Unreal Engine 5: The Complete Beginner’s Course [Video]

Chapter 2 The Level Editor

Viewport II – Moving, Rotating, and Scaling

q w e r to switch between the widgets/functions

q - disable

w - translate

e - rotation widget

r- Scales

use white sphere to move in all directions

CTRL + LEFT CLICK - selects mutiple objects

translation widget applies to all objects

SHIFT + Translation widget to move object without moving camera position

CTRL + W - makes copy of the actor

Transalte + ALT - also makes a copy of the actor along the axis like in photoshop

w - translate widget - w

e - rotation widget, using **alt ** makes copy

r - scaling widget

translation widget + MMB + drag -change pivot of the actor

world space vs local space

ctrl + ` - orient to local space

Viewport III - Snapping

end key -

surface snapping can be turned on

use vertext snapping to align 2 objects

press and hold the v key

vertexes will be connected when to each other

MMB(hold) + alt +V