# Appendix: Shortcut Keys

3DS Max has many many shortcut keys. Here is an incomplete list of the common ones that you will find useful.

## Transformations

| Key | What it does                                |
| --- | ------------------------------------------- |
| w   | turns on move (translation) manipulator     |
| e   | turns on rotation manipulator               |
| r   | turns on scale manipulator                  |
| x   | turns big colourful manipulators on and off |

## Camera Changes (applied to current viewport)

| Key | What it does                          |
| --- | ------------------------------------- |
| p   | changes to perspective camera         |
| t   | changes to orthographic top camera    |
| b   | changes to orthographic bottom camera |
| l   | changes to orthographic left camera   |
| f   | changes to orthographic front camera  |
| z   | zooms to current selection or extents |

## Viewport Related Toggles (applied to current viewport)

| Key   | What it does                                                 |
| ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| F3    | toggles display of faces (solid vs mesh only)                |
| F4    | toggles display of edges                                     |
| F2    | toggles face highlighting                                    |
| alt-w | toggles between multi viewport and single maximized viewport |
| g     | toggles grid                                                 |