Use these default keyboard shortcuts to help you accomplish common tasks.
The following table provides hotkeys for edit commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Restrict plane cycle | F8 |
Restrict to x | F5 |
Restrict to y | F6 |
Restrict to z | F7 |
Scale cycle | Ctrl + E |
Sub-object level cycle | Insert |
The following table provides hotkeys for general commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Adaptive degradation toggle | O |
Clone | Ctrl + V |
Environment dialog toggle | 8 |
Exit | Esc |
Expert mode toggle | Ctrl + X |
Fetch | Alt + Ctrl + F |
Help | F1 |
Lock user interface toggle | Alt + 0 |
Material editor toggle | M |
MAXScript Listener | F11 |
New scene | Ctrl + N |
Open file | Ctrl + O |
Quick render | Shift + Q |
Render last | F9 |
Render scene dialog toggle | F10 |
Redo scene operation | Ctrl + Y |
Render to texture dialog toggle | 0 |
Redo viewport operation | Shift + Y |
Save file | Ctrl + S |
Selection lock toggle | ̺̺Spacebar |
Search all actions | X |
Spacing tool | Shift + I |
Transform type-in dialog toggle | F12 |
Undo scene operation | Ctrl + Z |
Undo viewport operation | Shift + Z |
The following table provides hotkeys for selection commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Align | Alt+ A |
Cycle selection method | Alt+ F |
Hold | Alt + Ctrl + H |
Normal align | Alt + N |
Quick align | Shift + N |
Select | N |
Select all | Ctrl + A |
Select ancestor | PgUp |
Select and move | W |
Select and rotate | E |
Select and scale | R |
Select by name | H |
Select child | PgDn |
Select children | Ctrl + PgDn |
Select invert | Ctrl + I |
Select none | Spacebar |
Selection lock toggle | Ctrl + D |
Sub-object selection toggle | Ctrl + B |
The following table provides hotkeys for showing/hiding elements.
Command | Hotkey |
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Geometry toggle | Shift+ G |
Grids toggle | G |
Helpers toggle | Shift + H |
Particle systems toggle | Shift+ P |
Snaps toggle | Shift + S |
Space warps toggle | Shift + W |
The following table provides hotkeys for snap commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Angle snap toggle | A |
Cycle active snap type | Alt+ S |
Cycle snap hit | Alt+ Shift + S |
Percentage snap toggle | Ctrl+ Shift + P |
Snap to frozen objects toggle | Alt + F2 |
Snaps toggle | S |
Snaps use axis constraints toggle | Alt + F3 |
Snaps use axis constraints toggle | Alt + D |
The following table provides hotkeys for sub-level commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Border level | 3 |
Edge level | 2 |
Element level | 5 |
Object level | 6 |
Polygon level | 4 |
Vertex level | 1 |
The following table provides hotkeys for time commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Autokey mode toggle | N |
Backup time one unit | ' |
Forward time one unit | . |
Go to end frame | End |
Go to start frame | Home |
Set keys | K |
The following table provides hotkeys for general viewport commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Arc rotate view mode | Ctrl + R |
Create camera from view | Ctrl + C |
Default lighting toggle | Ctrl + L |
Display as see-through toggle | Alt + X |
Maximize viewport toggle | Alt + W |
Place highlight | Ctrl + H |
Spot/Directional-light view | Shift + 4 |
The following table provides hotkeys for viewport commands related to the background.
Command | Hotkey |
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Background lock toggle | Alt + Ctrl + B |
Update background image | Alt + Ctrl + ShiftB |
Viewport background | Alt + B |
The following table provides hotkeys for viewport display commands related.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Disable viewport | D |
Display viewport statistics toggle | 7 |
Pan view | Ctrl + P |
Pan viewport | I |
Shade selected faces toggle | F2 |
Show safe frame toggle | Shift + F |
Show selection bracket toggle | J |
Transform gizmo size down | - |
Transform gizmo size up | + |
Wireframe/smooth + highlight toggle | F3 |
View edged faces toggle | F4 |
The following table provides hotkeys for viewport zoom commands.
Command | Hotkey |
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Zoom extents | Alt+ Ctrl + Z |
Zoom extents all | Ctrl+ Shift + Z |
Zoom extents all selected | Z |
Zoom in 2x | Alt+ Ctrl + Shift + Z |
Zoom mode | Alt + Z |
Zoom out 2x | Alt + Shift + Z |
Zoom region mode | Ctrl + W |
Zoom viewport in | Ctrl + + |
Zoom viewport out | Ctrl + - |
The following table provides hotkeys for view commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Bottom view | B |
Camera view | C |
Front view | F |
Isometric user view | U |
Left view | L |
Perspective user view | P |
Top view | T |
The following table provides hotkeys for virtual viewport (num-block) commands.
Command | Hotkey |
---|---|
Pan down | 2 |
Pan left | 4 |
Pan right | 8 |
Pan up | 6 |
Virtual viewport toggle | / |
Virtual viewport zoom in | + |
Virtual viewport zoom out | - |