Shortcuts

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---------- SNAPS ACTION TABLE ----------

Element Level

Alt+F10

Extrude Mode

Shift+E

Snap To Curve Edge Toggle

Alt+F5

Face Level

Snap To Grid Lines Toggle

Alt+F7

Grow Selection

Ctrl+PageUp

Snap To Perpendicular Toggle

Alt+F9

Hide

Alt+H

Snap To Surf Center Toggle

Alt+F6

Hide Unselected

Alt+I

Snap To Tangent Toggle

Alt+F11

Snap To Bounding Box Toggle

---------- NURBS ----------

Object Level

Quickslice Mode

Shift+Ctrl+Q

Repeat Last Operation

Shrink Selection

Ctrl+PageDown

CV Constrained Normal Move

Alt+N

CV Constrained U Move

Alt+U

CV Constrained V Move

Alt+V

Display Curves

Shift+Ctrl+C

Display Dependents

Ctrl+D

Display Lattices

Ctrl+L

Break Normals

Display Shaded Lattice

Alt+L

Copy Normal

Ctrl+C

Display Surfaces

Shift+Ctrl+S

Edge Level

Ctrl+3

Display Toolbox

Ctrl+T

Face Level

Ctrl+4

Display Trims

Shift+Ctrl+T

Make Explicit

Local Select Sub-Object By Name

Ctrl+H

Normal Level

Ctrl+1

Lock 2D Selection

Space

Object Level

Ctrl+0

Select Next in U

Ctrl+Right Arrow

Paste Normal

Ctrl+V

Select Next in V

Ctrl+Up Arrow

Reset Normals

Select Previous in U

Ctrl+Left Arrow

Specify Normals

Select Previous in V

Ctrl+Down Arrow

Unify Normals

Select Sub-Object By Name

Vertex Level

Ctrl+2

Set Tessellation Preset 1

Alt+1

---------- Poly Select ----------

Set Tessellation Preset 2

Alt+2

Edit Soft Selection Mode

Set Tessellation Preset 3

Alt+3

---------- Hair Styling ----------

Soft Selection

Ctrl+S

Attenuate

Shift+Ctrl+A

Switch To Curve CV Level

Alt+Shift+Z

Brush

Ctrl+B

Switch To Curve Level

Alt+Shift+C

Brush Clump

Shift+Ctrl+4

Switch To Imports Level

Alt+Shift+I

Brush Puff

Shift+Ctrl+3

Switch To Point Level

Alt+Shift+P

Brush Rotate

Shift+Ctrl+5

Switch To Surface CV Level

Alt+Shift+V

Brush Scale

Shift+Ctrl+6

Switch To Surface Level

Alt+Shift+S

Brush Stand

Shift+Ctrl+2

Switch To Top Level

Alt+Shift+T

Brush Translate

Shift+Ctrl+1

Transform Degrade

Ctrl+X

Clump

Ctrl+M

Cut

Ctrl+C

Expand Selection

Shift+Ctrl+E

Guide

Ctrl+2

Shift+Ctrl+W
Alt+U

Vertex Level

---------- EDIT NORMALS ----------

---------- EDITABLE POLY ---------Bevel Mode

Target Weld Mode

Unhide All

Shift+Ctrl+B

Border Level

Hide Selected

Shift+Ctrl+H

Chamfer Mode

Shift+Ctrl+C

Ignore Back

Shift+Ctrl+B

Connect

Shift+Ctrl+E

Invert Selection

Shift+Ctrl+N

Constrain to Edges

Shift+X

Lock

Shift+Ctrl+L

Cut

Alt+C

Merge Hairgroups

Shift+Ctrl+=

Edge Level

Pop Selected

Shift+Ctrl+P
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---------- PARTICLE FLOW ----------

Pop Zerosized

Shift+Ctrl+Z

Puff

Ctrl+P

Recomb

Shift+Ctrl+M

Reset Rest

Shift+Ctrl+T

Root

Ctrl+4

Rotate

Ctrl+R

Rotate Selection

Shift+Ctrl+R

Scale

Ctrl+E

Select

Ctrl+S

Show Hidden

Shift+Ctrl+W

Soft Falloff

Shift+Ctrl+F

Bevel Mode

Ctrl+V, Ctrl+B

Split Hairgroups

Shift+Ctrl+-

Chamfer Mode

Ctrl+C

Stand

Ctrl+N

Cut Mode

Alt+C

Tip

Ctrl+1

Detach

Ctrl+D

Toggle Collisions

Shift+Ctrl+C

Edge Invisible

Ctrl+I

Toggle Hairs

Shift+Ctrl+I

Edge Level

Translate

Ctrl+T

Edge Turn

Ctrl+T

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Element Level

Unlock

Shift+Ctrl+U

Extrude Mode

Ctrl+E

Verts

Ctrl+3

Face Level

Polygon Level

Selected Particle Emission Toggle

---------- PARTICLE FLOW ---------Copy Selected In Particle View

Alt+Ctrl+P

Open PFlow Preset Manager dialog

Alt+Ctrl+M

Repair PFlow Cache System

Alt+Ctrl+C

Reset Particle View

Alt+Ctrl+R

Synchronize Particle Flow Layers

Alt+Ctrl+L

Ctrl+C

Paste In Particle View

Ctrl+V

Select All In Particle View

Ctrl+A

---------- EDIT/EDITABLE MESH ----------

---------- PARTICLE FLOW ---------Clean Up Particle Flow

Shift+;

Vertex Level

Weld Selected

Ctrl+W

Weld Target Mode

Alt+W

---------- EDIT PATCH ---------Edit Soft Selection

---------- EDIT SPLINE ----------

---------- PARTICLE FLOW TOOLS ----------

Edit Soft Selection

Copy Selected In Data View

Ctrl+C

Cut Selected In Data View

Ctrl+X

Move Selected Down In Data View

Move Selected Down x10 In Data View

Shift+S

Bevel Mode

Move Selected Left In Data View

Border Level

Move Selected Left x10 In Data View

Shift+A

Break

Shift+B

Move Selected Right In Data View

Chamfer Mode

Shift+Ctrl+C

Move Selected Right x10 In Data View

Shift+D

Connect

Shift+Ctrl+E

Move Selected Up In Data View

Constrain to Edges

Shift+X

Move Selected Up x10 In Data View

Shift+W

Cut

Alt+C

Paste In Data View

Ctrl+V

Edge Level

Rename Suboperator In Data View

F2

Element Level

Select All In Data View

Ctrl+A

Extrude Mode

Shift+E

Select None In Data View

Ctrl+D

Grow Selection

Ctrl+PageUp

Hide

Alt+H

---------- EDIT POLY ----------

---------- PARTICLE FLOW ----------

Shift+Ctrl+B

Hide Unselected

Alt+I

Particle Emission Toggle

Object Level

Particle View Toggle

Polygon Level

Quickslice Mode

Shift+Ctrl+Q

Repeat Last Operation

Shrink Selection

Ctrl+PageDown
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Target Weld Mode

Shift+Ctrl+W

Texture Vertex Weld Selected

Ctrl+W

Unhide All

Alt+U

Texture VertexTarget Weld

Ctrl+T

Vertex Level

Unwrap Options

Ctrl+O

Update Map

Ctrl+U

Zoom

Alt+Z

Zoom Extents

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Zoom Extents Selected

Zoom Region

Ctrl+X

Zoom To Gizmo

Shift+Space

---------- HSDS ---------Edit Soft Selection

---------- VOL. SELECT ---------Edit Soft Selection

---------- ACTIVESHADE (SCANLINE) ----------

---------- MESH SELECT ---------Edit Soft Selection

Initialize

Update

---------- EDIT MESH ---------Edit Soft Selection

---------- VIEWCUBE ----------

---------- MESHSMOOTH ---------Edit Soft Selection Mode

Alt+Ctrl+H

Toggle ViewCube Visibility

Alt+Ctrl+V

---------- STEERINGWHEELS ----------

---------- PATCH SELECT ---------Edit Soft Selection

Home

Decrease Walk Speed

Shift+Ctrl+,

Increase Walk Speed

Shift+Ctrl+.

Toggle SteeringWheels

Shift+W

Tour Building Wheel

Shift+Ctrl+J

---------- PROJECTION MODIFIER ---------Edit Soft Selection

---------- SME ----------

Assign Material to Selection

Auto Update Selected Previews

Alt+U

Ctrl+B

Delete Selected

Detach Edge Verts

D, Ctrl+D

Enable Global Rendering

Alt+Ctrl+U

Edit UVW's

Ctrl+E

Hide Unused Nodeslots

Filter Selected Polygons

Alt+F

Lay Out All

Freeze Selected

Ctrl+F

Lay Out Children

Get Polygon Selection From Stack

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F

Material/Map Browser

Get Selection From Polygons

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P

Move Children

Alt+C

Hide Selected

Ctrl+H

Navigator

Load UVW

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L

Pan to Selected

Alt+P

Lock selected vertices

Space

Pan Tool

Ctrl+P

Mirror Horizontal

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+N

Parameter Editor

Mirror Vertical

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M

Rename

F2

Move Horizontal

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+J

Select All

Ctrl+A

Move Vertical

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K

Select Children

Ctrl+C

Pan

Ctrl+P

Select Invert

Ctrl+I

Planar map faces/patches

Enter

Select None

Ctrl+D

Show Seams In Viewport

Alt+E

Select Tool

Snap

Ctrl+S

Select Tree

Ctrl+T

Texture Vertex Contract Selection

NumPad -, -

Show Grid

Texture Vertex Expand Selection

NumPad +, =

Update Selected Previews

Texture Vertex Move Mode

Zoom Extents

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Texture Vertex Rotate Mode

Zoom Extents Selected

Texture Vertex Scale Mode

Zoom Region Tool

Ctrl+W

Zoom Tool

Alt+Z

---------- UNWRAP UVW ---------Break Selected Vertices

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---------- WALKTHROUGH ----------

Hide Lights Toggle

Shift+L

Hide Particle Systems Toggle

Shift+P

Accelerate Toggle

Back

S, Down Arrow

Hide Shapes Toggle

Shift+S

Decelerate Toggle

Hide Space Warps Toggle

Shift+Ctrl+W

Decrease Step Size

Hold

Ctrl+H

Down

C, Shift+Down Arrow

Home View

Alt+Home

Forward

W, Up Arrow

Isolate Selection

Alt+Q

Increase Step Size

Left View

Left

A, Left Arrow

Lock User Interface Toggle

Alt+0

Level

Shift+Space

Material Editor Toggle

Lock Vertical Rotation

Space

Maximize Viewport Toggle

Alt+W

Reset Step Size

Alt+[

MAXScript Listener

F11

Right

D, Right Arrow

New Scene

Ctrl+N

Up

E, Shift+Up Arrow

---------- SCENE EXPLORER ---------Close Last Activated Explorer

Alt+Ctrl+P

Open Explorer: [Last Used]

Alt+Ctrl+O

---------- USER INTERFACE ---------Launch Global Search

Normal Align

Alt+N

Open File

Ctrl+O

Orbit View Mode

Ctrl+R

Orthographic User View

Pan View

Ctrl+P

Pan Viewport

Percent Snap Toggle

Shift+Ctrl+P

Perspective User View

Play Animation

Quick Align

Shift+A

Redo Scene Operation

Ctrl+Y

Redo Viewport Operation

Shift+Y

Align

Alt+A

Redraw All Views

Angle Snap Toggle

Render

Shift+Q

Auto Key Mode Toggle

Render Last

F9

Background Lock Toggle

Alt+Ctrl+B

Render SetUp...

F10

Backup Time One Unit

Save File

Ctrl+S

Bottom View

Scale Cycle

Ctrl+E

Camera View

Select All

Ctrl+A

Clone

Ctrl+V

Select Ancestor

PageUp

Cycle Active Snap Type

Alt+S

Select and Move

Cycle Selection Method

Ctrl+F

Select and Rotate

Cycle Snap Hit

Alt+Shift+S

Select By Name

Delete Objects

Select Child

PageDown

Disable Viewport

Select Children

Ctrl+PageDown

Alt+X

Select Invert

Ctrl+I

Select None

Ctrl+D

Select Similar

Ctrl+Q

Expert Mode Toggle

Ctrl+X

Selection Lock Toggle

Space

Fetch

Alt+Ctrl+F

Set Key Mode

'

Forward Time One Unit

Set Keys

Front View

Show Floating Dialogs

Ctrl+`

Go to End Frame

End

Show Main Toolbar Toggle

Alt+6

Go to Start Frame

Home

Show Statistics Toggle

Hide Cameras Toggle

Shift+C

Snap To Frozen Objects Toggle

Alt+F2

Hide Geometry Toggle

Shift+G

Snaps Toggle

Hide Grids Toggle

Sound Toggle

Hide Helpers Toggle

Shift+H

Spacing Tool

Shift+I

---------- MAIN UI ---------Adaptive Degradation Toggle

Display as See-Through Toggle

Enable Axis Constraints in Snaps Toggle Alt+D, Alt+F3

Environment Dialog Toggle

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Spot/Directional Light View

Shift+4

Frame Horizontal Extents

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Sub-object Level Cycle

Insert

Frame Horizontal Extents Keys

Alt+X

Sub-object Selection Toggle

Ctrl+B

Lock Selection

Space

Top View

Lock Tangents Toggle

Transform Gizmo Plane Constraint Cycle F8

Make Controller Unique

Transform Gizmo Size Down

Move Highlight Down

Down Arrow

Transform Gizmo Size Up

Move Highlight Up

Up Arrow

Transform Gizmo Toggle

Shift+Ctrl+X

Move Keys

Transform Gizmo X Constraint

F5

Nudge Keys Left

Left Arrow

Transform Gizmo Y Constraint

F6

Nudge Keys Right

Right Arrow

Transform Gizmo Z Constraint

F7

Pan

Ctrl+P

Transform Type-In Dialog Toggle

F12

Paste Controller

Ctrl+V

Undo Scene Operation

Ctrl+Z

Retime Move Left

Ctrl+Left Arrow

Undo Viewport Operation

Shift+Z

Retime Move Right

Ctrl+Right Arrow

Update Background Image

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B

Scroll Down

Ctrl+Down Arrow

View Edged Faces Toggle

F4

Scroll Up

Ctrl+Up Arrow

Viewport Background

Alt+B

Snap Frames

Zoom

Alt+Z

Zoom Region

Ctrl+W

Viewport Lighting Illuminate with Default

Ctrl+L
/ Scene Lights Toggle
Viewport Safeframes Toggle

Shift+F

Viewport Selection Shade Selected

Faces Toggle

F2

Viewport Selection Show Selection

Bracket Toggle

Virtual Viewport Pan Down

---------- MATERIAL EDITOR ---------Background

Backlight

Cycle 3X2, 5X3, 6X4 Sample Slots

NumPad 2

Get Material

Virtual Viewport Pan Left

NumPad 4

Go Backward to Sibling

Left Arrow

Virtual Viewport Pan Right

NumPad 6

Go Forward to Sibling

Right Arrow

Virtual Viewport Pan Up

NumPad 8

Go to Parent

Up Arrow

Virtual Viewport Toggle

NumPad /

Make Preview

Virtual Viewport Zoom In

NumPad +

Options

Virtual Viewport Zoom Out

NumPad -

Wireframe / Smooth+Highlights Toggle

F3

Zoom Extents

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Zoom Extents All

Shift+Ctrl+Z

Zoom Extents Selected

Zoom In 2X

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Z

Zoom Mode

Alt+Z

Zoom Out 2X

Alt+Shift+Z

Zoom Region Mode

Ctrl+W

Zoom Viewport In

[, Ctrl+=

Zoom Viewport Out

], Ctrl+-

---------- SCHEMATIC VIEW ----------

---------- TRACK VIEW ----------

Add Bookmark

Display Floater

Filters

Free All

Alt+F

Free Selected

Alt+S

Invert Selected Nodes

Ctrl+I

Move Children

Alt+C

Next Bookmark

Right Arrow

Previous Bookmark

Left Arrow

Refresh View

Ctrl+U

Rename Object

Select All Nodes

Ctrl+A

Ctrl+E

Select Children

Ctrl+C

Apply Multiplier Curve

Ctrl+M

Select None

Ctrl+D

Assign Controller

Show Grid

Copy Controller

Ctrl+C

Toggle Shrink

Ctrl+S

Expand Object Toggle

Use Connect Tool

Expand Track Toggle

Enter, T

Use Pan Tool

Ctrl+P

Filters

Use Select Tool

Add Keys

Apply Ease Curve

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---------- BIPED ----------

Use Zoom Region Tool

Ctrl+W

Use Zoom Tool

Alt+Z

Copy/Paste - Copy

Zoom Extents

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Copy/Paste - Paste

Alt+V

Zoom Selected Extents

Copy/Paste - Paste Opposite

Alt+B

Fix Graphs

Alt+Ctrl+F

---------- ACTIVESHADE ----------

Alt+C

Move All - Collapse

Alt+M

Play Biped

Draw Region

Reset All Limb Keys

Alt+K

Render

Scale In Transform

Alt+Ctrl+E

Select Object

Set Animation Range

Alt+R

Toggle Toolbar (Docked)

Space

Set Key

Close

---------- VIDEO POST ----------

Trackbar - Toggle Biped Keys

Alt+T

TV Select end of footsteps

Alt+D

Ctrl+F

TV Select entire foostep

Alt+S

Add Image Input Event

Ctrl+I

TV Select start of foosteps

Alt+A

Add Image Layer Event

Ctrl+L

Add Image Output Event

Ctrl+O

Add New Event

Ctrl+A

Set Max Influence

Ctrl+I

Add Scene Event

Ctrl+S

Set Min Influence

Alt+I

Edit Current Event

Ctrl+E

Add Image Filter Event

---------- REACTION MANAGER ----------

Execute Sequence

Ctrl+R

- TONEOPERATORANDRADIOSITYACTIONTABLE -

New Sequence

Ctrl+N

Advanced Lighting Panel

---- VIEWPORT LIGHTING AND SHADOWS ----Viewport Visual Style Realistic

---------- MACRO SCRIPTS ----------

Shift+F3

Add/Edit Parameters... (TV)

---------- FFD ----------

Ctrl+1

Asset Tracking...

Shift+T

Bevel (Poly)

Shift+Ctrl+B

Switch To Control Point Level

Alt+Shift+C

Cap (Poly)

Alt+P

Switch To Lattice Level

Alt+Shift+L

Chamfer (Poly)

Shift+Ctrl+C

Switch To Set Volume Level

Alt+Shift+S

Collapse (Poly)

Alt+Ctrl+C

Switch To Top Level

Alt+Shift+T

Collect Parameters SV

Alt+3

---------- WEIGHTTABLE ----------

Collect Parameters TV

Alt+4

Connect (no dialog) (Poly)

Shift+Ctrl+E

Create Camera From View

Ctrl+C

Select All

Ctrl+A

Select Invert

Ctrl+I

Cut (Poly)

Alt+C

Ctrl+D

Edge Constraint Toggle (Poly)

Shift+X

Select None

---------- PHYSIQUE ---------Copy Envelope

Ctrl+C

Delete

Ctrl+D

Next

PageDown

Paste Envelope

Ctrl+V

Previous

PageUp

Previous Selection Level

Shift+

Reset Envelopes

Ctrl+E

---------- CROWD ---------Solve

Extrude along Spline (Poly)

Alt+E

Extrude Face (Poly)

Shift+E

Geometry Selection Visibility Toggle

Alt+G

Grow Selection (Poly)

Ctrl+PageUp

Hide (Poly)

Alt+H

Hide Unselected (Poly)

Alt+I

Ignore Backfacing Toggle (Poly)

Shift+Ctrl+I

Meshsmooth (Poly)

Ctrl+M

Parameter Collector

Alt+2

Parameter Editor

Alt+1

Parameter Wiring Dialog...

Alt+5

Render to Texture Dialog Toggle

Repeat Last (Poly)

Select Sub-object Loop

Alt+L
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Select Sub-object Ring

Alt+R

Slice (Poly)

Shift+Ctrl+Q

Smart Scale

Smart Select

Start Parameter Wiring...

Ctrl+5

Sub-Object Level 1

Sub-Object Level 2

Sub-Object Level 3

Sub-Object Level 4

Sub-object Level 5

Unhide All (Poly)

Alt+U

WalkThrough View Mode

Up Arrow

Weld (Poly)

Shift+Ctrl+W

---------- QUAD MENU SETS ---------Viewports

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