Ctrl+tab in most cases
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there is another discussion / topic how to more easily access the options of the commands.
i suggested there, that a multiple press of a letter should cycle through options that start with same name
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in general:
if we talk about how to access commands more fast
this (new?/ enhanced) approach should not conflict with selecting options with a single character or even more andvanced stuff / improvision regarding the aspect of optionsā¦
(nobody will profit if commands are accessed fast, and then it takes longer to access the optionsā¦)
(EDIT)
see also this topic
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As I said, it canāt be more simple than Blenderās modal keymaps.
Well, I havenāt done this in a while but Iām going to drop the A word again: Hereās why I was faster in Aliasā¦
S - Surface selection filter
C - Curve selection filter
V - Vertex selection filer
N - None (deselect)
A - Align (match)
E - Extend
M - Move
R - Rotate
Z - Scale
P - Pivot (like gimball)
X - Transform CV (like MoveUVN and also has its own radial menu with proportional modification in it)
Q - Query (edits the history of anything you select without having to activate the correct tool first)
Ctrl 1-6 - Rebuild selection to the degree number
I bet thereās stuff I forgot since itās been a few years now, but using the above, you get so fast you end up with RSI. Iām only using Rhino periodically, but I can tell you that Iām in no danger of getting RSI from it yet. 
(Also, yes I know I was a bit of an outlier, because most people used flick motions with radial menus because you didnāt have to let go of the 3D mouse then, but my RSI always was in the other arm anyway.)
PS. These days, when a lot of design is sketched out using subdivs, I do them in Blender and then import them to Rhino/NX because again itās way faster to work with direct shortcuts than anything else.
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Hello,
Indeed, modifying the menu of the middle mouse button is very simple and is enough for meā¦ Stupid, I could have thought of itā¦
(Ctrl+Tab isnāt really practical with multiple views and drawings)
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I like the middle-mouse popup too. The only thing I recommend is you save it as a custom toolbar and back it up, otherwise, if youāre like me you will end up losing the customization at some stage.
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I usually just use the Setview to Top/ Left/ Right, so you swith the active viewport to another view position, if thatās your thing. You could opt to swith to top with T and left with L, perspective with P or 3D.
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@bobmcneel Just a heads-up, FreeCAD has a quite convenient shortcut system, which allows you to mix and match single and multi-key sequence shortcuts. If you have a single key shortcut, you specify a delay, when the software detects no other keystroke within this delay window, it will activate the command. It is open-source, so you could look up its inner workings if you have any questions regarding the implementation.
This also conveniently circumvents the heavy spacebar usage, but does keep a commandline-like workflow possible. In fact, you could opt to open the command line search after a 4th or 5th key was pressed to go to search (or, as mentioned, just hotkey a command line search).
It also detects modifier + key combinations as being a single shortcut. So you could activate a different shortcut with W, Ctrl + W then with W, W.
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Weāve done some work in this area:
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Thank you, Iāve put my feedback there! 