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
Cheat Sheet
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