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Many sources describe holding the Control key down while rotating to control rotation by 5 degrees increments. I cannot get this keyboard shortcut to work in Blender v2.75. The increment button on the snapping menu does work, but the keyboard shortcut does not seem to work for me.

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    $\begingroup$ I'm running 2.75a on Windows 7. Can confirm that holding Ctrl while rotating does work as described on my system. $\endgroup$
    – Mike Metcalf
    Sep 8, 2015 at 17:32
  • $\begingroup$ Do you turn off snapping while making Ctrl to work ? $\endgroup$
    – Mr Zak
    Sep 8, 2015 at 18:15
  • $\begingroup$ Mr Zak I leave the snap to vertex on while I use the ctrl+R to rotate in Object Mode. However, I have tested it by turning snap off and the results are the same. $\endgroup$
    – Ethos Erlanger
    Sep 8, 2015 at 18:58
  • $\begingroup$ Does it work if you turn off snap, but still select Increment option for it (after turning it off) ? $\endgroup$
    – Mr Zak
    Sep 8, 2015 at 19:11
  • $\begingroup$ I have learned through testing that when the Snap TYPE is set to increment and Snap is EITHER ON or OFF, the ctrl+R will rotate the selected object by an increment of 5 Degrees. This requirement of having the Snap TYPE in only one of the available settings was not readily apparent from the many tutorials I watched on this topic of Rotation. Thanks to all who commented. $\endgroup$
    – Ethos Erlanger
    Sep 8, 2015 at 19:32

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If you choose to rotate with 5 degrees precision (or another transform operation), you should hold Ctrl while performing transform operation; if holding Ctrl and Shift rotation will happen by 1 degree. Snap during transform should be turned off, but its option Increment should be checked:

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Transforming without precision will be done in case of other snapping option selected.

If you turn on Snap during transform, you can perform transforms with precisions without holding Ctrl:

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You may want to read about performing transforms with precision in manual.

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  • $\begingroup$ Mr Zak, I read the Blender Reference Article related to Precision during the transform and it does not give any indication that the "Increment" option in the Snap Menu is a prerequisite for the use of the ctrl as a Hotkey. Here is an opportunity for the developers to do an enhancement or update the Reference Manual, or both. I will explore the idea of requesting the enhancement. $\endgroup$
    – Ethos Erlanger
    Sep 8, 2015 at 22:34
  • $\begingroup$ The links show me a 404 $\endgroup$
    – John Dvorak
    Jan 24, 2017 at 15:05
  • $\begingroup$ @JanDvorak thanks, manual changed their links since then. $\endgroup$
    – Mr Zak
    Feb 1, 2017 at 22:21
  • $\begingroup$ Is this different AGAIN in blender 2.9? Ctrl+Alt+DoubleBuckyCokebottle+Meta+Function + mouse drag? $\endgroup$
    – Warren P
    Dec 31, 2021 at 20:51
  • $\begingroup$ @Warren you can search for current shortcuts in user prefs > keymap > enter name of operator / shortcut depending on filter. Or you can ask new question with explanation of your problem. 2.9 shouldn't be drastically different here, but devs indeed really like changing shortcuts all over (even if just changing e.g X to Y with both being free). $\endgroup$
    – Mr Zak
    Jan 1, 2022 at 14:44
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Press ctrl + shift + tab and switch snapping to increment

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you! I was looking all over for what I accidentally turned on. $\endgroup$
    – kevando
    Aug 3, 2021 at 19:10

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