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Adobe Substance 3D Painter is a texturing tool for painting realistic materials directly onto 3D models. Adobe publishes the whole default map on one page — the editable shortcuts and, separately, the ones bound to the layer stack that cannot be remapped — so this table is that list rather than a selection from it. Much of it is mouse-driven: the camera, the stencil and brush size and flow are all modifier-plus-drag.

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All Adobe Substance 3D Painter keyboard shortcuts (Mac)

Layout
Esc
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
`
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
-
=
⌫
Tab
Q
W
E
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
[
]
\
⇪
A
S
D
F
G
H
J
K
L
;
'
↩
Shift
Z
X
C
V
B
N
M
,
.
/
Shift
⌃
⌘
⌥
Space
⌥
⌘
⌃
MMB · Camera zoom
↑
←
↓
→

+ 5 more controls in the table below

88 shortcuts

Navigation 18

Action Shortcut
Use tool / paint LMB
Draw straight lines ⇧LMB
Draw straight lines with snapping ⌃⇧LMB
Camera rotate ⌥LMB
Camera snap rotate ⇧⌘LMB
Camera translate ⌥⌘LMB
Camera zoom MMB
Stencil rotate SLMB
Stencil snap rotate ⇧SLMB
Stencil zoom SRMB
Change tool Size / Hardness ⌘RMB
Change tool Flow / Rotation ⌘LMB
Rotate environment ⇧RMB
Texture set selection ⌥⌘RMB
Context menu RMB
Set Clone tool source location VLMB
Ignore stencil mask N
Resume previous stroke A

View & Camera 18

Action Shortcut
Camera Perspective F5
Camera Orthographic F6
Display next channel C
Display previous channel ⇧C
Display material M
Display next mesh map B
Display previous mesh map ⇧B
Toggle animation ␣
Export textures ⇧⌘E
Center the whole mesh F
Toggle quick mask edition U
Clear quick mask Y
Invert quick mask I
Viewport layout 3D/2D F1
Viewport layout 3D only F2
Viewport layout 2D only F3
Swap 2D / 3D view F4
Texture Set isolate ⌥Q

Tools 17

Action Shortcut
Select Paint tool 1
Select Paint tool + Particles ⌘1
Select Eraser tool 2
Select Eraser tool + Particles ⌘2
Select Projection tool 3
Select Projection tool + Particles ⌘3
Select Polygon Fill 4
Select Smudge tool 5
Select Clone tool (relative source) 6
Select Clone tool (absolute source) ⌘6
Bake Mesh Maps ⌘⇧B
Increase tool size ]
Decrease tool size [
Invert grayscale tool X
Pick stroke material P
Lazy Mouse D
Hide/ignore excluded geometry ⌥H

Layers 13

Action Shortcut
Copy layer ⌘C
Cut layer ⌘X
Paste layer ⌘V
Delete layer ⌦
Duplicate layer ⌘D
Group layer ⌘G
Copy layer content ⌥⌘C
Paste layer content ⌥⌘V
Display mask in viewport ⌥LMB
Disable/Enable mask ⇧LMB
Drag & drop material ⌘Drag
Manipulator constraint/snapping ⇧
Manipulator mirror transformation ⌘

General 11

Action Shortcut
Hide UI ⇥
Undo ⌘Z
Redo ⌘Y
Baking F8
Painting F9
Rendering (Iray) F10
Open project ⌘O
Close project ⌘W
Save project ⌘S
New project ⌘N
Quit application ⌘Q

Manipulators 11

Action Shortcut
Show/Hide manipulator Q
Increase the manipulator size +
Decrease the manipulator size −
Cycle through manipulation spaces T
Toggle warp edition mode ⇧V
Translate tool W
Rotate tool E
Scale tool R
Surface tool ⇧W
Symmetry L
Pause engine computation ⇧⎋

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Mac edition · 88 shortcuts

A printable, framed-quality poster of the essential Adobe Substance 3D Painter shortcuts for Mac — the keys worth keeping in view, designed to stay readable on a wall.

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Frequently asked questions

Does the poster include every Adobe Substance 3D Painter shortcut?
Adobe Substance 3D Painter has 88 keyboard shortcuts on macOS — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home?
Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
Does it cover both Mac and Windows?
We sell a separate edition per platform so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the macOS edition.
Is this an official Adobe Substance 3D Painter product?
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