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