List of shortcut keys Shortcut Snaps Action Table

3DStudio Max 7

Command

Alt+F10 Alt+F8 Alt+F11 Alt+F5 Alt+F9 Alt+F6 Alt+F7

Snap To Edge/Segment Toggle Snap To Endpoint Toggle Snap To Face Toggle Snap To Grid Points Toggle Snap To Midpoint Toggle Snap To Pivot Toggle Snap To Vertex Toggle

Main UI
3DStudio Max 7

O Alt+A A Ctrl+R N Alt+Ctrl+B , B C Ctrl+V Alt+S Ctrl+F Alt+Shft+S

Adaptive Degradation Toggle Align Angle Snap Toggle Arc Rotate View Mode Auto Key Mode Toggle Background Lock Toggle Backup Time One Unit Bottom View Camera View Clone Cycle Active Snap Type Cycle Selection Method Cycle Snap Hit

Ctrl+L . D Alt+X 8 Ctrl+X Alt+Ctrl+F . F End Home Shft+C Shft+G G Shft+H Shft+L Shft+P Shft+S Shft+W Alt+Ctrl+H U L Alt+0 M

Default Lighting Toggle Delete Objects Disable Viewport Display as See-Through Toggle Environment Dialog Toggle Expert Mode Toggle Fetch Forward Time One Unit Front View Go to End Frame Go to Start Frame Hide Cameras Toggle Hide Geometry Toggle Hide Grids Toggle Hide Helpers Toggle Hide Lights Toggle Hide Particle Systems Toggle Hide Shapes Toggle Hide Space Warps Toggle Hold Isometric User View Left View Lock User Interface Toggle Material Editor Toggle

Alt+W F11 Ctrl+N Alt+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+P I Shft+Ctrl+P P Ctrl+H / Shft+A Shft+Q Ctrl+Y Shft+Y ` F9 F10 F8 F5 F6 F7 Ctrl+S Ctrl+E

Maximize Viewport Toggle MAXScript Listener New Scene Normal Align Open File Pan View Pan Viewport Percent Snap Toggle Perspective User View Place Highlight Play Animation Quick Align Quick Render Redo Scene Operation Redo Viewport Operation Redraw All Views Render Last Render Scene Dialog Toggle Restrict Plane Cycle Restrict to X Restrict to Y Restrict to Z Save File Scale Cycle

Ctrl+A PageUp W E H PageDown Ctrl+PageDown Ctrl+I Ctrl+D Space ' K F2 Ctrl+` Alt+6 Shft+F J Alt+F2 S Alt+D, Alt+F3 \ Shft+I Shft+4 Insert

Select All Select Ancestor Select and Move Select and Rotate Select By Name Select Child Select Children Select Invert Select None Selection Lock Toggle Set Key Mode Set Keys Shade Selected Faces Toggle Show Floating Dialogs Show Main Toolbar Toggle Show Safeframes Toggle Show Selection Bracket Toggle Snap To Frozen Objects Toggle Snaps Toggle Snaps Use Axis Constraints Toggle Sound Toggle Spacing Tool Spot/Directional Light View Sub-object Level Cycle

Ctrl+B T = X F12 Ctrl+Z Shft+Z Alt+Shft+Ctrl+B F4 Alt+B NumPad 2 NumPad 4 NumPad 6 NumPad 8 NumPad / NumPad + NumPad F3 Z Shft+Ctrl+Z Alt+Ctrl+Z Alt+Shft+Ctrl+Z Alt+Z

Sub-object Selection Toggle Top View Transform Gizmo Size Down Transform Gizmo Size Up Transform Gizmo Toggle Transform Type-In Dialog Toggle Undo Scene Operation Undo Viewport Operation Update Background Image View Edged Faces Toggle Viewport Background Virtual Viewport Pan Down Virtual Viewport Pan Left Virtual Viewport Pan Right Virtual Viewport Pan Up Virtual Viewport Toggle Virtual Viewport Zoom In Virtual Viewport Zoom Out Wireframe / Smooth+Highlights Toggle Zoom Extents All Selected Zoom Extents All Zoom Extents Zoom In 2X Zoom Mode

Alt+Shft+Z Ctrl+W [, Ctrl+= ], Ctrl+-

Zoom Out 2X Zoom Region Mode Zoom Viewport In Zoom Viewport Out

Track View
3DStudio Max 7

A Ctrl+E Ctrl+M C Ctrl+C O Enter, T Q Space L U Down Arrow Up Arrow M Left Arrow Right Arrow P Ctrl+V

Add Keys Apply Ease Curve Apply Multiplier Curve Assign Controller Copy Controller Expand Object Toggle Expand Track Toggle Filters Lock Selection Lock Tangents Toggle Make Controller Unique Move Highlight Down Move Highlight Up Move Keys Nudge Keys Left Nudge Keys Right Pan Paste Controller

Ctrl+Down Arrow Ctrl+Up Arrow S Alt+X Z

Scroll Down Scroll Up Snap Frames Zoom Horizontal Extents Keys Zoom

Material Editor
3DStudio Max 7

B L X G Left Arrow Right Arrow Up Arrow P O

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

Schematic View
3DStudio Max 7

B D P Alt+F Alt+S Ctrl+I Alt+C

Add Bookmark Display Floater Filters Free All Free Selected Invert Selected Nodes Move Children

Right Arrow Left Arrow R Ctrl+A Ctrl+C Ctrl+D G Ctrl+S C S Z

Next Bookmark Previous Bookmark Rename Object Select All Nodes Select Children Select None Show Grid Toggle Shrink Use Connect Tool Use Select Tool Zoom Selected Extents

ActiveShade
3DStudio Max 7

Q D R S Space

Close Draw Region Render Select Object Toggle Toolbar (Docked)

Video Post
3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+F Ctrl+I Ctrl+L Ctrl+O Ctrl+A

Add Image Filter Event Add Image Input Event Add Image Layer Event Add Image Output Event Add New Event

Ctrl+S Ctrl+E Ctrl+R Ctrl+N

Add Scene Event Edit Current Event Execute Sequence New Sequence

NURBS
3DStudio Max 7

Alt+N Alt+U Alt+V Shft+Ctrl+C Ctrl+D Ctrl+L Alt+L Shft+Ctrl+S Ctrl+T Shft+Ctrl+T Ctrl+H Space Ctrl+Right Arrow Ctrl+Up Arrow Ctrl+Left Arrow Ctrl+Down Arrow H Alt+1

CV Constrained Normal Move CV Constrained U Move CV Constrained V Move Display Curves Display Dependents Display Lattices Display Shaded Lattice Display Surfaces Display Toolbox Display Trims Local Select Sub-Object By Name Lock 2D Selection Select Next in U Select Next in V Select Previous in U Select Previous in V Select Sub-Object By Name Set Tessellation Preset 1

Alt+2 Alt+3 Ctrl+S Alt+Shft+Z Alt+Shft+C Alt+Shft+I Alt+Shft+P Alt+Shft+V Alt+Shft+S Alt+Shft+T Ctrl+X

Set Tessellation Preset 2 Set Tessellation Preset 3 Soft Selection Switch To Curve CV Level Switch To Curve Level Switch To Imports Level Switch To Point Level Switch To Surface CV Level Switch To Surface Level Switch To Top Level Transform Degrade

Editable Poly
3DStudio Max 7

Shft+Ctrl+B 3 Shft+Ctrl+C Shft+Ctrl+E Shft+X Alt+C 2 5 Shft+E 4 Ctrl+PageUp

Bevel Mode Border Level Chamfer Mode Connect Constrain to Edges Cut Edge Level Element Level Extrude Mode Face Level Grow Selection

Alt+I Alt+H 6 Shft+Ctrl+Q ; Alt+L Alt+R Ctrl+PageDown Alt+U 1 Shft+Ctrl+W

Hide Unselected Hide Object Level Quickslice Mode Repeat Last Operation Select Edge Loop Select Edge Ring Shrink Selection Unhide All Vertex Level Weld Mode

Edit/Editable Mesh
3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+V, Ctrl+B Ctrl+C Alt+C Ctrl+D Ctrl+I 2 Ctrl+T 5 Ctrl+E 3 4

Bevel Mode Chamfer Mode Cut Mode Detach Edge Invisible Edge Level Edge Turn Element Level Extrude Mode Face Level Polygon Level

1 Ctrl+W Alt+W

Vertex Level Weld Selected Weld Target Mode

Edit Normals
3DStudio Max 7

B Ctrl+C Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4 E Ctrl+1 Ctrl+0 Ctrl+V R S U Ctrl+2

Break Normals Copy Normal Edge Level Face Level Make Explicit Normal Level Object Level Paste Normal Reset Normals Specify Normals Unify Normals Vertex Level

FFD
3DStudio Max 7

Alt+Shft+C Alt+Shft+L Alt+Shft+S Alt+Shft+T

Switch To Control Point Level Switch To Lattice Level Switch To Set Volume Level Switch To Top Level

Edit Poly
3DStudio Max 7

Shft+Ctrl+B 3 Shft+Ctrl+C Shft+Ctrl+E Shft+X Alt+C 2 5 Shft+E Ctrl+PageUp Alt+I Alt+H 6 4 Shft+Ctrl+Q ; Alt+L Alt+R Ctrl+PageDown Alt+U 1 Shft+Ctrl+W

Bevel Mode Border Level Chamfer Mode Connect Constrain to Edges Cut Edge Level Element Level Extrude Mode Grow Selection Hide Unselected Hide Object Level Polygon Level Quickslice Mode Repeat Last Operation Select Edge Loop Select Edge Ring Shrink Selection Unhide All Vertex Level Weld Mode

Physique
3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+C Ctrl+D PageDown Ctrl+V Shft+ PageUp Ctrl+E

Copy Envelope Delete Next Paste Envelope Previous Selection Level Previous Reset Envelopes

Unwrap UVW
3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+B D, Ctrl+D Ctrl+E Alt+F Ctrl+F Alt+Shft+Ctrl+F Alt+Shft+Ctrl+P Ctrl+H Alt+Shft+Ctrl+L Space Alt+Shft+Ctrl+N Alt+Shft+Ctrl+M Alt+Shft+Ctrl+J Alt+Shft+Ctrl+K Ctrl+P

Break Selected Vertices Detach Edge Verts Edit UVW's Filter Selected Faces Freeze Selected Get Face Selection From Stack Get Selection From Faces Hide Selected Load UVW Lock selected vertices Mirror Horizontal Mirror Vertical Move Horizontal Move Vertical Pan

Enter Alt+E Ctrl+S NumPad -, NumPad +, = Q Ctrl+R Ctrl+W Ctrl+T Ctrl+O Ctrl+U Alt+Ctrl+Z X Ctrl+X Shft+Space Z

Planar map faces/patches Show Seams In Viewport Snap Texture Vertex Contract Selection Texture Vertex Expand Selection Texture Vertex Move Mode Texture Vertex Rotate Mode Texture Vertex Weld Selected Texture VertexTarget Weld Unwrap Options Update Map Zoom Extents Selected Zoom Extents Zoom Region Zoom To Gizmo Zoom

Crowd
3DStudio Max 7

Solve

Biped
3DStudio Max 7

Alt+Ctrl+S Alt+M Alt+C Alt+Ctrl+F

Change Leg State Collapse Move All Mode changes Copy Posture Fix Graphs

Alt+Ctrl+L Alt+B Alt+V V Alt+K Alt+Ctrl+E 0 Alt+R Alt+T Alt+D Alt+S Alt+A

Lock Selected Keys (toggle) Paste Posture Opposite Paste Posture Play Biped Reset all limb keys Scale In Transform (toggle) Set Key Set Range Toggle Biped Keys in TrackBar TV Select end of footsteps TV Select entire foostep TV Select start of foosteps

Biped Curve Editing

Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A

Pos Curve Relative To Bip Root Pos Curve Relative To World Show Pos Accel Curve Show Pos Curve Show Pos Jerk Curve Show Pos Speed Curve Show Quat Curve Show Rot Accel Curve Show Rot Speed Curve Toggle Draw Every Frame

Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A Ctrl+A

Toggle Layered Edit Toggle Limit Quat Curve to 180 Toggle Manipulate Subanims Toggle Show Z Toggle Show X Toggle Show Y Toggle Subanims

Reaction Manager
3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+I Alt+I

Set Max Influence Set Min Influence

Particle Flow
3DStudio Max 7

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Particle Emission Toggle Particle View Toggle

Particle Flow
3DStudio Max 7

Shft+;

Selected Particle Emission Toggle

Particle Flow
3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+A

Copy Selected In Particle View Paste In Particle View Select All In Particle View

ActiveShade (Scanline)
3DStudio Max 7

Initialize

Update

ToneOperatorAndRadiosityActionTable
3DStudio Max 7

Advanced Lighting Panel

Object Display Culling

Alt+O

Object Display Culling

WalkThrough
3DStudio Max 7

Q S, Down Arrow Z [ C, Shft+Down Arrow W, Up Arrow ] A, Left Arrow Shft+Space Space Alt+[ D, Right Arrow E, Shft+Up Arrow

Accelerate Toggle Back Decelerate Toggle Decrease Step Size Down Forward Increase Step Size Left Level Lock Vertical Rotation Reset Step Size Right Up

Macro Scripts
3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+1

Add/Edit Parameters... (TV)

Alt+P Alt+Ctrl+C Alt+3 Alt+4 Ctrl+C Alt+C Alt+E Alt+G Alt+Q Ctrl+M Alt+2 Alt+1 Alt+5 0 R Q Ctrl+5 1 2 3 4 5 Up Arrow

Cap (Poly) Collapse (Poly) Collect Parameters SV Collect Parameters TV Create Camera From View Cut (Poly) Extrude Face (Poly) Geometry Selection Visibility Toggle Isolate Selection Meshsmooth (Poly) Parameter Collector Parameter Editor Parameter Wiring Dialog... Render to Texture Dialog Toggle Smart Scale Smart Select Start Parameter Wiring... Sub-Object Level 1 Sub-Object Level 2 Sub-Object Level 3 Sub-Object Level 4 Sub-object Level 5 WalkThrough View Mode

Quad Menu Sets

3DStudio Max 7

[Alt+RMB] [Shft+Ctrl+Alt+RMB] [Shft+Ctrl+RMB] [Ctrl+Alt+RMB] [Ctrl+RMB] [Shft+Alt+RMB] [Shft+RMB] V

Animation Custom Custom Lighting | Render Modeling reactor Snap Viewports