3DS MAX - USEFUL KEYSTROKES
To use the software confidently and quickly, it is best to memorize most of the keystrokes.
KEYS/MOUSESTROKES TO REMEMBER
Open Environment
This refers to the first screen you see when a new project is launched, or a saved project is opened.
G – Hide/Show Grid
Alt-W - Toggle Full Screen View/Perspective View
Alt-Ctrl-V - Toggle Viewcube
B- bottom view
T - top view
L - left view
R - right view
F - front view
Roll Wheel - resize view
Ctrl- Hold Wheel-drag - move object
Rotate Viewcube - rotate object for viewing
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J – Show Selection Bracket Toggle
M - bring up material editor
Z - reset all viewports
V – Open view shortcut menu.
Z – Zooms in on the current selection
CTRL-X – Toggle Expert mode
ALT-Q – Isolate Object
O – Adaptive Degradation Toggle
X – Transform Gizmo Toggle
D – Disables the viewport
Shift-Z / Shift-Y – Undo /Redo viewport operation
+ and – – Increase/decrease Gizmo size
CTRL-V – Clone object
Alt-X – Display As See-Through Toggle
Editable Poly
Alt-L – Select Edge Loop
ALT-C – Cut
SHIFT -E / ALT-E – Extrude poly - Enable Extrude tool.
Selection Keys
Q – Select
W – Select and Move
E – Select and Rotate
R – Select and Scale
H – Select by Name
F2 – Shade selected faces toggle
F3 – Toggle between Wireframe and Smooth + Highlights
F4 – View Edged Faces
CTRL-A – Select all
CTRL-D – Deselect all
Spacebar – Selection Lock toggle
Sub-object level X Selection
1 – Vertex
2 – Edge
3 – Border
4 – Polygon
5 – Element
7 - Polygon Counter
Rendering
F9 – Render last rendered viewport, or selected viewport.
Shift-Q – Quick renders selected viewport.
F10 – Open the Render Scene window allowing you to set rendering options.
M – Bring up Material Editor
Create Your own Shortcuts
1. Choose Customize menu > Customize User Interface > Keyboard panel.
2. Use the Group and Category lists to find the desired action
3. Click action.
4. In the Hotkey field, enter the keyboard shortcut you want to assign to the action.
5. Click Assign.
Note : search for Default Keyboard Shortcuts in the 3D Studio MAX user reference for a complete overview.
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Grid Settings
Open Environment
This refers to the first screen you see when a new project is launched, or a saved project is opened.
G – Hide/Show Grid
Alt-W - Toggle Full Screen View/Perspective View
Alt-Ctrl-V - Toggle Viewcube
B- bottom view
T - top view
L - left view
R - right view
F - front view
Roll Wheel - resize view
Ctrl- Hold Wheel-drag - move object
Rotate Viewcube - rotate object for viewing
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J – Show Selection Bracket Toggle
M - bring up material editor
Z - reset all viewports
V – Open view shortcut menu.
Z – Zooms in on the current selection
CTRL-X – Toggle Expert mode
ALT-Q – Isolate Object
O – Adaptive Degradation Toggle
X – Transform Gizmo Toggle
D – Disables the viewport
Shift-Z / Shift-Y – Undo /Redo viewport operation
+ and – – Increase/decrease Gizmo size
CTRL-V – Clone object
Alt-X – Display As See-Through Toggle
Editable Poly
Alt-L – Select Edge Loop
ALT-C – Cut
SHIFT -E / ALT-E – Extrude poly - Enable Extrude tool.
Selection Keys
Q – Select
W – Select and Move
E – Select and Rotate
R – Select and Scale
H – Select by Name
F2 – Shade selected faces toggle
F3 – Toggle between Wireframe and Smooth + Highlights
F4 – View Edged Faces
CTRL-A – Select all
CTRL-D – Deselect all
Spacebar – Selection Lock toggle
Sub-object level X Selection
1 – Vertex
2 – Edge
3 – Border
4 – Polygon
5 – Element
7 - Polygon Counter
Rendering
F9 – Render last rendered viewport, or selected viewport.
Shift-Q – Quick renders selected viewport.
F10 – Open the Render Scene window allowing you to set rendering options.
M – Bring up Material Editor
Create Your own Shortcuts
1. Choose Customize menu > Customize User Interface > Keyboard panel.
2. Use the Group and Category lists to find the desired action
3. Click action.
4. In the Hotkey field, enter the keyboard shortcut you want to assign to the action.
5. Click Assign.
Note : search for Default Keyboard Shortcuts in the 3D Studio MAX user reference for a complete overview.
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Grid Settings
- [Tools] [Grids And Snaps Grid] And [Snap Settings].
- Click the Home Grid tab.
- Adjust the value for Grid Spacing, which is in current units. For example, if you have units set to centimeters, you might make one grid space equal to 1.000 (one unit, or one centimeter in this case).
View - Show Transform Gizmo
Select this if the xyz axes gizmo is not displayed.
Select this if the xyz axes gizmo is not displayed.
![Picture](/uploads/1/0/8/9/10891690/__5991573.png)
Viewcube
Use this to select Top, Left, Bottom view
In Perspective view, hold right button and rotate
Use this to select Top, Left, Bottom view
In Perspective view, hold right button and rotate
scale icon - use it to resize objects
![Picture](/uploads/1/0/8/9/10891690/__5812016.png)
After clicking the icon,
draw the X, Y or Z axis to rescale the object.
draw the X, Y or Z axis to rescale the object.