3Ds max Basic shortcut keys

AutoDesk 3Ds MAX

Below is a list of keyboard shortcuts that help speed up workflow and efficiency. It’s always a good idea to try and use the keyboard over mouse-clicks as it saves a large amount of time.

1. Alt + B Set blueprint/image on the viewport 
2. Alt + C Cut tool 
3. G Hide or unhide the grid 
4. 1 Quickly access the Vertex mode 
5. 2 Quickly access the Edge mode 
6. 3 Quickly access the Border mode 
7. 4 Quickly access the Polygon mode 
8. 5 Quickly access the Element mode 
9. Ctrl + Alt + Drag with middle mouse button Zoom out/in the viewport 
10. Z Zoom a selected object
11. Alt + L   Select edge loop 
12. Alt + R Select edge ring 
13. Shift + Q and F9 Render the current frame  
14. H Select from scene
15. Ctrl + C and C Create camera Camera view 
16. Shift + drag or Ctrl + V Make a clone of an object as a copy or instance
17. F4 Activate or deactivate edged faces view mode 
18. F3 Turn on/off the wireframe mode 
19. Alt + X Turn on/off the x-ray mode 
20. Ctrl + X Enable or disable the expert mode 
21. X ‘+’ or ‘-’ Hide or unhide to the pivot. Increase or decrease the size of the pivot  
22. Alt + Q Isolation mode
23. 9 Quickly open the render setup 
24. Shift + F Show or hide the safe frames 
25. Backspace Delete an edge or vertex  
26. 7 Poly counts 
27. Alt + 6 Show or hide main toolbar 
28. Shift + C Hide or unhide the camera  
29. End Home Go to the end of the animation timeline Go to the start of the animation timeline  
30. / Play or stop the animation time slider 

Thank you for reading this, and I hope you will find it useful.