List of shortcut keysShortcut Command How useful(?)Snaps Action Table

3DStudio Max 7Alt+F10 Snap To Edge/Segment Toggle +       – Alt+F8 Snap To Endpoint Toggle +       – Alt+F11 Snap To Face Toggle +       – Alt+F5 Snap To Grid Points Toggle +       – Alt+F9 Snap To Midpoint Toggle +       – Alt+F6 Snap To Pivot Toggle +       – Alt+F7 Snap To Vertex Toggle +       –  Main UI

3DStudio Max 7O Adaptive Degradation Toggle +       – Alt+A Align +       – A Angle Snap Toggle +       – Ctrl+R Arc Rotate View Mode +       – N Auto Key Mode Toggle +       – Alt+Ctrl+B Background Lock Toggle +       – , Backup Time One Unit +       – B Bottom View +       – C Camera View +       – Ctrl+V Clone +       – Alt+S Cycle Active Snap Type +       – Ctrl+F Cycle Selection Method +       – Alt+Shft+S Cycle Snap Hit +       – Ctrl+L Default Lighting Toggle +       – . Delete Objects +       – D Disable Viewport +       – Alt+X Display as See-Through Toggle +       – 8 Environment Dialog Toggle +       – Ctrl+X Expert Mode Toggle +       – Alt+Ctrl+F Fetch +       – . Forward Time One Unit +       – F Front View +       – End Go to End Frame +       – Home Go to Start Frame +       – Shft+C Hide Cameras Toggle +       –

Shft+G Hide Geometry Toggle +       – G Hide Grids Toggle +       – Shft+H Hide Helpers Toggle +       – Shft+L Hide Lights Toggle +       – Shft+P Hide Particle Systems Toggle +       – Shft+S Hide Shapes Toggle +       – Shft+W Hide Space Warps Toggle +       – Alt+Ctrl+H Hold +       – U Isometric User View +       – L Left View +       – Alt+0 Lock User Interface Toggle +       – M Material Editor Toggle +       – Alt+W Maximize Viewport Toggle +       – F11 MAXScript Listener +       – Ctrl+N New Scene +       – Alt+N Normal Align +       – Ctrl+O Open File +       – Ctrl+P Pan View +       – I Pan Viewport +       – Shft+Ctrl+P Percent Snap Toggle +       – P Perspective User View +       – Ctrl+H Place Highlight +       – / Play Animation +       – Shft+A Quick Align +       – Shft+Q Quick Render +       – Ctrl+Y Redo Scene Operation +       – Shft+Y Redo Viewport Operation +       – ` Redraw All Views +       – F9 Render Last +       – F10 Render Scene Dialog Toggle +       – F8 Restrict Plane Cycle +       – F5 Restrict to X +       – F6 Restrict to Y +       – F7 Restrict to Z +       – Ctrl+S Save File +       – Ctrl+E Scale Cycle +       – Ctrl+A Select All +       – PageUp Select Ancestor +       – W Select and Move +       – E Select and Rotate +       – H Select By Name +       – PageDown Select Child +       –

Ctrl+PageDown Select Children +       – Ctrl+I Select Invert +       – Ctrl+D Select None +       – Space Selection Lock Toggle +       – ' Set Key Mode +       – K Set Keys +       – F2 Shade Selected Faces Toggle +       – Ctrl+` Show Floating Dialogs +       – Alt+6 Show Main Toolbar Toggle +       – Shft+F Show Safeframes Toggle +       – J Show Selection Bracket Toggle +       – Alt+F2 Snap To Frozen Objects Toggle +       – S Snaps Toggle +       – Alt+D, Alt+F3 Snaps Use Axis Constraints Toggle +       – \ Sound Toggle +       – Shft+I Spacing Tool +       – Shft+4 Spot/Directional Light View +       – Insert Sub-object Level Cycle +       – Ctrl+B Sub-object Selection Toggle +       – T Top View +       – - Transform Gizmo Size Down +       – = Transform Gizmo Size Up +       – X Transform Gizmo Toggle +       – F12 Transform Type-In Dialog Toggle +       – Ctrl+Z Undo Scene Operation +       – Shft+Z Undo Viewport Operation +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+B Update Background Image +       – F4 View Edged Faces Toggle +       – Alt+B Viewport Background +       – NumPad 2 Virtual Viewport Pan Down +       – NumPad 4 Virtual Viewport Pan Left +       – NumPad 6 Virtual Viewport Pan Right +       – NumPad 8 Virtual Viewport Pan Up +       – NumPad / Virtual Viewport Toggle +       – NumPad + Virtual Viewport Zoom In +       – NumPad - Virtual Viewport Zoom Out +       – F3 Wireframe / Smooth+Highlights Toggle +       – Z Zoom Extents All Selected +       – Shft+Ctrl+Z Zoom Extents All +       – Alt+Ctrl+Z Zoom Extents +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+Z Zoom In 2X +       – Alt+Z Zoom Mode +       –

Alt+Shft+Z Zoom Out 2X +       – Ctrl+W Zoom Region Mode +       – [, Ctrl+= Zoom Viewport In +       – ], Ctrl+- Zoom Viewport Out +       –  Track View

3DStudio Max 7A Add Keys +       – Ctrl+E Apply Ease Curve +       – Ctrl+M Apply Multiplier Curve +       – C Assign Controller +       – Ctrl+C Copy Controller +       – O Expand Object Toggle +       – Enter, T Expand Track Toggle +       – Q Filters +       – Space Lock Selection +       – L Lock Tangents Toggle +       – U Make Controller Unique +       – Down Arrow Move Highlight Down +       – Up Arrow Move Highlight Up +       – M Move Keys +       – Left Arrow Nudge Keys Left +       – Right Arrow Nudge Keys Right +       – P Pan +       – Ctrl+V Paste Controller +       – Ctrl+Down Arrow Scroll Down +       – Ctrl+Up Arrow Scroll Up +       – S Snap Frames +       – Alt+X Zoom Horizontal Extents Keys +       – Z Zoom +       –  Material Editor

3DStudio Max 7B Background +       – L Backlight +       – X Cycle 3X2, 5X3, 6X4 Sample Slots +       – G Get Material +       – Left Arrow Go Backward to Sibling +       – Right Arrow Go Forward to Sibling +       –

Up Arrow Go to Parent +       – P Make Preview +       – O Options +       –  Schematic View

3DStudio Max 7B Add Bookmark +       – D Display Floater +       – P Filters +       – Alt+F Free All +       – Alt+S Free Selected +       – Ctrl+I Invert Selected Nodes +       – Alt+C Move Children +       – Right Arrow Next Bookmark +       – Left Arrow Previous Bookmark +       – R Rename Object +       – Ctrl+A Select All Nodes +       – Ctrl+C Select Children +       – Ctrl+D Select None +       – G Show Grid +       – Ctrl+S Toggle Shrink +       – C Use Connect Tool +       – S Use Select Tool +       – Z Zoom Selected Extents +       –  ActiveShade

3DStudio Max 7Q Close +       – D Draw Region +       – R Render +       – S Select Object +       – Space Toggle Toolbar (Docked) +       –  Video Post

3DStudio Max 7Ctrl+F Add Image Filter Event +       – Ctrl+I Add Image Input Event +       – Ctrl+L Add Image Layer Event +       –

Ctrl+O Add Image Output Event +       – Ctrl+A Add New Event +       – Ctrl+S Add Scene Event +       – Ctrl+E Edit Current Event +       – Ctrl+R Execute Sequence +       – Ctrl+N New Sequence +       –  NURBS

3DStudio Max 7Alt+N CV Constrained Normal Move +       – Alt+U CV Constrained U Move +       – Alt+V CV Constrained V Move +       – Shft+Ctrl+C Display Curves +       – Ctrl+D Display Dependents +       – Ctrl+L Display Lattices +       – Alt+L Display Shaded Lattice +       – Shft+Ctrl+S Display Surfaces +       – Ctrl+T Display Toolbox +       – Shft+Ctrl+T Display Trims +       – Ctrl+H Local Select Sub-Object By Name +       – Space Lock 2D Selection +       – Ctrl+Right Arrow Select Next in U +       – Ctrl+Up Arrow Select Next in V +       – Ctrl+Left Arrow Select Previous in U +       – Ctrl+Down Arrow Select Previous in V +       – H Select Sub-Object By Name +       – Alt+1 Set Tessellation Preset 1 +       – Alt+2 Set Tessellation Preset 2 +       – Alt+3 Set Tessellation Preset 3 +       – Ctrl+S Soft Selection +       – Alt+Shft+Z Switch To Curve CV Level +       – Alt+Shft+C Switch To Curve Level +       – Alt+Shft+I Switch To Imports Level +       – Alt+Shft+P Switch To Point Level +       – Alt+Shft+V Switch To Surface CV Level +       – Alt+Shft+S Switch To Surface Level +       – Alt+Shft+T Switch To Top Level +       – Ctrl+X Transform Degrade +       –  Editable Poly

3DStudio Max 7Shft+Ctrl+B Bevel Mode +       – 3 Border Level +       – Shft+Ctrl+C Chamfer Mode +       – Shft+Ctrl+E Connect +       – Shft+X Constrain to Edges +       – Alt+C Cut +       – 2 Edge Level +       – 5 Element Level +       – Shft+E Extrude Mode +       – 4 Face Level +       – Ctrl+PageUp Grow Selection +       – Alt+I Hide Unselected +       – Alt+H Hide +       – 6 Object Level +       – Shft+Ctrl+Q Quickslice Mode +       – ; Repeat Last Operation +       – Alt+L Select Edge Loop +       – Alt+R Select Edge Ring +       – Ctrl+PageDown Shrink Selection +       – Alt+U Unhide All +       – 1 Vertex Level +       – Shft+Ctrl+W Weld Mode +       –  Edit/Editable Mesh

3DStudio Max 7Ctrl+V, Ctrl+B Bevel Mode +       – Ctrl+C Chamfer Mode +       – Alt+C Cut Mode +       – Ctrl+D Detach +       – Ctrl+I Edge Invisible +       – 2 Edge Level +       – Ctrl+T Edge Turn +       – 5 Element Level +       – Ctrl+E Extrude Mode +       – 3 Face Level +       – 4 Polygon Level +       – 1 Vertex Level +       – Ctrl+W Weld Selected +       –

Alt+W Weld Target Mode +       –  Edit Normals

3DStudio Max 7B Break Normals +       – Ctrl+C Copy Normal +       – Ctrl+3 Edge Level +       – Ctrl+4 Face Level +       – E Make Explicit +       – Ctrl+1 Normal Level +       – Ctrl+0 Object Level +       – Ctrl+V Paste Normal +       – R Reset Normals +       – S Specify Normals +       – U Unify Normals +       – Ctrl+2 Vertex Level +       –  FFD

3DStudio Max 7Alt+Shft+C Switch To Control Point Level +       – Alt+Shft+L Switch To Lattice Level +       – Alt+Shft+S Switch To Set Volume Level +       – Alt+Shft+T Switch To Top Level +       –  Edit Poly

3DStudio Max 7Shft+Ctrl+B Bevel Mode +       – 3 Border Level +       – Shft+Ctrl+C Chamfer Mode +       – Shft+Ctrl+E Connect +       – Shft+X Constrain to Edges +       – Alt+C Cut +       – 2 Edge Level +       – 5 Element Level +       – Shft+E Extrude Mode +       – Ctrl+PageUp Grow Selection +       – Alt+I Hide Unselected +       – Alt+H Hide +       –

6 Object Level +       – 4 Polygon Level +       – Shft+Ctrl+Q Quickslice Mode +       – ; Repeat Last Operation +       – Alt+L Select Edge Loop +       – Alt+R Select Edge Ring +       – Ctrl+PageDown Shrink Selection +       – Alt+U Unhide All +       – 1 Vertex Level +       – Shft+Ctrl+W Weld Mode +       –  Physique

3DStudio Max 7Ctrl+C Copy Envelope +       – Ctrl+D Delete +       – PageDown Next +       – Ctrl+V Paste Envelope +       – Shft+ Previous Selection Level +       – PageUp Previous +       – Ctrl+E Reset Envelopes +       –  Unwrap UVW

3DStudio Max 7Ctrl+B Break Selected Vertices +       – D, Ctrl+D Detach Edge Verts +       – Ctrl+E Edit UVW's +       – Alt+F Filter Selected Faces +       – Ctrl+F Freeze Selected +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+F Get Face Selection From Stack +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+P Get Selection From Faces +       – Ctrl+H Hide Selected +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+L Load UVW +       – Space Lock selected vertices +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+N Mirror Horizontal +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+M Mirror Vertical +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+J Move Horizontal +       – Alt+Shft+Ctrl+K Move Vertical +       – Ctrl+P Pan +       – Enter Planar map faces/patches +       –

Alt+E Show Seams In Viewport +       – Ctrl+S Snap +       – NumPad -, - Texture Vertex Contract Selection +       – NumPad +, = Texture Vertex Expand Selection +       – Q Texture Vertex Move Mode +       – Ctrl+R Texture Vertex Rotate Mode +       – Ctrl+W Texture Vertex Weld Selected +       – Ctrl+T Texture VertexTarget Weld +       – Ctrl+O Unwrap Options +       – Ctrl+U Update Map +       – Alt+Ctrl+Z Zoom Extents Selected +       – X Zoom Extents +       – Ctrl+X Zoom Region +       – Shft+Space Zoom To Gizmo +       – Z Zoom +       –  Crowd

3DStudio Max 7S Solve +       –  Biped

3DStudio Max 7Alt+Ctrl+S Change Leg State +       – Alt+M Collapse Move All Mode changes +       – Alt+C Copy Posture +       – Alt+Ctrl+F Fix Graphs +       – Alt+Ctrl+L Lock Selected Keys (toggle) +       – Alt+B Paste Posture Opposite +       – Alt+V Paste Posture +       – V Play Biped +       – Alt+K Reset all limb keys +       – Alt+Ctrl+E Scale In Transform (toggle) +       – 0 Set Key +       – Alt+R Set Range +       – Alt+T Toggle Biped Keys in TrackBar +       – Alt+D TV Select end of footsteps +       – Alt+S TV Select entire foostep +       – Alt+A TV Select start of foosteps +       –  

Biped Curve Editing

3DStudio Max 7Ctrl+A Pos Curve Relative To Bip Root +       – Ctrl+A Pos Curve Relative To World +       – Ctrl+A Show Pos Accel Curve +       – Ctrl+A Show Pos Curve +       – Ctrl+A Show Pos Jerk Curve +       – Ctrl+A Show Pos Speed Curve +       – Ctrl+A Show Quat Curve +       – Ctrl+A Show Rot Accel Curve +       – Ctrl+A Show Rot Speed Curve +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Draw Every Frame +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Layered Edit +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Limit Quat Curve to 180 +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Manipulate Subanims +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Show Z +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Show X +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Show Y +       – Ctrl+A Toggle Subanims +       –  Reaction Manager

3DStudio Max 7Ctrl+I Set Max Influence +       – Alt+I Set Min Influence +       –  Particle Flow

3DStudio Max 7; Particle Emission Toggle +       – 6 Particle View Toggle +       –  Particle Flow

3DStudio Max 7Shft+; Selected Particle Emission Toggle +       –  Particle Flow

3DStudio Max 7

Ctrl+C Copy Selected In Particle View +       – Ctrl+V Paste In Particle View +       – Ctrl+A Select All In Particle View +       –  ActiveShade (Scanline)

3DStudio Max 7P Initialize +       – U Update +       –  ToneOperatorAndRadiosityActionTable

3DStudio Max 79 Advanced Lighting Panel +       –  Object Display Culling

3DStudio Max 7Alt+O Object Display Culling +       –  WalkThrough

3DStudio Max 7Q Accelerate Toggle +       – S, Down Arrow Back +       – Z Decelerate Toggle +       – [ Decrease Step Size +       – C, Shft+Down Arrow Down +       – W, Up Arrow Forward +       – ] Increase Step Size +       – A, Left Arrow Left +       – Shft+Space Level +       – Space Lock Vertical Rotation +       – Alt+[ Reset Step Size +       – D, Right Arrow Right +       – E, Shft+Up Arrow Up +       –  Macro Scripts

3DStudio Max 7Ctrl+1 Add/Edit Parameters... (TV) +       –

Alt+P Cap (Poly) +       – Alt+Ctrl+C Collapse (Poly) +       – Alt+3 Collect Parameters SV +       – Alt+4 Collect Parameters TV +       – Ctrl+C Create Camera From View +       – Alt+C Cut (Poly) +       – Alt+E Extrude Face (Poly) +       – Alt+G Geometry Selection Visibility Toggle +       – Alt+Q Isolate Selection +       – Ctrl+M Meshsmooth (Poly) +       – Alt+2 Parameter Collector +       – Alt+1 Parameter Editor +       – Alt+5 Parameter Wiring Dialog... +       – 0 Render to Texture Dialog Toggle +       – R Smart Scale +       – Q Smart Select +       – Ctrl+5 Start Parameter Wiring... +       – 1 Sub-Object Level 1 +       – 2 Sub-Object Level 2 +       – 3 Sub-Object Level 3 +       – 4 Sub-Object Level 4 +       – 5 Sub-object Level 5 +       – Up Arrow WalkThrough View Mode +       –  Quad Menu Sets

3DStudio Max 7[Alt+RMB] Animation +       – [Shft+Ctrl+Alt+RMB] Custom +       – [Shft+Ctrl+RMB] Custom +       – [Ctrl+Alt+RMB] Lighting | Render +       – [Ctrl+RMB] Modeling +       – [Shft+Alt+RMB] reactor +       – [Shft+RMB] Snap +       – V Viewports +       –