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Keyboard Shortcuts
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Keyboard Shortcut
Override Toggle
Use these default keyboard shortcuts to help you accomplish common tasks.
Default Hotkeys
Edit hotkeys
Object Properties
The following table provides hotkeys for edit commands.
List of Available Utilities
Command Hotkey
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Restrict plane cycle F8
contents In-Product View
Restrict to x F5

Restrict to y F6

Restrict to z F7

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Scale cycle Ctrl + E

Sub-object level cycle Insert

General hotkeys
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

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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

Selection hotkeys
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

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Select none Spacebar

Selection lock toggle Ctrl + D

Sub-object selection toggle Ctrl + B

Show/hide hotkeys
The following table provides hotkeys for showing/hiding elements.

Command Hotkey

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

Snap hotkeys
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

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Sub-level hotkeys
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

Time hotkeys
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

Viewport hotkeys
The following table provides hotkeys for general viewport commands.

Command Hotkey

Arc rotate view mode Ctrl + R

Create camera from view Ctrl + C

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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

Viewport background hotkeys

The following table provides hotkeys for viewport commands related to the
background.

Command Hotkey

Background lock toggle Alt + Ctrl + B

Update background image Alt + Ctrl + ShiftB

Viewport background Alt + B

Viewport display hotkeys

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 +

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Wireframe/smooth + highlight toggle F3

View edged faces toggle F4

Viewport zoom hotkeys

The following table provides hotkeys for viewport zoom commands.

Command Hotkey

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 + -

View hotkeys
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

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Virtual viewport hotkeys

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 -

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