The numeric keypad gives you a high-speed means of navigating the 3D View in Blender. The following table explains some of the more useful and common hotkeys that involve the numeric keypad. (Note: If you’re using a laptop that doesn’t have a numeric keypad, you can enable the Emulate Numpad check box in the Input section of User Preferences and use the numbers along the top of your keyboard instead of the numeric keypad.)
| Hotkey | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Front view |
| Ctrl+1 | Back view |
| 2 | Rotate view up |
| Ctrl+2 | Pan view up |
| 3 | Left side view |
| Ctrl+3 | Right side view |
| 4 | Rotate view left |
| Ctrl+4 | Pan view left |
| 5 | Toggle perspective/orthographic view |
| 6 | Rotate view right |
| Ctrl+6 | Pan view right |
| 7 | Top view |
| Ctrl+7 | Bottom view |
| 8 | Rotate view down |
| Ctrl+8 | Pan view down |
| 9 | Redraw screen |
| 0 | Camera view |
| Ctrl+Alt+0 | Set camera to viewport |
| / | Toggle local view |
| . (dot/period) | Zoom on selection |
| + | Zoom into view |