Hotkeys / Shorcuts

Most of the time, you will be working with hotkeys in Maya. Here is a list of hotkeys that you will use frequently as modeler.

Autodesk Maya - hotkeys list

Key	Description	Runtime Command
`1`	Vertex mode	`SelectVertexMask`
`2`	Edge mode	`SelectEdgeMask`
`3`	Face mode	`SelectFacetMask`
`4`	Object mode	`SelectToggleMode`
`5`	Uv mode	`SelectFacetMask`
`Ctrl-1`	Convert to Vertices	`ConvertSelectionToVertices`
`Ctrl-2`	Convert to Edges	`ConvertSelectionToEdges`
`Ctrl-3`	Convert to Faces	`ConvertSelectionToFeces`
`Ctrl-5`	Convert to UV	`ConvertSelectionToUVs`
`Shift-1`	Smooth OFF	`LowQualityDisplay`
`Shift-2`	Smooth ON	`HighQualityDisplay`
`alt / option + q`	Isolate mode	`ToggleIsolateSelect`
`ctrl + l`	Tool setting window	`ToolSettingsWindow`
`o`	Outliner	`OutlinerWindow`
`,`	Toggle shelf	`ToggleShelf`
`.`	Toggle status line	`ToggleStatusLine`
`\`	Pan and zoom	`TogglePanZoomPress`
`hold \`	Pan zoom in / zoom out	`TogglePanZoomPress`

`Ctrl-Shift-x`	Knife	`dR_multiCutTool`
`Ctrl-Shift-q`	Multi-cut / Quad tool	`dR_quadDrawTool`
`hold ctrl - shit move ELEMENT`	Slide edge \| vertex \| along edge	`SlideEdgeTool`
`shift - alt / option - d`	Detach edge	`DetachComponent`
`ctrl - b`	Bridge tool	`BridgeOrFill`
`alt / option - b`	Bevel tool	`Bevel`
`alt / option - f`	Edge flow	`PolyEditEdgeFlow`
`ctrl - shift - e`	Crease tool	`PolyCreaseTool`

`command - shift - f`	Freeze xfrom	`FreezeTransformations`
`alt / option - d`	Delete history	`DeleteHistory`
`ctrl - c`	Center Pivot	`CenterPivot`
`ctrl - shift - c`	Bake Pivot	`BakeCustomPivot`
`ctrl - d`	Duplicate	`DuplicateWithTransform`
`ctrl - shift - d`	Duplicate special	`DuplicateSpecial`
`ctrl - d*`	Duplicate with Unique names	`duplicate -rc`
`hold s`	Increment \| snap transform	`MoveRotateScaleToolToggleSnapMode`
`hold v`	Point snap tool	`dR_pointSnapPress`
`h`	Hide object	`HideUnselectedObjects`
`shift - h`	Unhide object	`HideUnselectedObjects`

Thanks for Vitaly Bulgarov for hotkeys and 3D Design for Production