Learn Houdini keyboard shortcuts

Practice Houdini 21 keyboard shortcuts with timed drills. Memorize all 332 hotkeys and keybindings faster through interactive exercises.

Top shortcuts

  • Ctrl+S — Save
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Incremental Save
  • Ctrl+O — Open File
  • Ctrl+N — New File
  • Ctrl+Q — Quit Houdini
  • Ctrl+M — Merge File
  • Ctrl+Shift+E — Export Alembic
  • Ctrl+F5 — Render to Disk
  • F5 — Render to MPlay
  • F6 — Open Render Scheduler
  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Delete — Delete Selected
  • Ctrl+A — Select All
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Deselect All
  • Ctrl+D — Duplicate
  • Ctrl+G — Group Selection
  • Ctrl+F — Find Node
  • Ctrl+I — Invert Selection
  • MouseLeft — Select
  • Shift+MouseLeft — Add to Selection
  • Ctrl+MouseLeft — Remove from Selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+MouseLeft — Toggle Selection
  • MouseRight — Context Menu
  • Space — Tumble (Hold + LMB Drag)
  • Space — Track/Pan (Hold + MMB Drag)

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