How to Use Blender's Numeric Keypad

Part of the Blender For Dummies Cheat Sheet

As you create 3D animated movies with Blender, you use the numeric keypad to show all sorts of different views — front, back, left, right, up, down, and even bird’s eye. This table shows what each number key can do on its own and in combination with the Ctrl key and what the plus, minus, and other keys can do as well:

Numeric Keypad Hotkeys in Blender
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
Shift+0	Set camera to viewport
/	Toggle local view
. (dot/period)	Zoom on selection
+	Zoom into view