Autodesk 3ds Max keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 83 Autodesk 3ds Max 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Q — Select Object
  • W — Move
  • E — Rotate
  • R — Scale
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Select and Link
  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Y — Redo
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Delete — Delete
  • Ctrl+A — Select All
  • Ctrl+D — Select None
  • Ctrl+I — Select Invert
  • Ctrl+V — Clone
  • Ctrl+O — Open File
  • Ctrl+S — Save File
  • Ctrl+N — New File
  • Shift+Q — Render
  • F9 — Render Last
  • F10 — Render Setup
  • Shift+Q — Quick Render
  • 8 — Environment
  • M — Material Editor
  • Ctrl+G — Schematic View
  • Ctrl+F — Graph Editors
  • Ctrl+G — Track View Curve Editor
  • F — Front View
  • T — Top View
  • L — Left View
  • B — Bottom View
  • P — Perspective View
  • C — Camera View
  • U — User View
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Zoom Extents All
  • Ctrl+Alt+Z — Zoom All
  • Alt+W — Maximize Viewport Toggle
  • Ctrl+X — Expert Mode
  • F3 — Wireframe/Smooth+Highlights
  • F4 — Edged Faces
  • G — Grid Toggle
  • S — Snap Toggle
  • A — Angle Snap Toggle
  • S — Snap to Grid
  • W — Select and Move
  • E — Select and Rotate
  • R — Select and Scale
  • 1 — Sub-Object Level 1
  • 2 — Sub-Object Level 2
  • 3 — Sub-Object Level 3
  • 4 — Sub-Object Level 4
  • 5 — Sub-Object Level 5
  • 2 — Modify Tab
  • 1 — Create Tab
  • 3 — Hierarchy Tab
  • 4 — Motion Tab
  • 5 — Display Tab
  • 6 — Utilities Tab
  • Home — Go to Start
  • End — Go to End
  • Comma — Previous Frame
  • Period — Next Frame
  • Slash — Play
  • K — Set Key
  • N — Auto Key Toggle
  • Shift+K — Set Key Mode
  • Slash — Play Animation
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Time Configuration
  • Alt+H — Hide Selection
  • Alt+U — Unhide All
  • Alt+F — Freeze Selection
  • Shift+Alt+F — Unfreeze All
  • Alt+Q — Isolate Selection
  • Ctrl+G — Group
  • Ctrl+Shift+G — Ungroup
  • Ctrl+Alt+G — Open Group
  • Ctrl+Alt+G — Close Group
  • Ctrl+M — Mirror
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Array
  • Alt+A — Align
  • Shift+A — Quick Align
  • Alt+N — Normal Align
  • Shift+I — Spacing Tool
  • Alt+MouseMiddle — Orbit View
  • MouseMiddle — Pan View
  • Ctrl+Alt+MouseMiddle — Zoom View
  • MouseLeft — Select
  • WheelUp — Zoom In
  • WheelDown — Zoom Out

Other 3D & VFX apps

  • Blender shortcuts
  • Cinema 4D shortcuts
  • Fusion 360 shortcuts
  • Houdini shortcuts
  • KeyShot shortcuts
  • Mari shortcuts
  • Marvelous Designer shortcuts
  • Autodesk Maya shortcuts
  • Modo shortcuts
  • Substance 3D Designer shortcuts

Related pages

  • Autodesk 3ds Max shortcuts
  • Autodesk 3ds Max cheat sheet
  • Learn Autodesk 3ds Max shortcuts
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