Controls & Shortcuts
Customise VoxEdit
You can set a colour theme, modify shortcuts, and completely customise your panel layout.
Panels
Show, hide, snap, collapse, and expand panels to create the perfect layout for your workspace.
Panels & Custom LayoutsLearn About Panel Functions
Preferences
Select a colour theme and set custom shortcuts in Preferences, accessed from the File menu.
Shortcuts
The Shortcuts menu offers a list of customizable shortcuts that are shared by more than one module, used only in the Modeler, or used only in the Animator.
For a function (left), see the shortcut (center) and the uses (right):
To customise a shortcut, click on the shortcut to see options. Choose one or a combination.
The option you select may flash if there is a conflict with another shortcut. Set a different shortcut or change the shortcut for the other function where it is currently used.
Don't forget to save your custom control settings!
Reset
Next to the uses, click on the reset arrow to restore the default shortcut for that function.
Viewport Controls
The Viewport is your workspace, which includes tools to help you orient and visualize your project.
Screenshot
Click to create a .PNG image of the current view of your project with a transparent background that autosaves to a screenshots folder.
Orientation & Visualization
Press the F key to focus your camera back to the center.
Gizmo
The Gizmo is a cube in the bottom right of the Viewport to help orient and visualize your project. The cube can be manipulated directly, and it adjusts as mouse controls change the view in the Viewport.
Modes
Free View (Default)
A movable view. Click and drag to move your project in the Viewport. Change view with Hover & Select tips below.
OR
(Block editor)
Side View
A stationary view. Hover your mouse to select a different side or vertex to view from.
ℹ️ The Block editor shows the selected side in a tiled view to preview how a block will appear when placed side by side.
Hover & Select
Select Side (white highlight)
Hover the mouse over a side, then click to select it. This changes to stationary Side View.
Select Vertex (white highlight)
Hover the mouse over a vertex, then click to select it. This changes to a movable Free View with the vertex at the center.
Select Edge (no highlight)
Hover the mouse over an edge, then click to select it. This changes to a movable Free View with the edge at the center.
View Buttons
Some Viewport buttons vary by module, and include options to orient, measure, and visualize your project:
Block
Toggle on and off guides to help orient and measure your project.
/ 
Perspective / Orthographic
View Axes
Modeler
The Viewport can be split. You can select a side to view with a dropdown menu per section.
Single Viewport
Dual Viewport
Show/Hide Depth Cues
Quad Viewport
Show/Hide Depth Cues
View Floor
View Axes
View Walls
View Selection Through Voxels
High Render Quality
View Selected Layer Only (Solo)
Animator
Toggle on and off guides to help orient and measure your project.
/
Perspective / Orthographic
View Axes
View Floor
Background Colour
Toggle between options to visualize your asset against common environmental colours. Note that screenshots do not use this background (they have a transparent background).
You can now customise your viewport colours to any colour you wish using the colour wheel. It'll adjust the colour on of the axis, menu, grid lines and even voxel edges.
Or you can use any of the preset colour options we have available:
Black
Light Gray
Teal Gradient
Morning Gradient
Sunset Gradient
Midnight Gradient
Light
Two light sources have three controls each:
On/Off Create up to four basic light combinations
Click a light source's toggle button.
Azimuth Position light around the entity
Drag the circle 
or enter a value in the box.
Altitude Position light vertically
Drag the circle or enter a value in the box.
On/Off
Enhance screenshots or colour application and texturing.
0
Even lighting
Harder to see voxel details, but truer colour for painting texture
1
Strong shadows
More dramatic screenshots
2
Soft shadows
Clearer colour in screenshots
Azimuth
0 degrees
In front of the entity
90 degrees
Entity's left side
180 degrees
Behind the entity
-90 degrees
Entity's right side
Altitude
90 degrees
Top of the entity
0 degrees
Middle of the entity
-90 degrees
Bottom of the entity
TIP
Create even shadowing by setting both lights at opposite angles from each other and not perfectly aligned to a 45 or 90 degree value so there is variation in brightness from one voxel to another.
Camera
Camera settings can be adjusted to suit your preferences and project needs.
Sensitivity
Set how quickly the camera moves in response to your mouse movements.
FOV (Field of View)
The area the camera sees measured in degrees.
Near Far
Occludes voxels at set distances to help visualize your project.
Scale
Switch between preset Near and Far values that work well with small or large scale entities.
Asjusted size options for text and icons.
Dropdown Menu
Return to the Home screen with the Home button at the top left.
File
Customise VoxEdit's colours and controls.
Open Asset Folder
Open the folder containing the asset.
Save
Commit changes to your project.
Save As
Save another version of your project.
Upload to Workspace
Upload your creation to your Workspace on The Sandbox website to:
test quality
use in Experiences
prepare to list on the Marketplace
Reset to Default
Restore every setting.
Modeler & Animator
Export
Export
Create and save a file for your project in OBJ, DAE, GLTF, GLB and VOX formats.
Animator
Sync from External Editor
Sync to MagicaVoxel
Sync from MagicVoxel
Edit
Undo Ctrl + Z
Undo up to 10 steps backward.
Redo Ctrl + Y
Redo up to 10 steps forward.
Modeler
Cut Ctrl + X
Remove selected voxels or models from your project and store them in your clipboard.
Copy Ctrl + C
Copy selected voxels or models from your project and store them in your clipboard.
Paste Ctrl + V
Paste voxels or models from your clipboard to your project.
Invert Selection
When voxels or models in your project are selected, this deselects them and selects whatever was not selected.
Save Selected Voxels
When voxels are selected, this opens the file menu to save them as a .VXM file. ℹ️ This is very useful when breaking down an asset into movable parts when building a rig.
View
This menu allows you to show or hide panels, which vary per module:
Menubar (Block controls)
Block Sides
Materials Panel
Palette
Toolbar (paint mode only)
Menubar (Modeler controls)
Materials Panel
Layers Panel
Palette
Toolbar (all modes)
Menubar (Animator controls)
Skeleton Panel
Library Panel
Inspector Panel
Timeline
Animations List
Inverse Kinematics Panel (advanced option hidden by defaut)
Help
Shortcut Guide
Opens a list of frequently used shortcuts, which can be customised via Preferences.
Creators Portal
Opens this VoxEdit documentation in your default browser.
Tutorials
Opens VoxEdit tutorials on YouTube.
Feedback
Redirects you to a form to submit feedback or technical issues to our team.
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