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title: Keymap
order: 11
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Default keyboard shortcuts for Chisel. All bindings are customizable in `Edit → Preferences → Keymap` (search for *Chisel*).

## Modeling

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `Q` | Open Chisel pie menu (Object Mode) |
| `Shift + A → Chisel` | Add primitive submenu |
| `D` *(Chisel tool active)* | Inline shape + operation picker |
| `B` | Adjust rounding modal (active primitive) |
| `Ctrl + B` | Adjust rounding modal (active boolean modifier) |
| `S` *(while modal active)* | Toggle radius ↔ Chamfer Smooth |
| `1`–`5` *(while modal active)* | Snap to profile: Round / Sharp / Soft / Tight / Chamfer |

## Booleans

The boolean hotkeys bind to both the keyboard row and the numpad — use whichever your keyboard offers.

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `Alt + −` (or `Alt + NumPad −`) | Quick Boolean Difference (selected → active) |
| `Alt + =` (or `Alt + NumPad +`) | Quick Boolean Union |
| `Alt + \\` (or `NumPad /`) | Quick Boolean Intersect |

## Visibility

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `V` | Veil — hide non-rendered objects |
| `Alt + V` | Unveil — show hidden objects related to the selection |
| `Shift + Alt + V` | Unveil + swap selection to the unveiled objects |

## Selection (Chisel tool active)

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `LMB` click | Select (deselect all others) |
| `LMB` drag | Draw new primitive |
| `Shift + LMB` drag | Box-select add |
| `Alt + Shift + LMB` drag | Box-select subtract |

## Curve primitives

| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `Alt + S` *(in curve Edit Mode)* | Adjust per-point tube radius (Curve Tube only) |

## Customizing

1. `Edit → Preferences → Keymap`
2. Search for **Chisel**
3. Edit, disable, or rebind any operator

## See also

- [Interface: Pie Menu](interface/pie-menu.md) — `Q` menu contents
- [Interface: Draw Tool](interface/draw-tool.md) — drag-to-place workflow
- [Modifiers: Boolean](modifiers/boolean.md) — operations triggered by the boolean hotkeys