3ds Max Shortcuts

3ds Max Shortcuts

Hotkey	Description
A	Toggle Angle Snap on/off.
B	Change active viewport to "Bottom" view.
C	Change active viewport to "Camera" view (there must be at least 1 camera in your scene for this command to work). If you have more than 1 camera in your scene, this will toggle between cameras.
D	Disable view (prevents view from updating; used when editing very large scenes to improve performance)
E	Select and rotate.
F	Change active viewport to "Front" view.
G	Toggle grid on/off.
H	Select by name.
I	Center active viewport to the mouse's position.
J	Show hide selection brackets
L	Change active viewport to "Left" view.
M	Open the Material Editor.
N	Toggle Auto Key on/off.
O	Adaptive degradation, shows objects as boxes, speed up viewport drawing in complex scenes
P	Change active viewport to "Perspective" view.
R	Select and Scale.
S	Toggle Snap on/off.
T	Change active viewport to "Top" view.
U	Change active viewport to "User" view.
W	Select and move.
X	Hide/unhide gizmo.
Z	Zoom Extents All Selected.
6	Particle View (v6 & 7 only).
7	Polygon Count (displayed at upper left of viewport for selected object).
8	Environment panel.
0	Render to texture
Space	Lock selection
Up arrow	Walkthrough mode
MMB	Pan view
Ctrl+MMB	2x Pan speed
Ctrl+A	Select all
Ctrl+I	Invert selection
Ctrl+V	Clone selected Object
Ctrl+C	(this is not copy!)(in perspective viewport) create target camera using the curent view.
Ctrl+X	eXpert Mode
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+LMB(click)	Add clicked object to current selection
Ctrl+LMB(hold)	Marquee, Add multiple selected to current selection
Alt+LMB(click)	Remove clicked object from current selection
Alt+LMB(hold)	Marquee, Remove multiple selected from current selection
Shift+LMB(click)	Clone selected/clicked object
Shift+LMB(click+drag)	(with move selected) Clone and move selected/cliced object
Alt+MMB	Rotate View
Alt+X	Xray view mode
Alt+Q	Isolates the selected objects
Alt+w	Maximize viewport toggle

SPECIFICATION

General User Interface

• New scene: CTRL+N
• Help: F1
• Shade Selected Faces (Toggle on/off): F2
• Wireframe/Smooth & Highlights (toggle view): F3
• View Edged Faces(toggle on/off): F4
• Selection Lock(toggle on/off): Space
• Select(and cycle through Selection Region types): Q
• Add to Selection: CTRL+LMB
• Remove from Selection: ALT+LMB
• Move: W
• Rotate: E
• Scale(and cycle through scale types): R or CTRL+E
• Top View: T
• Bottom View: B
• Left View: L
• Front View: F
• Isometric User View: U
• Perspective User View: P
• Camera View: C
• Spot/Directional Light View: Shift+4
• Hide Grids(toggle on/off): G
• Snaps(toggle on/off): S
• Angle Snap(toggle on/off): A
• Percent Snap(toggle on/off): CTRL+SHIFT+P
• Create Camera From (Perspective) View: CTRL+C
• Restrict Movement Along Specific Axis: F5-F7
• Restrict Plane Cycle: F8
• Render Last: F9
• Quick Render: SHIFT+Q
• Render Scene Dialogue(toggle on/off): F10
• Render To Texture Dialogue(toggle on/off): 0(Zero)
• Material Editor(toggle on/off): M
• Particle View(toggle on/off): 6
• Environmental and Effects Dialogue(toggle on/off): 8
• Open Advanced Lighting Panel: 9
• Open MAXScript Listener: F11
• Open Last Used Explorer: ALT+CTRL+Q
• Isolate Selection: ALT+Q
• Maximise Viewport(toggle on/off): ALT+W
• Place Highlight: CTRL+H
• Select By Name/Select From Scene: H
• Select All: CTRL+A
• Select None: CTRL+D
• Select Invert: CTRL+I
• Select Ancestor: Page Up
• Select Child: Page Down
• Clone: CTRL+V
• Adaptive Degradation(toggle on/off): O(Letter)
• Expert Mode(toggle on/off): CTRL+X
• Zoom Mode: ALT+Z
• Zoom Extents(single Viewport): CTRL+ALT+Z
• Zoom Extents(all Viewports): CTRL+SHIFT+Z
• Zoom Selected(all Viewports): Z
• Pan: Middle Mouse Button
• Pan Viewport: I
• Zoom: Dial MMB(scrolling mouse) or CTRL+ALT+MMB
• Zoom Viewport In: [
• Zoom Viewport Out: ]
• Arc Rotate View Mode: ALT+MMB or CTRL+R
• Undo Scene Operation: CTRL+Z
• Redo Scene Operation: CTL+Y
• Show Safeframes(toggle on/off): SHIFT+F
• Show Statistics(toggle on/off): 7
• Auto Key Mode(toggle on/off): N
• Hide Cameras(toggle on/off): SHIFT+C
• Hide Geometry(toggle on/off): SHIFT+G
• Hide Helpers(toggle on/off): SHIFT+H
• Hide Lights(toggle on/off): SHIFT+L
• Hide Particle Systems(toggle on/off): SHIFT+P
• Hide Shapes(toggle on/off): SHIFT+S
• Hide Space Warps(toggle on/off): SHIFT+W
• Hold: ALT+CTRL+H
• Display As See-Through(toggle on/off): ALT+X
• Play Animation: /
• Sub-Object Level 1-5: 1/2/3/4/5
• Sub-Object Level Cycle: Insert
• Show Main Toolbar(toggle on/off): ALT+6

Editable Poly

• Vertex Level: 1
• Edge Level: 2
• Border Level: 3
• Poly Level: 4
• Element Level: 5
• Cycle Levels: Insert
• Extrude Mode: Shift+E
• Bevel Mode: CTRL+SHIFT+B
• Chamfer Mode: CTRL+SHIFT+C
• Connect: CTRL+SHIFT+E
• Edge Constraint(toggle on/off): SHIFT+X
• Target Weld: CTRL+SHIFT+W
• Cut: ALT+C
• Quickslice: CTRL+SHIFT+Q
• Grow Selection: CTRL+Page Up
• Shrink Selection: CTRL+Page Down
• Hide: CTRL+H
• Hide Unselected: CTRL+I
• Unhide All: ALT+U

Particle Flow

• Copy Selected In Particle View: CTRL+C
• Paste Selected In Particle View: CTRL+V
• Particle Emission(toggle on/off): ;
• Selected Particle Emission(toggle on/off): SHIFT+;

Quad Menus

• Animation: ALT+RMB
• Lighting/Render: CTRL+ALT+RMB
• Modelling: CTL+RMB
• Reactor: ALT+SHIFT+RMB
• Snap: SHIFT+RMB
• Viewports: V
• (Customisable Keys): CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+RMB or CTRL+SHIFT+RMB

Material Editor

• Background: B
• Backlight: L
• Cycle 3x2,5x3,6x4 Sample Slots: X
• Get Material: G
• Go Backward to Sibling: Left Arrow
• Go Forward to Sibling: Right Arrow
• Go tp Parent: Up Arrow
• Make Preview: P
• Options: O(letter)