Cut+, Copy+, Paste+

Cut+ or Copy+ stores selected elements/objects in a buffer (temp external blendfile) in Edit or Object Mode,
which you can then Paste+ into another mesh in Edit Mode (merge), or into a new object in Object Mode.
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The buffer is stored until a new Copy+ or Cut+ operation. (Paste+ unlimited nr of times.)
(Uses Blenders "Copy Objects" & "Paste Objects" copybuffer)

Option Toggle Buttons: (Object Mode)

• [P] : Paste+ Mouse Point
• ON : Paste+ geo is placed at mouse pointer
• OFF : Original location
• [M] : Paste+ Merge
• ON : Paste+ geo will be merged with selected object, or pasted as a new object if nothing is selected
• OFF : Not merged, selected or not

Extract & Edit

Instantly cut (extract) elements into a new Object & set Edit Mode.

Options:
Customize E&E behaviour in Shortcut-settings: IMAGE
Tip: Create multiple shortcuts for different behaviours.

• Select Connected
• Automatically selects geo connected to your initial selection
• Itemize
• New object orientation is calculated from active element
• Duplicate
• Duplicates selection before extraction
• Set Object Mode
• Does not enter Edit Mode in the new extracted Object
• Note: Only possible to set in the shortcut editor - Not available in the Redo-panel
• Set Object Mode + Itemize (+ any other options) replaces the old Itemize operator VIDEO (YT)

Extract & Extrude (ExEx)

• Extracts mesh selection, offsets and extrudes
• Offset & Extrude distances are automatically calculated by (shortest) edge length, unless overridden
• Options & adjustments in the redo-panel
• VIDEO

MouseMirror & MouseFlip

Mirror or Flip selection based on mouse position (for direction) and Orientation type selected. (recalculated)

• Global:
• Mirror using world origo
• Local:
• Edit Mode: 'BBox mode' global axis
• Object mode: 'BBox local mode', rotation w. Ind.Origins. Any other; not.
• Normal:
• Edit Mode - Only takes the Active Element into account for rotation/center and auto-selects connected mesh
• Cursor:
• Uses the cursor for center, and rotation if Pivot is also set to CURSOR, otherwise cursor rotation is ignored.
• Old MODO VIDEO (YT) for reference (close enough)

Get & Set Edit Mode

Selects object under the mouse pointer and switches selection to Edit Mode.
VIDEO (YT)

• Optional Toggle Buttons:
• [ E ] Extends the selection (multi-object editing)
• [ ✓ ] "Element Mode Pick" sets edit mode to the type of element under the mouse (vert/edge/face)

Zero Local

Temporarily stores & zeroes an objects Location & Rotation & enter Local Mode
Run Zero Local again to exit Local Mode & restore Location & Rotation.
Zero Local R: Rotation only

Local Mode by Distance

Include/Exclude objects in local mode from selection by distance. Options in redo-panel for:
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• Same Object Type Only (as selection)
• Invert Range
• Frame View on filtered selection

Unhide or Local Off

Unhide hidden objects, or set Local Mode off - if currently in Local mode. Compatible with Zero Local.

Render Visible

Render Image of only what is currently visible in the viewport - Regardless of outliner object render toggles.

• Option:
• Toggle for using Slot Cycling
• Temporarily sets render-toggles & uses a modal-timer hack to enable visible render progress

Render Image Slot Cycle

Render Image to the first empty render slot (supports any nr of slots*)

• Wrap toggle on:
• Cycle overwrites existing slots, looping back to slot 1 after the last slot
• Wrap toggle off:
• No overwrites, you will be notified when all slots are full
• Tip:
• You can add extra slots in the render window
• Save your startup scene to use extra slots by default (Set Slot 1 as active!)

BG Sync

• Sync the Viewport Preview shading EXR to world render (incl. built in EXR's) with rotation and strength values
• It will file/node-manage for you, and reuse when possible: IMAGE
• It is also available in the keKit Shading Pie Menu

Get & Set Material

Grabs material from any object's face under the mouse pointer and applies it to the current selection.
VIDEO (YT)

Cursor Fit & Align

Release VIDEO (YT)
Also availabe in pie menu

• Edit Mode:
• Snaps 3D Cursor to selected elements (average position) and calculates 3D Cursor rotation from FACE/VERT/EDGE selection
• No selection = Cursor reset
• Object Mode:
• No object selected and mouse is over nothing resets Cursor.
• Pointing at ANY object will align the cursor to the face under the mouse, regardless of obj selection.
• 1 Object selected and pointing mouse over NOTHING will align cursor to the selected objects location & rotation.
• 2+ Objects selected and pointing mouse over NOTHING will align the cursor between the objects. (Uses Z-axis to point towards the 2nd object)
• 3+ Objects selected uses active object for rotation, with averaged location.
• Option:
• O&P Toggle - Also sets Orientation & Pivot to Cursor mode(s)

Note: This is meant to supplement to standard cursor placement tool (which has snap-drag for offset, for example), not a complete replacement.

Step Rotate

• Rotates selected Object(s) depending on viewplane facing the camera: VIDEO
• Intended for shortcut assignment (Panel buttons just for shortcut assistance)
• Note: Adjust step-values manually in prefs: IMAGE
• Also availabe in the Step Rotate Pie Menu

Align View

• Align the viewport to:
• Cursor: Orthographic Toggle. Run again to restore view. (Cursor Fit & Align recommended for correct rotation)
• Selected: (Active) Orthographic Toggle. Run again to restore view.("Align View To Active" SHIFT-NUM7 replacement)
• Ortho Snap: 1 Snaps view to nearest Ortho View. Not a toggle - Just rotate view to go off ortho

Frame All or Selected

Frame selection in View, or everything if nothing is selected.

• Geo Only Toggle:
• Ignores non-geo objects (Lights, Cameras etc) for 'Frame All' (nothing selected)

Align Origin(s)

• Align selected objects' origin Location/Rotation to:
• Cursor (Edit & Object Mode)
• Selection: Selected element normal (Edit Mode) with inverted z-axis (toggle)
• Sel.Loc: Selection Location average (Edit & Object Mode)

Quick Origin Move

Run Grab Tool for selected objects Origin (in modal) to skip having to set "Affect origin only" on and off.

• Auto Axis Variant:
• Will use Mouse Axis instead of default Grab Tool

Align Object(s)

• Align selected Object(s) Location/Rotation to:
• Cursor (Cursor Fit & Align recommended)
• Active Object (Location, Rotation, Scale)
• Origin (Selected to Origin) - as "Geometry to Origin" but also works in Edit Mode for element selection
• Will work with multiple selected objects (In Edit Mode too); Each object will use its own origin
• Find In keSnapAlign pie-menu or Select & Align keKit panel

Object Mode uses "Set Origin" - so all the other modes are available in the redo panel :
Origin to Geo, Origin to Cursor, Origin to Center Mass (Surface & Volume)

(old) VIDEO (YT)

Match Active Bounding Box

• Scales selected object(s) to last selected object's bounding box (along axis - set in redo-panel)
• Place & Rotate origin(s) beforehand for scaling operation to behave as expected - if needed.
• Scale will be auto-applied (Note: Does not check for negative scale, flipping normals.)

Straighten

• Snap an objects rotation to the nearest 90 degree angles
• Set custom degree override in the redo panel
• Also available in the Step Rotate Pie Menu

Swap Places

Swap places (transforms) for two objects. loc, rot & scale. (Apply scale first if you dont want to swap scales.)

Lock, Lock Unselected & Unlock

• Easy acces to assign shortcut(s) for locking (Same as "Disable Selection" in the Outliner)
• Unlock (Selection Enable) applies to all locked objects

Select Boundary+

Select Boundary ('region_to_loop') that also sets one edge to Active. (Handy for scripts that need an Active edge.)
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• Inner Region Toggle:
• When you have a boundary selected, you can run again to toggle between region & boundary

Select Inverted Linked

Edit Mode: Inverts element selection - but only on connected / linked mesh geo.
Object mode: Regular Invert-select

Mouse Side of Active

Like vanilla Side of Active, but using mouse position to automatically calculate which side of the active element to select.

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Show in Outliner

• Locate the selected object(s) in the outliner
• Appended to Object Context Menu (intended use location)

Set Active Collection

• Set selected object's parent collection as Active
• Appended to Object Context Menu (intended use location)

Select Objects by Vert Selection

In Multi-Object Edit Mode: Selects only objects that have vertices selected, and set object mode

Select by Display Type

Select visible objects in scene by viewport display type: Textured, Solid, Wire, Bounds (With subtypes)

• Option:
• "Active Collection Only" toggle

Nice Project

Knife Project, but nice (to use). VIDEO (YT)

Edit mode: Element selection is cutter
Object mode: Active Object is cutter. All other visible mesh objects will be cut.

Options:
Use All Edges option (Edit & Object Mode), treats all edges as boundary edges to use for cutting: VIDEO
Note: Object Mode cutters with no boundary edges will automatically switch to "Use All Edges" mode, as seen in the video above.

Cut-through (same as regular Knife Project)
Edit Mode Only:
Keep Cutter Geo (or delete it post op)
Keep Cutter Selected (or select resulting geo)

Tip: As Nice Project uses the regular Knife Project, it also works with Curves as Cutters (in Object Mode).

Note: Redo will use the current view = If you redo after you have changed the view since the last execution, the current view is the view that will be used.

Bool Knife

Same as (Edit Mesh/Face menu/) Intersect (Knife) but with Object Mode support
Note: In Object Mode the operation does not also affect the cutter, unlike Edit Mode.
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Active Slice

• Slice selected elements by element selection mode
• VERTEX: Global Orientation using Active Vert + View for nearest Global Axis
• EDGE: Active Edge direction + (perpendicular) linked face orientation
• FACE: Active Face as cutting plane
• Options for each mode are in the redo-panel
• Active Slice is also available in the keMisc Pie Menu (in Edit Mode)

VIDEO (YT)

Delete Outer / Inner geo option: VIDEO

Merge To Mouse

• Vert & Face Mode: Merge selected vertices to the selected (or edgelinked) vert closest to the Mouse Pointer
• Edge Mode: Collapse selected edges to edge(s) closest to the Mouse Pointer
• VIDEO (YT)

Merge To Active

• Similar to Merge To Mouse, but using Active Element selection instead
• Vert Mode will use "Merge To Last" if an Active Vertex is found, otherwise "Merge Collapse"
• Face mode is always Collapse
• Edge mode - Collapses edges towards the Active Edge

Merge Near Selected

• Merges other verts near selected verts to them (in any element mode!) at set link-depth and distance
• Adjust in redo-panel)
• Useful for boolean clean-up & such
• VIDEO

Fit 2 Grid

• Snap each vert in selection to nearest grid position
• Define grid spacing to use in redo-panel
• Fit2Grid pie menu(s) are available with preset grid sizes

ZeroScale

Scales selected geo to zero (flatten on Z axis) using the cursor for location and rotation.
Using Cursor Fit & Align (or similar) is recommended.
Step-by-step: IMAGE

• ZeroScale options:
• V / H: Scales selected elements to axis nearest screen vertical or horizontal
• Normal: Using active element as basis for scaling
• Cursor: Using cursor location & z-rotation as basis for scaling
• Note: Only the Cursor option is availabe in the Modeling panel
• All options are Available in the Snap-Align pie menu
• VIDEO (YT)

Scale from Face

• Select 1 Face per Object in Multi-Object Edit mode:
• Scales all the selected object(s) by the size(area) difference factor of selected faces to the active face
• VIDEO
• Scale will be auto-applied (Note: Does not check for negative scale, flipping the normals)

Quick Scale

• Scales Object(s) or element selection to desired size (in current scene unit)
• Unit size ('U') keeps proportions intact
• Obj & Edit mode (selection)
• Object Mode operates in Local Space, and Edit Mode selections in World Space
•  
• Example: An object/selection needs to be exactly 1.835m on Z, while keeping the other axis proportions intact:
• Enter 1.835 as the QScale value and hit the Z button with the 'U' unit size option on

Direct Loop Cut

Insert an edge loop on an edge at the mouse pointer. No selection needed (option).
VIDEO (YT)

Slide: Uses built-in Edge Slide afterwards
Center Cuts: With edge(s) selected & with the mouse over nothing or another object, a center-cut will performed
Multi-Cuts: Center Cuts, as above, on all selected edges' edge rings.
Limit Faces: Selected faces (on the edge ring) will limit the cut to those faces. Point the mouse over intended starting edge (or near it in space for mid-cut). Note: This works on "checker-selected" faces too.

It also works on Loose Edges (select and point, or multi-cut as above)

Option: Selection-Only or Mouse Pick Toggle.

Direct Insert Vertex

Variant of Direct Loop Cut that just inserts a single vertex.
Slide: Uses built-in Vertex Slide afterwards
Option: Selection-Only (or Mouse Pick) Toggle. (Shared with Direct Loop Cut)

Solo Cutter & Solo PreCutter

VIDEO (YT)

• Cutter:
• Refers to an object used in (any) boolean operation by a boolean modifier (regardless of operation type)
• Solo:
• Hides all other modifiers except the boolean modifier used by the selected "cutter"
• PreCutter variant
• Only hides other modifiers after the boolean in the modifier stack.

Also available in keKit SubD Pie Menu

Show Cutter Modifier

VIDEO

• Set objects as active that use the selected 'cutter object' in a boolean modifier.
• Open, unfold and set modifier as active in properties panel for quick access.
• Run again to cycle through objects, if cutter is used in many different objects.
• Also available in keKit SubD Pie Menu

Flat/Smooth Shading Toggle

• Toggle for selected object(s) in Object or Edit mode
• Triangulate Modifier Toggle Option: Can be used for more accurate shading

Context Bevel

Launches appropriate bevel tool based on what element selection mode you are in:

• VERTEX: Vertex bevel Tool
• EDGE: Edge bevel
• FACE: Inset (Tip: Ctrl-drag to extrude --> effectively "Extrude Region Faces Along Normal" Tool)
• Korean / Flat Bevels Toggle: Global toggle for 'Korean' (aka 'Flat Bevels') or regular. Also available in the SubD Pie Menu

Context Extrude

Launches appropriate extrude tool by selection mode:

• VERTEX: Vertex Extrude
• EDGE: Edge Extrude
• FACE: Face Extrude Region Normal
• TT Toggle - support for transform tool mode

Context Delete

Deletes elements by selection mode: VERTEX, EDGE or FACE - or Objects, in Object Mode.

• Optional modes (Toggle Buttons):
• Smart Dissolve (S): Dissolves Verts & Edges, Deletes faces
• Hierarchy Delete (H): (Object Mode) Deletes child-objects too
• Use Cut+ Buffer (+): Deleted object(s) (or faces in Edit Mode) are stored in the Copy+ buffer (so that they can be used by Paste+) This essentially combines Cut+ and Context Delete

Context Dissolve

Dissolves elements by selection mode: VERTEX, EDGE or FACE

Context Select / Extend / Subtract

Performs different selection by selection mode:

• VERTEX: Select Boundary Edges on mesh or Linked Select if no borders (Or Option below)
• EDGE: Loop select
• FACE: Linked select
• Options:
• Collection Select: Selects all objects in the coll. that the selected object is in
• Vertex Mode Toggle: Boundary edges select OR linked select only
• Full hierarchy: Object Mode selection will select all the children too

Tip: Intended for Double-click LMB: Assign dbl-click in preferences / Shortcuts
Shortcut Mapping Example

Bridge or Fill

Grid Fill: When one continous boundary edge-loop (aka "hole") is selected.
Bridge: Between selected (non-continous) edges.
F2 mode: 1 Edge or 1 Vert selected
Face Add Mode: Create a new face with:
• 2 edges sharing a vert
• 3 or more verts selected - in Vertex Mode.

Context Connect

Connect path between selected verts, subdivide geo, or activate the Knife tool.
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• Knife Tool:
• No elements are selected
• Only 1 vert selected
• Vertex Mode:
• Connect path between selected verts
• 2 selected verts, already connected (a vertex mode "edge selection") subdivides the edge.
• Edge Mode:
• 1 Edge : Subdivide (Switches to vertex mode to see added vert)
• >1 Edge: Subdivide, with options (+Selects new center edge loop afterwards)
• Face Mode:
• Splits middle along selection. Single face selection uses relative mouse position for direction.
• Options:
• Adjust Nr of evenly spaced cuts
• Square Corners On/Off
• Redo-Panel only in edge/face modes

Triple Connect Spin

Performs different operations depending on Edit Mesh selection mode:

• Vertex: Connect Verts: Smart Path, Vertex Pair or Selected to Active
• Edge: Spin Edges
• Face: Triangulate

Context Slide

Alternative one-click option for double-G slide. Should you need that. (Vert Slide in vertex mode, Edge slide in edge mode)