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Autodesk 3ds Max keyboard shortcuts.

Here is the list of standard keyboard (and mouse) shortcuts predefined in Autodesk 3ds Max (shortcuts can be customized via Customize menu > Customize User Interface > Keyboard panel):

Function	Keyboard shortcut
Main UI
Adaptive Degradation Toggle	O
Align	Alt+A
Angle Snap Toggle	A
Arc Rotate View Mode	Ctrl+R
Auto Key Mode Toggle	N
Background Lock Toggle	Alt+Ctrl+B
Backup Time One Unit	,
Bottom View	B
Camera View	C
Clone	Ctrl+V
Cycle Active Snap Type	Alt+S
Cycle Selection Method	Ctrl+F
Cycle Snap Hit	Alt+Shift+S
Default Lighting Toggle	Ctrl+L
Delete Objects	.
Disable Viewport	D
Display as See-Through Toggle	Alt+X
Environment Dialog Toggle	8
Expert Mode Toggle	Ctrl+X
Fetch	Alt+Ctrl+F
Forward Time One Unit	.
Front View	F
Go to End Frame	End
Go to Start Frame	Home
Help	F1
Hide Cameras Toggle	Shift+C
Hide Geometry Toggle	Shift+G
Hide Grids Toggle	G
Hide Helpers Toggle	Shift+H
Hide Lights Toggle	Shift+L
Hide Particle Systems Toggle	Shift+P
Hide Shapes Toggle	Shift+S
Hide Space Warps Toggle	Shift+W
Hold	Alt+Ctrl+H
Isometric User View	U
Left View	L
Lock User Interface Toggle	Alt+0
Material Editor Toggle	M
Maximize Viewport Toggle	Alt+W
MAXScript Listener	F11
New Scene	Ctrl+N
Normal Align	Alt+N
Open File	Ctrl+O
Pan View	Ctrl+P
Pan Viewport	I
Percentage Snap Toggle	Shift+Ctrl+P
Perspective User View	P
Place Highlight	Ctrl+H
Play Animation	/
Quick Align	Shift+A
Quick Render	Shift+Q
Redo Scene Operation	Ctrl+Y
Redo Viewport Operation	Shift+Y
Redraw All Views	`
Render Last	F9
Render Scene Dialog Toggle	F10
Restrict Plane Cycle	F8
Restrict to X	F5
Restrict to Y	F6
Restrict to Z	F7
Save File	Ctrl+S
Scale Cycle	Ctrl+E
Select All	Ctrl+A
Select Ancestor	PageUp
Select and Move	W
Select and Rotate	E
Select By Name	H
Select Child	PageDown
Select Children	Ctrl+PageDown
Select Invert	Ctrl+I
Select None	Ctrl+D
Selection Lock Toggle	Spacebar
Set Key Mode	'
Set Keys	K
Shade Selected Faces Toggle	F2
Show Floating Dialogs	Ctrl+`
Show Main Toolbar Toggle	Alt+6
Show Safeframes Toggle	Shift+F
Show Selection Bracket Toggle	J
Snap To Frozen Objects Toggle	Alt+F2
Snaps Toggle	S
Snaps Use Axis Constraints Toggle	Alt+D, Alt+F3
Sound Toggle	\
Spacing Tool	Shift+I
Spot/Directional Light View	Shift+4
Sub-object Level Cycle	Insert
Sub-object Selection Toggle	Ctrl+B
Top View	T
Transform Gizmo Size Down	-
Transform Gizmo Size Up	=
Transform Gizmo Toggle	X
Transform Type-In Dialog Toggle	F12
Undo Scene Operation	Ctrl+Z
Undo Viewport Operation	Shift+Z
Update Background Image	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B
View Edged Faces Toggle	F4
Viewport Background	Alt+B
Virtual Viewport Pan Down	NumPad 2
Virtual Viewport Pan Left	NumPad 4
Virtual Viewport Pan Right	NumPad 6
Virtual Viewport Pan Up	NumPad 8
Virtual Viewport Toggle	NumPad /
Virtual Viewport Zoom In	NumPad +
Virtual Viewport Zoom Out	NumPad -
Wireframe / Smooth+Highlights Toggle	F3
Zoom Extents All Selected	Z
Zoom Extents All	Shift+Ctrl+Z
Zoom Extents	Alt+Ctrl+Z
Zoom In 2X	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Z
Zoom Mode	Alt+Z
Zoom Out 2X	Alt+Shift+Z
Zoom Region Mode	Ctrl+W
Zoom Viewport In	[, Ctrl+=
Zoom Viewport Out	], Ctrl+-
Snaps Action Table
Snap To Edge/Segment Toggle	Alt+F10
Snap To Endpoint Toggle	Alt+F8
Snap To Face Toggle	Alt+F11
Snap To Grid Points Toggle	Alt+F5
Snap To Midpoint Toggle	Alt+F9
Snap To Pivot Toggle	Alt+F6
Snap To Vertex Toggle	Alt+F7
Track View
Add Keys	A
Apply Ease Curve	Ctrl+E
Apply Multiplier Curve	Ctrl+M
Assign Controller	C
Copy Controller	Ctrl+C
Expand Object Toggle	O
Expand Track Toggle	Enter, T
Filters	Q
Lock Selection	Space
Lock Tangents Toggle	L
Make Controller Unique	U
Move Highlight Down	Down Arrow
Move Highlight Up	Up Arrow
Move Keys	M
Nudge Keys Left	Left Arrow
Nudge Keys Right	Right Arrow
Pan	P
Paste Controller	Ctrl+V
Scroll Down	Ctrl+Down Arrow
Scroll Up	Ctrl+Up Arrow
Snap Frames	S
Zoom Horizontal Extents Keys	Alt+X
Zoom	Z
Material Editor
Background	B
Backlight	L
Cycle 3X2, 5X3, 6X4 Sample Slots	X
Get Material	G
Go Backward to Sibling	Left Arrow
Go Forward to Sibling	Right Arrow
Go to Parent	Up Arrow
Make Preview	P
Options	O
Schematic View
Add Bookmark	B
Display Floater	D
Filters	P
Free All	Alt+F
Free Selected	Alt+S
Invert Selected Nodes	Ctrl+I
Move Children	Alt+C
Next Bookmark	Right Arrow
Previous Bookmark	Left Arrow
Rename Object	R
Select All Nodes	Ctrl+A
Select Children	Ctrl+C
Select None	Ctrl+D
Show Grid	G
Toggle Shrink	Ctrl+S
Use Connect Tool	C
Use Select Tool	S
Zoom Selected Extents	Z
ActiveShade
Close	Q
Draw Region	D
Render	R
Select Object	S
Toggle Toolbar (Docked)	Space
Video Post
Add Image Filter Event	Ctrl+F
Add Image Input Event	Ctrl+I
Add Image Layer Event	Ctrl+L
Add Image Output Event	Ctrl+O
Add New Event	Ctrl+A
Add Scene Event	Ctrl+S
Edit Current Event	Ctrl+E
Execute Sequence	Ctrl+R
New Sequence	Ctrl+N
NURBS
CV Constrained Normal Move	Alt+N
CV Constrained U Move	Alt+U
CV Constrained V Move	Alt+V
Display Curves	Shift+Ctrl+C
Display Dependents	Ctrl+D
Display Lattices	Ctrl+L
Display Shaded Lattice	Alt+L
Display Surfaces	Shift+Ctrl+S
Display Toolbox	Ctrl+T
Display Trims	Shift+Ctrl+T
Local Select Sub-Object By Name	Ctrl+H
Lock 2D Selection	Space
Select Next in U	Ctrl+Right Arrow
Select Next in V	Ctrl+Up Arrow
Select Previous in U	Ctrl+Left Arrow
Select Previous in V	Ctrl+Down Arrow
Select Sub-Object By Name	H
Set Tessellation Preset 1	Alt+1
Set Tessellation Preset 2	Alt+2
Set Tessellation Preset 3	Alt+3
Soft Selection	Ctrl+S
Switch To Curve CV Level	Alt+Shift+Z
Switch To Curve Level	Alt+Shift+C
Switch To Imports Level	Alt+Shift+I
Switch To Point Level	Alt+Shift+P
Switch To Surface CV Level	Alt+Shift+V
Switch To Surface Level	Alt+Shift+S
Switch To Top Level	Alt+Shift+T
Transform Degrade	Ctrl+X
Editable Poly
Bevel Mode	Shift+Ctrl+B
Border Level	3
Chamfer Mode	Shift+Ctrl+C
Connect	Shift+Ctrl+E
Constrain to Edges	Shift+X
Cut	Alt+C
Edge Level	2
Element Level	5
Extrude Mode	Shift+E
Face Level	4
Grow Selection	Ctrl+PageUp
Hide Unselected	Alt+I
Hide	Alt+H
Object Level	6
Quickslice Mode	Shift+Ctrl+Q
Repeat Last Operation	;
Select Edge Loop	Alt+L
Select Edge Ring	Alt+R
Shrink Selection	Ctrl+PageDown
Unhide All	Alt+U
Vertex Level	1
Weld Mode	Shift+Ctrl+W
Edit/Editable Mesh
Bevel Mode	Ctrl+V, Ctrl+B
Chamfer Mode	Ctrl+C
Cut Mode	Alt+C
Detach	Ctrl+D
Edge Invisible	Ctrl+I
Edge Level	2
Edge Turn	Ctrl+T
Element Level	5
Extrude Mode	Ctrl+E
Face Level	3
Polygon Level	4
Vertex Level	1
Weld Selected	Ctrl+W
Weld Target Mode	Alt+W
Edit Normals
Break Normals	B
Copy Normal	Ctrl+C
Edge Level	Ctrl+3
Face Level	Ctrl+4
Make Explicit	E
Normal Level	Ctrl+1
Object Level	Ctrl+0
Paste Normal	Ctrl+V
Reset Normals	R
Specify Normals	S
Unify Normals	U
Vertex Level	Ctrl+2
FFD
Switch To Control Point Level	Alt+Shift+C
Switch To Lattice Level	Alt+Shift+L
Switch To Set Volume Level	Alt+Shift+S
Switch To Top Level	Alt+Shift+T
Edit Poly
Bevel Mode	Shift+Ctrl+B
Border Level	3
Chamfer Mode	Shift+Ctrl+C
Connect	Shift+Ctrl+E
Constrain to Edges	Shift+X
Cut	Alt+C
Edge Level	2
Element Level	5
Extrude Mode	Shift+E
Grow Selection	Ctrl+PageUp
Hide Unselected	Alt+I
Hide	Alt+H
Object Level	6
Polygon Level	4
Quickslice Mode	Shift+Ctrl+Q
Repeat Last Operation	;
Select Edge Loop	Alt+L
Select Edge Ring	Alt+R
Shrink Selection	Ctrl+PageDown
Unhide All	Alt+U
Vertex Level	1
Weld Mode	Shift+Ctrl+W
Physique
Copy Envelope	Ctrl+C
Delete	Ctrl+D
Next	PageDown
Paste Envelope	Ctrl+V
Previous Selection Level	Shift+I
Previous	PageUp
Reset Envelopes	Ctrl+E
Unwrap UVW
Break Selected Vertices	Ctrl+B
Detach Edge Verts	D, Ctrl+D
Edit UVW's	Ctrl+E
Filter Selected Faces	Alt+F
Freeze Selected	Ctrl+F
Get Face Selection From Stack	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F
Get Selection From Faces	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P
Hide Selected	Ctrl+H
Load UVW	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L
Lock selected vertices	Space
Mirror Horizontal	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+N
Mirror Vertical	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M
Move Horizontal	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+J
Move Vertical	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K
Pan	Ctrl+P
Planar map faces/patches	Enter
Show Seams In Viewport	Alt+E
Snap	Ctrl+S
Texture Vertex Contract Selection	NumPad -, -
Texture Vertex Expand Selection	NumPad +, =
Texture Vertex Move Mode	Q
Texture Vertex Rotate Mode	Ctrl+R
Texture Vertex Weld Selected	Ctrl+W
Texture VertexTarget Weld	Ctrl+T
Unwrap Options	Ctrl+O
Update Map	Ctrl+U
Zoom Extents Selected	Alt+Ctrl+Z
Zoom Extents	X
Zoom Region	Ctrl+X
Zoom To Gizmo	Shift+Space
Zoom	Z
Crowd
Solve	S
Biped
Change Leg State	Alt+Ctrl+S
Collapse Move All Mode changes	Alt+M
Copy Posture	Alt+C
Fix Graphs	Alt+Ctrl+F
Lock Selected Keys (toggle)	Alt+Ctrl+L
Paste Posture Opposite	Alt+B
Paste Posture	Alt+V
Play Biped	V
Reset all limb keys	Alt+K
Scale In Transform (toggle)	Alt+Ctrl+E
Set Key	0
Set Range	Alt+R
Toggle Biped Keys in TrackBar	Alt+T
TV Select end of footsteps	Alt+D
TV Select entire foostep	Alt+S
TV Select start of foosteps	Alt+A
Reaction Manager
Set Max Influence	Ctrl+I
Set Min Influence	Alt+I
Particle Flow
Particle Emission Toggle	;
Particle View Toggle	6
Selected Particle Emission Toggle	Shift+;
Copy Selected In Particle View	Ctrl+C
Paste In Particle View	Ctrl+V
Select All In Particle View	Ctrl+A
Object Display Culling
Object Display Culling	Alt+O
WalkThrough
Accelerate Toggle	Q
Back	S, Down Arrow
Decelerate Toggle	Z
Decrease Step Size	[
Down	C, Shift+Down Arrow
Forward	W, Up Arrow
Increase Step Size	]
Left	A, Left Arrow
Level	Shift+Space
Lock Vertical Rotation	Space
Reset Step Size	Alt+[
Right	D, Right Arrow
Up	E, Shift+Up Arrow
Macro Scripts
Add/Edit Parameters... (TV)	Ctrl+1
Cap (Poly)	Alt+P
Collapse (Poly)	Alt+Ctrl+C
Collect Parameters SV	Alt+3
Collect Parameters TV	Alt+4
Create Camera From View	Ctrl+C
Cut (Poly)	Alt+C
Extrude Face (Poly)	Alt+E
Geometry Selection Visibility Toggle	Alt+G
Isolate Selection	Alt+Q
Meshsmooth (Poly)	Ctrl+M
Parameter Collector	Alt+2
Parameter Editor	Alt+1
Parameter Wiring Dialog	Alt+5
Render to Texture Dialog Toggle	0
Smart Scale	R
Smart Select	Q
Start Parameter Wiring	Ctrl+5
Sub-Object Level 1	1
Sub-Object Level 2	2
Sub-Object Level 3	3
Sub-Object Level 4	4
Sub-object Level 5	5
WalkThrough View Mode	Up Arrow
Quad Menu Sets
Animation	[Alt+RMB]
Custom	[Shift+Ctrl+Alt+RMB]
Custom	[Shift+Ctrl+RMB]
Lighting \| Render	[Ctrl+Alt+RMB]
Modeling	[Ctrl+RMB]
Reactor	[Shift+Alt+RMB]
Snap	[Shift+RMB]
Viewports	V

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