3ds Max Cheat Sheet

by oguzkonya via cheatography.com/617/cs/265/

General user interface

General user interface (cont'd)

Editable Poly

New scene

Ctrl + N

Open MAXScript listener

F11

Vertex level

Shade selected faces

F2

Open last used explorer

Alt + Ctrl + Q

Edge level

Wireframe/smooth & highlights

F3

Isolate selection

Alt + Q

Border level

View edged faces

F4

Maximise viewport

Alt + W

Poly level

Selection lock

Space

Place highlight

Ctrl + H

Element level

Select

Select by name/select from

Extrude mode

Shift + E

Add to selection

Ctrl + LMB

scene

Bevel mode

Ctrl + Shift + B

Remove from selection

Alt + LMB

Select none

Ctrl + D

Chamfer mode

Ctrl + Shift + C

Select invert

Ctrl + I

Connect

Ctrl + Shift + E

Select ancestor

Page Up

Edge constraint

Shift + X

Select child

Page Down

Target weld

Ctrl + Shift + W

Hide grids

Clone

Ctrl+V

Cut

Alt + C

Snaps

Adaptive degradation

Quickslice

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Expert mode

Ctrl + X

Hide

Alt + H

Zoom mode

Alt + Z

Hide unselected

Alt + I

Zoom extents (single

Ctrl + Alt + Z

Unhide All

Alt + U

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Quad Menus

Move

Rotate

Scale

Angle snap

Percent snap

Ctrl + Shift + P

Create camera from view

Ctrl + C

Restrict movement along specific

F5 - F7

axis
Restrict plane cycle

F8

Render last

F9

Quick render

Shift + Q

Render scene dialogue

F10

Render to texture dialogue

0 (zero)

Material editor

Particle view

Environment and effects dialogue

Open advanced lighting panel

Viewport)
Zoom extents (all
Viewports)
Zoom selected (all

Viewports)
Pan

MMB

Zoom

Ctrl+Alt+MMB or Scroll

Animation

Alt + RMB

Lighting/render

Ctrl + Alt + RMB

Modelling

Ctrl + RMB

Reactor

Alt + Shift + RMB

MMB

Snap

Shift + RMB

Arc rotate view mode

Ctrl + R

Viewports

Undo scene operation

Ctrl + Z

Redo scene operation

Ctrl + Y

Undo viewport operation

Shift + Z

Views
Top

Bottom

Left

Front

Isometric user

Perspective user

Camera

Spot/directional light

Shift + 4

Cheatographer

Redo viewport operation

Shift + Y

Show safeframes

Shift + F

Show statistics

Auto key mode

Hide/show cameras

Shift + C

Hide/show geometry

Shift + G

Hide/show helpers

Shift + H

Hide/show lights

Shift + L

Hide/show particle systems

Shift + P

Hide/show shapes

Shift + S

Hide/show space warps

Shift + W

Display as see-through

Alt + X

Material Editor
Background

Backlight

Cycle 3x2, 5x3, 6x4 sample slots

Get material

Go backward to sibling

Left arrow

Go forward to sibling

Right arrow

Go to parent

Up arrow

Make preview

Options

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