Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 keyboard shortcuts ‒ DefKey

Views
0	O	Adaptive Degradation Toggle
-1	C	Camera View
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + D	Disable Viewport
0	Ctrl + Alt + X	Expert Mode Toggle
0	F	Front View
0	↑ Shift + C	Hide Cameras Toggle
0	↑ Shift + G	Hide Geometry Toggle
0	G	Hide Grids Toggle
0	↑ Shift + H	Hide Helpers Toggle
-1	↑ Shift + L	Hide Lights Toggle
0	↑ Shift + P	Hide Particle Systems Toggle
0	↑ Shift + S	Hide Shapes Toggle
0	↑ Shift + W	Hide Space Warps Toggle
0	Alt + Home	Home View
0	L	Left View
1	Ctrl + R	Orbit View Mode
0	U	Orthographic User View
-1	Ctrl + P	Pan View
0	P	Perspective User View
0	↑ Shift + Y	Redo Viewport Operation
0	`	Redraw All Views
0	Alt + J	Selection/Preview Highlights Toggle
1	Ctrl + `	Show Floating Dialogs
0	↑ Shift + 4	Spot/Directional Light View
0	T	Top View
0	↑ Shift + Z	Undo Viewport Operation
1	Alt + ↑ Shift + Ctrl + B	Update Background Image
0	F4	View Edged Faces Toggle
0	Alt + B	Viewport Background
2	↑	WalkThrough View Mode
0	F3	Wireframe / Smooth + Highlights Toggle

Edit mesh
-1	B	Edit Soft Selection
Edit normals
0	↑ Shift + R	Break Normals
0	Ctrl + C	Copy Normal
0	3	Edge Level
0	4	Face Level
0	E	Make Explicit
0	1	Normal Level
0	5	Object Level
0	Ctrl + V	Paste Normal
0	R	Reset Normals
0	S	Specify Normals
0	U	Unify Normals
0	2	Vertex Level
Edit Patch
0	B	Edit Soft Selection
Edit Poly
0	Alt + ↑ Shift + D	Attach
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + B	Bevel Mode
0	↑ Shift + R	Break
-1	Alt + P	Cap
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + C	Chamfer Mode
0	Ctrl + Alt + C	Collapse
0	↑ Shift + Ctrl + E	Connect
-1	↑ Shift + X	Constrain to Edges
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0	Alt + C	Cut
0	Ctrl + Alt + D	Detach
-1	B	Edit Soft Selection Mode
0	Ctrl + Alt + ↑ Shift + E	Extrude along Spline Mode
1	↑ Shift + E	Extrude Mode
0	Ctrl + Page Up then Ctrl + Up	Grow Selection
0	Alt + H	Hide
0	Alt + I	Hide Unselected
0	Alt + ↑ Shift + X	Ignore Backfacing in Selections
0	Alt + M	Make Planar
0	Ctrl + M	MeshSmooth
0	↑ Shift + Ctrl + Q	Quickslice Mode
0	;	Repeat Last Operation
0	Ctrl + Page Down then Ctrl + Down	Shrink Selection
0	↑ Shift + Ctrl + W	Target Weld Mode
0	Alt + U	Unhide All
0	↑ Shift + B	Use Soft Selection
0	↑ Shift + +	Extrude Polygon (Move tool selected)
1	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + +	Clone Polygon (Move tool selected)
0	↑ Shift + +	Inset Polygon (Scale tool selected)
Edit Spline
1	B	Edit Soft Selection
Edit/Editable Mesh
0	Alt + ↑ Shift + D	Attach Mode
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + B	Bevel Mode
0	↑ Shift + R	Break Vertices
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + C	Chamfer Mode
0	Ctrl + Alt + C	Collapse
0	Alt + C	Cut Mode
0	Ctrl + Alt + D	Detach
0	Ctrl + T	Edge Turn
0	B	Edit Soft Selection
0	↑ Shift + E	Extrude Mode
0	Alt + H	Hide Selected
0	Alt + ↑ Shift + X	Ignore Backfacing in Selections
0	↑ Shift + B	Soft Selection
0	Alt + U	Unhide All
0	Alt + ↑ Shift + W	Weld Selected
0	↑ Shift + Ctrl + W	Weld Target Mode
Editable Poly
0	Alt + ↑ Shift + D	Attach
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + B	Bevel Mode
0	↑ Shift + R	Break
-1	Alt + P	Cap
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + C	Chamfer Mode
0	Ctrl + Alt + C	Collapse
0	↑ Shift + Ctrl + E	Connect
0	↑ Shift + X	Constrain to Edges
0	Alt + C	Cut
0	Ctrl + Alt + D	Detach
0	B	Edit Soft Selection Mode
-1	Ctrl + Alt + ↑ Shift + E	Extrude along Spline Mode
0	↑ Shift + E	Extrude Mode
0	Ctrl + Page Up then Ctrl + Up	Grow Selection
0	Alt + H	Hide
0	Alt + I	Hide Unselected
-1	Alt + ↑ Shift + X	Ignore Backfacing in Selections
0	Ctrl + M	MeshSmooth
0	↑ Shift + Ctrl + Q	Quickslice Mode
0	;	Repeat Last Operation
0	Ctrl + Page Down, Ctrl + Down	Shrink Selection
0	↑ Shift + Ctrl + W	Target Weld Mode
0	Alt + U	Unhide All
0	↑ Shift + B	Use Soft Selection
HSDS
0	B	Edit Soft Selection
Mesh select
0	or B
MeshSmooth
0	B	Edit Soft Selection Mode
Patch Select
0	B	Edit Soft Selection
Poly Select
0	B	Edit Soft Selection Mode
Projection Modifier
0	B	Edit Soft Selection
Vol. Select
0	or B

0	B	Add Bookmark
1	D	Display Floater
0	Alt + F	Filters
0	Alt + A	Free All
0	Alt + S	Free Selected
0	Alt + H	Hide Selected
0	Ctrl + I	Invert Selected Nodes
1	Alt + C	Move Children
0	→	Next Bookmark
0	←	Previous Bookmark
0	Ctrl + U	Refresh View
0	F2	Rename Object

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