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3DS MAXGeneral user interfaceNew Scene Ctrl+NHelp F1Shade Selected Faces (toggle on/off) F2Wireframe/Smooth & Highlights (toggle view) F3View Edged Faces (toggle on/off) F4Selection Lock (toggle on/off) SpaceSelect (and cycle through Selection Region types) QAdd to Selection Ctrl+LMBRemove from Selection Alt+LMBMove WRotate EScale (and cycle through scale types) R or Ctrl+ETop View TBottom View BLeft View LFront View F

Isometric User View UPerspective User View PCamera View CSpot/Directional Light View Shift+4Hide Grids (toggle on/off) GSnaps (toggle on/off) SAngle Snap (toggle on/off) APercent Snap (toggle on/off) Ctrl+Shift+PCreate Camera From (Perspective) View Ctrl+CRestrict Movement Along Specific Axis F5 - F7Restrict Plane Cycle F8

Render Last F9Quick Render Shift+QRender Scene Dialogue (toggle on/off) F10Render to Texture Dialogue (toggle on/off) 0Material Editor (toggle on/off) MParticle View (toggle on/off) 6Environment and Effects Dialogue (toggle on/off) 8Open Advanced Lighting Panel 9

Open MAXScript Listener F11Open Last Used Explorer Alt+Ctrl+QIsolate Selection Alt+QMaximise Viewport (toggle on/off) Alt+WPlace Highlight Ctrl+HSelect By Name/Select From Scene HSelect All Ctrl+ASelect None Ctrl+DSelect Invert Ctrl+ISelect Ancestor Page UpSelect Child Page DownClone Ctrl+VAdaptive Degradation (toggle on/off) OExpert Mode (toggle on/off) Ctrl+XZoom Mode Alt+ZZoom Extents (single Viewport) Ctrl+Alt+ZZoom Extents (all Viewports) Ctrl+Shift+Z

Zoom Selected (all Viewports) ZPan MMBPan Viewport IZoom Dial MMB (scrolling mouse)

or Ctrl+Alt+MMBZoom Viewport In [Zoom Viewport Out ]Arc Rotate View Mode Alt+MMB or Ctrl+RUndo Scene Operation Ctrl+ZRedo Scene Operation Ctrl+YUndo Viewport Operation Shift+Z

Redo Viewport Operation Shift+YShow Safeframes (toggle on/off) Shift+FShow Statistics (toggle on/off) 7Auto Key Mode (toggle on/off) NHide Cameras (toggle on/off) Shift+CHide Geometry (toggle on/off) Shift+GHide Helpers (toggle on/off) Shift+HHide Lights (toggle on/off) Shift+L

Essential keyboard shortcuts for Autodesks modelling, animationand rendering software for design visualisation, games, film and TV

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General user interface (continued)Hide Particle Systems (toggle on/off) Shift+PHide Shapes (toggle on/off) Shift+SHide Space Warps (toggle on/off) Shift+W

Hold Alt+Ctrl+HDisplay as See-Through (toggle on/off) Alt+XPlay Animation /Sub-Object Level 1-5 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5Sub-Object Level Cycle InsertShow Main Toolbar (toggle on/off) Alt+6Editable PolyVertex Level 1Edge Level 2Border Level 3Poly Level 4Element Level 5Cycle Levels InsertExtrude Mode Shift+EBevel Mode Ctrl+Shift+BChamfer Mode Ctrl+Shift+CConnect Ctrl+Shift+EEdge Constraint (toggle on/off) Shift+XTarget Weld Ctrl+Shift+WCut Alt+CQuickslice Ctrl+Shift+QGrow Selection Ctrl+Page Up

Shrink Selection Ctrl+Page DownHide Alt+HHide Unselected Alt+IUnhide All Alt+UParticle FlowCopy Selected in Particle View Ctrl+CPaste Selected in Particle View Ctrl+VParticle Emission (toggle on/off) ;Selected Particle Emission (toggle on/off) Shift+;

Schematic View FunctionAdd Bookmark BDisplay Floater DPreferences (in Schematic View) P

Free All Alt+FFree Selected Alt+SInvert Selected Nodes Ctrl+IMove Children Alt+CNext Bookmark Right arrowPrevious Bookmark Left arrowRename Object RRefresh View USelect all Nodes Ctrl+ASelect children Ctrl+CSelect none Ctrl+DUse Select Tool S or QShow grid GShrink (toggle on/off) Ctrl+SUse Connect Tool CZoom Selected Extents ZQuad MenusAnimation Alt+RMBLighting/Render Ctrl+Alt+RMBModelling Ctrl+RMBReactor Alt+Shift+RMBSnap Shift+RMB

Viewports V(Customisable keys) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+RMB

or Ctrl+Shift+RMBMaterial EditorBackground BBacklight LCycle 3x2, 5x3, 6x4 Sample Slots XGet Material GGo Backward to Sibling Left arrowGo Forward to Sibling Right arrow

Go to Parent Up arrowMake Preview POptions O

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