Render View
Undo View
Redo View
Redraw View
Toggle Active Tool
Project Information...
Switches to Full Screen
FILE
EDITOR
SHADING COMMONVIEW
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2. MAXON CINEMA 4D R17
WINDOWS CHEAT SHEET
rev.1 as of 04/21/16 | ©2016 Matteo Curcio | Maxon and Cinema 4D logo are registered trademarks of Nemetschek Group
SHIFT
SPACE
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
CTRL
CTRL
Select All
Deselect All
Select Connected
Lasso Selection
Invert Selection
Live Selection
Rectangle Selection
Outline Selection
Convert Selection
Shrink Selection
Fill Selection
Grow Selection
Ring Selection
Loop Selection
Collapse
Disconnect
Remove N-gons
Retriangulate N-gons
Path Selection
UV Peeler
Phong Break Selection
Split
Optimize
Align NormalsCreate Point
Bridge
Brush
Close Polygon Hole
Weight Subdivision Surface
Bevel
Extrude
Matrix Extrude
Smooth Shift
Normal Move
Polygon Pen
Edge Cut
Iron
Magnet
Mirror
Set Point Value
Slide
Stitch and Sew
Weld
Extrude Inner
Normal Scale
Normal Rotate
Reverse Normals
Subdivide
Subdivide...
N-gon Triangulation
Untriangulate
Melt
Knife
Move Object
Scale Object
Rotate Object
Move Object w/o Children
Scale
Move
Rotate
Toggle Modeling Mode
Toggle Active Tool
Undo Last Action
X-Axis Lock/Unlock
Y-Axis Lock/Unlock
Z-Axis Lock/Unlock
Make Editable
Disconnect...
Optimize...
Untriangulate...
MODELING MODELING SELECTIONS OBJECT OPERATIONS
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3. MAXON CINEMA 4D R17
WINDOWS CHEAT SHEET
rev.1 as of 04/21/16 | ©2016 Matteo Curcio | Maxon and Cinema 4D logo are registered trademarks of Nemetschek Group
SHIFT CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
ALT
SHIFT
SHIFT
ALT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
ALT
ALT
SHIFT CTRL
SPACE
num
num
CTRL
CTRL
TAB
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRLSHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
ALT
ALT
ALT
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
ALT
ALT
SHIFT
SHIFT
CTRL SHIFT
Merge Objects
Show Search Bar
Show Filter
Group Objects
Expand Object Group
Enable/Disable Parent Generator
New Object as Parent Object
New Object as Child Object
Select Object incl. Child Objects
New Attribute Manager
Increase Parameter Value
Decrease Parameter Value
Decrease Parameter Value (coarse)
Decrease Parameter Value (fine)
Increase Parameter Value (coarse)
Increase Parameter Value (fine)
Parameter to Default
Fullscreen Mode
Play
Set as A
Set as B
Swap AB
Set as Preview Start
Set as Preview End
Auto Zoom
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Dope Sheet/F-Curve Mode
Record Active Objects
Record Current State
Play Backwards/Stop
Play Forwards/Stop
AutokeyingGoto Start of Animation
Goto End of Animation
Goto Previous Frame
Goto Next Frame
Goto Previous Key
Goto Next Key
Goto First Key
Goto Last Key
Frame Selected
Frame All
Goto Current Frame
Goto Start
Goto End
Frame Preview Range
Stop
Goto Next Marker
Goto First Marker
Goto Last Marker
Create Marker in Timeline
Create Marker in Anim. Palette
New
Search Bar
Computer
Desktop
Home Directory
Presets
Catalogs
Recent Items
Search Results
Favorites
Region Tool
Ripple Edit
Automatic Mode
Show Search Bar
Show Filter
Goto Previous Marker
TIMELINE | NAVIGATION TIMELINE | OPERATIONSOBJECT MANAGER
ATTRIBUTE MANAGER
PICTURE VIEWER
CONTENT BROWSER
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT SHIFT
num
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
Auto Tangents
Break Tangents
Zero Angle
Zero Length
Clamp
Linear
Step
Soft
Ease In
Easy Ease
Easy Out
TIMELINE | INTERPOLATION SHIFT
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4. MAXON CINEMA 4D R17
WINDOWS CHEAT SHEET
rev.1 as of 04/21/16 | ©2016 Matteo Curcio | Maxon and Cinema 4D logo are registered trademarks of Nemetschek Group
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT
ALT
ALT
SHIFT
CTRL
CTRL
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
ALT
num
ALT
ALT
SHIFT
SHIFT
CTRL
CTRL
Smooth for all Brushes
Reverse Brush Effect
Toggle X Simmetry
Toggle Y Simmetry
Toggle Z Simmetry
Toggle Wireframe
Show/Hide Template
Move Template
Scale Template
Rotate Template
Rotate Brush Clockwise
Rotate Brush Counterclockwise
Increase Brush Size
Decrease Brush Size
Increase Brush Hardness
Decrease Brush Hardness
Increase Brush Pressure
Decrease Brush Pressure
Jump Last Selection
Jump Next Selection
Jump Page Down
Jump Home
Jump End
Vertex Map
Show Points
Show UVW
Adds a New Line
Show Polygons
Import ASCII Data
Render to Picture Viewer
Team Render to Picture Viewer
Interactive Render Region
Make Preview
Edit Render Settings
Render Active Viewport
Scale Sequence
Sequence Fullscreen
Create User Track
Lasso Selection
Zoom
Move Sequence
Jump Page Up
STRUCTURE MANAGER
RENDERING
MOTION TRACKING
SCULPTING BODYPAINT 3DSHIFT
SHIFT CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
ALT
Load Materials
New Material
Replace Material by Another
MATERIAL MANAGER SHIFT
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