Unwrap UVW Shortcuts

To use keyboard shortcuts for the Unwrap UVW modifier, the Keyboard Shortcut Override Toggle must be on.

In general, this table includes only functions that have default keyboard shortcuts and functions with descriptions that are not documented in the Unwrap UVW reference topics.

Unwrap UVW Function	Keyboard Shortcut	Description
Allow Selections Inside Transform Gizmo		Lets you select vertices inside the gizmo by +clicking or +clicking a vertex. When turned on, you can move only by dragging over empty space.
Always Bring Up The Edit Window		When on, the Edit UVWs dialog automatically opens when you access the Unwrap UVW modifier.
Blend Tiles To Background		Lets you blend the image in the Edit UVWs dialog with the background color. At 0 the image will be hidden while at 1 it will be at full intensity.
Box Map
Break Selected Vertices	+B	Breaks selected vertices so no texture polygon shares them; the same as breaking a vertex in Edit Mesh.
Brightness Affects Center Tile		The brightness control for the tile of image at 0,0 of the Edit UVWs dialog.
Contract Geom. Polygons		Shrinks the polygon selection in the viewport.
Copy		Copies the current polygon selection texture data into the paste buffer.
Cylindrical Map
Detach Edge Vertices	D, +D	Detaches the selected vertices into a separate element.
Display Seams		Highlights edges that are seams in texture space in the Edit UVWs dialog. A seam is an edge that has only one polygon attached to it.
Edge Sel to Pelt Seam (Add)		Converts the edge selection to pelt seams, adding to the current pelt seams.
Edge Sel to Pelt Seam (Replace)		Converts the edge selection to pelt seams, replacing the current pelt seams.
Edge Snap
Edge to Polygon Select		Converts an edge selection into a polygon selection.
Edge to Vertex Select		Converts an edge selection into a vertex selection.
Edit UVWs	+E	Opens the Edit UVWs dialog.
Expand Geom. Polygons		Grows the polygon selection in the viewport.
Polygon to Edge Select		Converts a polygon selection into an edge selection.
Polygon to Vertex Select		Converts a polygon selection into a vertex selection.
Filter Selected Polygons	+F	When on, only polygons that are selected in the viewport will be displayed in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Flatten Map		Lays out the UV space so that no texture polygons overlap.
Flatten Map Dialog		Opens the dialog for Flatten Mapping settings.
Flip Horizontal		Detaches the current selection and then mirrors it in the U direction.
Flip Vertical		Detaches the current selection and then mirrors it in the V direction.
Freeform Mode		Toggles freeform editing tool in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Freeze Selected	+F	Locks the current selection so you cannot select it anymore.
Geom. Edge Loop Selection
Geom. Edge Ring Selection
Geom. Element Select Mode		Puts you in an element-select mode for selecting polygons in the viewport.
Get Polygon Selection From Stack	+++F	Copies the polygon selection from the modifier stack to the polygon selection that Unwrap UVW uses.
Get Selection From Polygons	+++P	Transfers the polygon selection in the viewport to the selection in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Grid Snap		Turns on grid snapping.
Grid Visible		Toggles grid visibility.
Hide Selected	+H	Hides the current selection in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Ignore Back Polygons		When on you can select only polygons in the viewport that are facing you.
Load Defaults		Loads the UI defaults from an .ini file.
Load UVW	+++L	Lets you load a .uvw file onto a mesh. The mesh must have similar topology as the source.
Lock Selected Vertices		Locks the selection so you cannot add to or remove from it.
Mapping Align Normals
Mapping Align To View
Mapping Align X		Aligns the mapping gizmo to the X axis of the object's local coordinate system.
Mapping Align Y		Aligns the mapping gizmo to the Y axis of the object's local coordinate system.
Mapping Align Z		Aligns the mapping gizmo to the Z axis of the object's local coordinate system.
Mapping Center		Moves the mapping gizmo so that its pivot coincides with the center of the selection.
Mapping Fit		Scales the gizmo to the extents of the selection and centers it on the selection. Does not change the orientation.
Mapping Reset		Scales the gizmo to fit the selection and aligns it with the object's local space.
Mirror Horizontal	+++N	Mirrors the current selection along the U axis.
Mirror Vertical	+++M	Mirrors the current selection along the V axis.
Move Horizontal	+++J
Move Vertical	+++K
Normal Map		This creates a mapping based on the polygon normals.
Normal Map Dialog		Opens a dialog for making Normal Mapping settings.
Open Edge Mode		When turned on, selecting an open edge selects all attached open edges.
Open Edge Select		Selects all open edges connected to the current selection.
Pack		Lays out all selected elements so they don't overlap.
Pack Dialog		Opens the Pack dialog.
Paint Select Decrement Cursor Size		Applies to the Sketch tool.
Paint Select Increment Cursor Size		Applies to the Sketch tool.
Paint Select Mode		Applies to the Sketch tool.
Pan	+P
Paste		Pastes the contents of the paste buffer onto the selection. For best results the source and target should have similar topology.
Paste Instance		The pasted and source UVs will share the same vertices.
Pelt Always Show Seams		Toggles display of the pelt seams in the viewports.
Pelt Dialog		Opens the Pelt Map Parameters dialog
Pelt Dialog Mirror Stretcher		Mirrors the stretcher points from one side of the mirror axis to the other.
Pelt Dialog Relax Simulation Heavy		Causes a relatively strong normalization of the distances between mapping vertices.
Pelt Dialog Relax Simulation Light		Causes a relatively weak normalization of the distances between mapping vertices.
Pelt Dialog Reset Stretcher		Returns the stretcher and the pelt UVs to their default shape and orientation.
Pelt Dialog Run Simulation		Runs the simulation, pulling the pelt seam vertices towards the stretcher points.
Pelt Dialog Select Pelt UVs		Selects all pelt UVs.
Pelt Dialog Select Stretcher		Selects all stretcher UVs.
Pelt Dialog Snap Seams		Aligns all the stretcher points to the edge seams on the pelt UVs.
Pelt Dialog Straighten Stretcher		Lets you specify a polygonal outline for the stretcher by moving points.
Pelt Edit Seams		Lets you specify a pelt seam by selecting edges with the mouse in the viewports.
Pelt Expand Selection To Seams		Expands the current polygon selection to meet the pelt seam border(s).
Pelt Map		Activates pelt-mapping mode.
Pelt Seam to Edge Sel (Add)		Converts the pelt seam to an edge selection, adding to the current edge selection.
Pelt Seam to Edge Sel (Replace)		Converts the pelt seam to an edge selection, replacing the current edge selection.
Pivot Snap ... (nine shortcuts)		Snaps the Freeform gizmo pivot to the specified gizmo edge.
Planar Map Faces/Patches		Applies a planar map to the current selection.
Planar Threshold		Turns on the Modify panel Planar Angle checkbox.
Point to Point Edge Selection		Lets you specify pelt seams by selecting vertices with the mouse in the viewports.
Polygon Mode		Applies only to triangle meshes. When turned on (the default), if you select a triangular face, 3ds Max will select all faces that belong to the poly that owns that face.
Polygon Select		Expands the current face selection to the poly.
Prevent Reflattening		When on, keeps Render To Texture from reflattening the mapping.
Relax		Applies the default Relax Tool settings to the current texture vertex selection.
Relax Dialog		Opens the Relax Tool dialog.
Render UVW Template		Renders the UVW coordinates to a bitmap.
Reset Pivot On Selection		When turned on (the default), the Freeform gizmo pivot is reset to the center every time the selection changes, otherwise the pivot maintains its offset.
Reset UVWs		Sets texture coordinates to the original values before Unwrap was applied.
Save Current Settings As Default		Saves current UI values to the default .ini file.
Save UVW		Lets you save the UVW data to disk as a .uvw file, which can be read in later or onto another mesh if they have similar topology.
Scale Horizontal		Scales the selection along the U axis.
Scale Vertical		Scales the selection along the V axis.
Select Inverted Polygons		Selects any polygons in the Edit UVWs dialog that are not facing you.
Select Overlapped Polygons		Selects overlapping polygons in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Show Edge Distortion		Uses a green-to-red color range to depict distortion.
Show Hidden Edges		Toggles display of all edges.
Show Map		Toggles display of the image map.
Show Seams in Viewport	+E	Toggles display of cluster seams in the viewport. Works only when Edit UVWs dialog has focus.
Show Shared Sub-objects		Shows sub-objects that share edges/vertices.
Show Subobject Counter		Displays the number of selected objects in the editor window.
Show Vertex Connections		Tags all texture vertices that share the same geometry vertex with a unique ID.
Sketch		Activates Sketch Vertices.
Sketch Dialog
Sketch Reverse Vertex Order		Reverses the order of the selected vertices for Sketch mode. Applies to the Use Current Selection option for Sketch.
Snap	+S	Toggles snapping.
Snap to Grid/Vertex/Edge		Sets the snap type.
Soft Selection Edge Distance		Equivalent to turning on Edge Distance.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 1		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 2		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 3		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 4		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 5		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 6		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 7		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Soft Selection Edge Distance Range 8		Set Edge Distance to the specified value.
Spherical Map		Applies spherical mapping.
Stitch		Stitches together shared edges of a polygon.
Stitch Dialog		Opens the properties for the Stitch command.
Sync Selection Mode		Same as Sync to Viewport
Sync Texture Selection to Viewport		Synchronizes the selection in the Edit UVWs dialog to the selection in the viewport.
Sync Viewport Selection to Texture		Synchronizes the selection in the viewport to the selection in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Texture Vertex Contract Selection	- (minus sign), - (on numeric keypad)	Shrinks the selection in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Texture Vertex Expand Selection	= (equal sign), + (on numeric keypad)	Grows the selection in the Edit UVWs dialog.
Texture Vertex Move Mode	Q	Lets you move vertices in editor.
Texture Vertex Rotate Mode	+R	Lets you rotate vertices in editor.
Texture Vertex Scale Mode		Lets you scale vertices in editor.
Texture Vertex Weld Selected	+W	Welds selected vertices in editor.
Texture Vertex Target Weld	+T	Lets you target-weld selected vertices in editor.
TV Edge Sub-object Mode		TV=Texture Vertex
TV Element Mode		TV=Texture Vertex
TV Polygon Sub-object Mode		TV=Texture Vertex
TV Vertex Sub-object Mode		TV=Texture Vertex
Unfold Map
Unfold Map Dialog
Unfreeze All		Unfreezes all frozen elements.
Unhide All		Unhides all hidden elements.
Unwrap Options	+O (letter "o")
Update Map	+U	Updates map in editor.
UV Edge Mode		When on, selecting an edge expands the selection to include all edges in its loop.
UV Edge Select		Expands an existing edge selection to include all edges in its loop.
Vertex Snap
Vertex To Edge Select		Converts vertex selection to an edge selection and puts the editor in Edge mode.
Vertex To Polygon Select		Converts vertex selection to a polygon selection and puts the editor in Polygon mode.
Zoom	Z
Zoom Extents	X
Zoom Extents Selected	++Z
Zoom Region	+X
Zoom Selected Element
Zoom to Gizmo	+