ESSENTIAL

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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3DS MAX
GENERAL USER INTERFACE
New Scene Ctrl+N Help F1 Shade Selected Faces Toggle F2 Wireframe / Smooth & Highlights Toggle F3 View Edged Faces Toggle F4 Lock Selection 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 Left View L Front View F User View U Perspective View P Camera View C Light View Shift+4 Grid Toggle G Grid Snap S Angle Snap A Percentage Snap 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 Open Render Panel F10 Open Render to Texture 0 Open Material Editor M Open Particle Flow 6

Selcted keyboard shortcuts to help you get the most from 3ds max. The application contains many more key combinations than can be listed here. For a full run-down, consult your user documentation
Open Environment Panel 8 Open Advanced Lighting Panel 9 Open MAXScript Listener F11 Isolate Alt+Q Maximise Viewport Alt+W Select By Name 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 O Expert Mode X Zoom Mode Alt+Z Zoom Extents (single Viewport) Ctrl+Alt+Z Zoom Extents (all Viewports) Ctrl+Shift+Z Zoom Selected Z Pan MMB Pan Viewport I Zoom Dial MMB (scrolling mouse) or Ctrl+Alt+MMB Zoom in increments [ Zoom out increments ] Arc Rotate Alt+MMB / Ctrl+R Undo Ctrl+Z Redo Ctrl+Y Undo Viewport Shift+Z Redo Viewport Shift+Y Safe Frame Shift+F Polygon Counter 7 Auto Key toggle N Hide Cameras Toggle Shift+C Hide Geometry Toggle Shift+G

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Hide Helpers Toggle Hide Lights Toggle Hide Particle Systems Toggle Hide Shapes Toggle Hide Space Warps Toggle Hold See Thru Play Animation Sub-Object Level 1-5 Sub-Object Level Cycle Expert Mode Show / Hide Main Toolbar

Shift+H Shift+L Shift+P Shift+S Shift+W Alt+Ctrl+H Alt+X / 1/2/3/4/5 Insert Ctrl+X Alt+6 1 2 3 4 5 Insert Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+B Ctrl+Shift+C Ctrl+Shift+E Shift+X Ctrl+Shift+W Alt+C Ctrl+Shift+Q Ctrl+Page Up Ctrl+Page Down Alt+L Alt+R Alt+H Alt+I Alt+U Ctrl+C Ctrl+V ; Shift+;

SCHEMATIC VIEW FUNCTION

Add Bookmark Display Floater Preferences Free All Free Selected Invert Selected Nodes Move Children Next Bookmark Previous Bookmark: Rename Object Select All Select children Select none Select tool Show grid Toggle Shrink Use Connect Tool Use Connect Tool Zoom Extents Selected B D P Alt+F Alt+S Ctrl+I Alt+C Right arrow Left arrow R Ctrl+A Ctrl+C Ctrl+D S G Ctrl+S C S Z Alt+RMB Ctrl+Alt+RMB Ctrl+RMB Alt+Shift+RMB Shift+RMB V Ctrl+Alt+Shift+RMB or Ctrl+Shift+RMB B L X G Left arrow Right arrow Up arrow P O

EDITABLE POLY
Vertex Level Edge Level Border Level Poly Level Element Level Cycle Levels Extrude Mode Bevel Mode Chamfer Mode Connect Constrain to Edges Target Weld Cut Quickslice Grow Selection Shrink Selection Select Edge Loop Select Edge Ring Hide Hide Unselected Unhide All

QUAD MENUS
Animation Lighting / Render Modelling Reactor Snap Viewports (Customisable keys)

MATERIAL EDITOR
Background Backlight Cycle 3X2, 5X3, 6X4 Sample Slots Get Material Go Backward to Sibling Go Forward to Sibling Go to Parent Make Preview Options

PARTICLE FLOW
Copy Paste Particle Emission Toggle Selected Particle Emission Toggle

ESSENTIAL

3DS MAX
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