Brush Creation Commands
Note: Before creating a
brush, use mouse+left click to draw out a selection in the 2d view, it will be outlined in
red. Then use the keys below to control the amount of sides. When you have created the
brush, hit ESC to exit, or use the mouse to manipulate the brush size. |
Action |
Description |
Key |
Brush
(3 sided) |
Creates a 3 sided brush |
CTRL+3 |
Brush
(4 sided) |
Creates a 4 sided
brush |
CTRL+4 |
Brush
(5 sided) |
Creates a 5 sided
brush |
CTRL+5 |
Brush
(6 sided) |
Creates a 6 sided
brush |
CTRL+6 |
Brush
(7 sided) |
Creates a 7 sided
brush |
CTRL+7 |
Brush
(8 sided) |
Creates a 8 sided
brush |
CTRL+8 |
Brush
(9 sided) |
Creates a 9 sided
brush |
CTRL+9 |
Brush Manipulation Commands |
Action |
Description |
Key |
Drag
Edges |
Sets mouse+left click
to Edge editing mode - Edges are represented by dots. Hit ESC when done. |
E |
Drag
Vertices |
Sets mouse+left click
to Vertex editing mode - Vertex's are represented by dots. Hit ESC when done. |
V |
Make
Detail |
Makes a brush a detail
brush (not in q3) |
CTRL+M |
Toggle
Clipper |
Turns clipping mode on
or off. |
X |
Split
Selected |
Splits the selected
brush/brushes on the clipping plane while in clipping mode - X key toggles clipping mode
on or off. |
CTRL+ENTER |
Flip
Clip |
Switches the plane on
which the brush is going to be clipped while in clipping mode - X key toggles clipping
mode on or off. |
CTRL+ENTER |
Clip
Selected |
Clips the currently
selected brush / brushes while in clipping mode - X key toggles clipping mode on or off. |
ENTER |
|
Curve Manipulation Commands |
Action |
Description |
Key |
Bend
Mode |
This is used to bend
patch meshes. Follow the instructions in the dialog box. |
B |
Cap
Current Curve |
Caps off the currently
selected patch mesh. |
SHIFT+C |
Clear
Patch Overlays |
|
CTRL+Y |
Connect
Selection |
|
CTRL+K |
Cycle
Cap Texure Patch |
|
CTRL+SHIFT+N |
Decrease
Patch Column |
|
CTRL+SHIFT+
SUBTRACT |
Increase
Patch Column |
doesn't work |
CTRL+SHIFT+
PLUS |
Decrease
Patch Row |
|
CTRL+
SUBTRACT |
Increase
Patch Row |
doesn't work |
CTRL+PLUS |
Freeze
Patch Vertices |
|
F |
Invert
Curve |
This inverts the patch
meshes matrix |
CTRL+I |
Invert
Curve Texture X |
Inverts the X value of
the texture on the matrix. Sometimes it needs to be done. |
CTRL+SHIFT+I |
Invert
Curve Texture Y |
Inverts the Y value of
the texture on the matrix. Sometimes it needs to be done. |
SHIFT+I |
Make
Overlay Patch |
|
Y |
Naturalize
Patch |
Makes the texture
natural on the patch mesh. (Sometimes the textures are stretched to fit the patch. This
will make the texture fit normally.) |
CTRL+N |
Patch
Tab |
|
TAB |
Patch
Inspector |
|
SHIFT+S |
Snap
Patch to Grid |
Snaps the vertex's of
the currently selected patch mesh to the grid. |
CTRL+A |
Thicken
Patch |
Creates a copy of
current mesh and spaces it by X amount of specified units and caps off the mesh. |
SHIFT+5 |
Unfreeze
all Patch Vertices |
|
CTRL+SHIFT+F |
|
Texture Manipulation Commands |
Action |
Description |
Key |
Surface
Inspector |
Brings up the surface
properties menu - use to adjust texture size. |
S |
Texture
Decrement |
|
SHIFT+
SUBTRACT |
Texture
Increment |
|
SHIFT+PLUS |
Texture
Rotate Clockwise |
Rotates the texture on
the currently selected face,brush or mesh Clockwise |
SHIFT+
PAGE DOWN |
Texture
Rotate Counter-
Clockwise |
Rotates the texture on
the currently selected face,brush or mesh Counter-Clockwise |
SHIFT+
PAGE UP |
Texture
Scale Up / Down /
Left / Right |
Scales the texture on
the currently selected face,brush or mesh. |
CTRL+
Arrow Keys |
Texture
Shift
Up / Down /
Left / Righ |
Shifts the texture on
the currently selected face,brush or mesh. |
SHIFT+
Arrow Keys |
Texture
Fit |
Fits the texture to
the currently selected face,brush or mesh by scaling it on the x & y axis. |
SHIFT+5 |
Toggle
Texture Lock |
Turns Texture lock on
or off. |
SHIFT+T |
Toggle
Texture Rotate Lock |
Turns rotation of
textures on or off. |
|
Miscellaneous |
Action |
Description |
Key |
Entity
Color |
Changes the color of
an entity by bringing up the standard windows RGB color selector. Used for choosing the
color of lights for example. |
K |
Redisperse
Columns |
|
CTRL+E
|
Redisperse
Rows |
|
CTRL+SHIFT+E |
|