148 Shortcuts for Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 (Windows)

General user interface Views

Ctrl+N New scene T Top
F2 Shade selected faces B Bottom
F3 Wireframe/smooth and highlight L Left
F4 View edged faces F Front
Space Selection lock U Isometric user
Q Select P Perspective user
Ctrl+Left mouse Add to selection C Camera
click
[Shift+[4] Spot/directional light
Alt+Left mouse Remove from selection
click
Editable Poly
W Move
1 Vertex level
E Rotate
2 Edge level
R Scale
3 Border level
G Hide grids
4 Poly level
S Snaps
5 Element level
A Angle snap
Shift+E Extrude mode
Ctrl+Shift+P Percent snap
Ctrl+Shift+B Bevel mode
Ctrl+C Create camera from view
Ctrl+Shift+C Chamfer mode
F5 Restrict movement along specific axis
Ctrl+Shift+E Connect
F8 Restrict plane cycle
Shift+X Edge constaint
F9 Render last
Ctrl+Shift+W Target weld
F10 Render scene dialogue
Alt+C Cut
0 Render to texture dialogue
Ctrl+Shift+Q Quickslice
Shift+Q Quick render
Alt+H Hide
M Material editor
Alt+I Hide unselected
6 Particle view
Alt+U Unhide all
8 Enviro-nment and effects dialogue
9 Open advanced lighting panel Quad menu
F11 Open MAXScript listener Alt+Right mouse Animation
Alt+Ctrl+Q Open last used explorer click
Alt+Q Isolate selection Ctrl+Alt+Right Lighting/Render
mouse click
Alt+W Maximise viewport
Ctrl+Right mouse Modelling
Ctrl+H Place highlight
click
H Select by name/s-elect from scene
Alt+Shift+Right Reactor
Ctrl+D Select none mouse click
Ctrl+I Select invert Shift+Right mouse Snap
click
Page up Select ancestor
V Viewports
Page down Selct child
Ctrl+V Clone
Material editor
O Adaptive degradation
B Background
Ctrl+X Expert mode(single Viewport)
L Backlight
Ctrl+Z Undo scene operation
X Cycle 3x2, 5x3, 6x4 sample slots
Ctrl+Y Redo scene operation
G Get material
Shift+Z Undo viewport operation
Left arrow Go backward to sibling
Shift+Y Redo viewport operation
Right Arrow Go forward to sibling
Shift+F Show safeframes
Up arrow Go to parent
7 Show statistics
P Make preview
N Auto key mode
O Options
Shift+C Hide/ show cameras
Shift+G Hide/ show geometry
Shift+H Hide/ show helpers
Shift+L Hide/ show lights
Shift+P Hide/ show particle system
Shift+S Hide/ show shapes
Shift+W Hide/ show space warps
Alt+X Display as see-through

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148 Shortcuts for Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 (Windows)

Key and Time controls Subobjects

Spacebar Slection lock switch Ctrl+B Subobject mode toggle
N Auto key mode Insert Subobject level cycle
' Set key mode 1 Subobject level 1
K Set keys 2 Subobject level 2
/ Play/stop animation 3 Subobject level 3
, (comma) Backup Time One Unit 4 Subobject level 4
. (period) Forward Time One Unit 5 Subobject level 5
Home Go to start frame Delete Delete subobject
End Go to end frame Ctrl+H Local select subobject by name

Viewport Navigation Controls Hierarchies

Alt+Z Zoom mode Page up Select ancestor
Alt+Ctrl+Z Zoom extents Page down Select child
Shift+Ctrl+Z Zoom extents all Ctrl+Page down Select children
Z Zoom selected all Double click parent Select entire hierarchy
Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Z Zoom in 2X
Alt+Shift+Z Zoom out 2X
Ctrl+W Zoom region mode
[[]/[ Scroll wheel Zoom viewport in
forward]
[]]/[Scroll wheel Zoom viewport out
backward]
Ctrl+P/Middle Pan view
mouse button
I Interactive pan
Ctrl+R Arc rotate
Alt+W Min/max switch

Walk through mode

W Forward
S Back
A Left
D Right
E/Shift+UP arrow Up
C/Shift+Down Down
arrow
Q Accelerate
Z Decelerate
[]] Increase step size
[[] Decrease step size
[Alt]+[[] Reset step size
Shift+Spacebar Level
Spacebar Lock vertical rotation

Virtual viewport
/ Virtual viewport toggle
+ Virtual viewport zoom in
- Virtual viewport zoom out
2 Virtual Viewport pan down
4 Virtual viewport pan left
6 Virtual viewport pan right
8 Virtual viewport pan up

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