3DStudio Max 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

SHORTCUT	ACTION
Snaps Action Table
Alt+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
O	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
A	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
B	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
B	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
Q	Close
D	Draw Region
R	Render
S	Select Object
Space	Toggle Toolbar (Docked)
Video Post
Ctrl+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
Alt+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
Shft+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
Ctrl+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
B	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
Alt+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
Shft+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
Ctrl+C	Copy Envelope
Ctrl+D	Delete
PageDown	Next
Ctrl+V	Paste Envelope
Shft+	Previous Selection Level
PageUp	Previous
Ctrl+E	Reset Envelopes
Unwrap UVW
Ctrl+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
S	Solve
Biped
Alt+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
Ctrl+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
Ctrl+I	Set Max Influence
Alt+I	Set Min Influence
Particle Flow
;	Particle Emission Toggle
6	Particle View Toggle
Shft+;	Selected Particle Emission Toggle
Ctrl+C	Copy Selected In Particle View
Ctrl+V	Paste In Particle View
Ctrl+A	Select All In Particle View
ActiveShade (Scanline)
P	Initialize
U	Update
ToneOperatorAndRadiosityActionTable
9	Advanced Lighting Panel
Object Display Culling
Alt+O	Object Display Culling
WalkThrough
Q	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
Ctrl+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
[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