Saving time with 3ds max keyboard shortcut hotkeys Likewise, I can use the wheel to zoom in and out in the ortho views. Back to the Perspective View. Click there, maximize it with Alt+W. The other keyboard shortcut you need to memorize is Orbit. And that is Alt and middle mouse button. So if nothing is selected, and you hold down Alt and middle mouse, you will Orbit or Tumble around the origin of the world. If you select an object, like that dodecahedron object there, and then Alt and middle mouse, then you'll see we can Orbit or Tumble around that object, or around this monitor. All right, that's cool, so those are a Viewport navigation, so it's all about the middle mouse button. Middle mouse, alone, by itself, is Pan or Truck or Pedestal. Alt and middle mouse is Orbit or Tumble. Control+Alt and middle mouse is Dolly or Zoom, and finally the Transforms of Position Rotation and Scale all have standardized keyboard shortcuts as well. So if I select an object, I can enter into the Move Tool, using the W key, and I've got the Move Tool active. I can switch to the Rotate Tool with the E key. And I've got the Rotate manipulator, Undo that. The R key is Scale, Undo that as well. Control+Z to undo. And the Q key on the keyboard is the Select Tool. Q for select. So Q, W, E, and R, are the most important keyboard shortcuts for the main toolbar. Q is Select, W is Move, E is Rotate, and R is Scale. And finally, if you want to Zoom in on an object, the keyboard shortcut for that is Z. Not Control+Z, that's Undo, and not Shift+Z, that's Undo Viewport Move, but just Z by itself. So if I select an object like that plant and press the Z key, then I'll zoom in on that object. If I have nothing selected, if I just click on a wall here, which is frozen, and I can't actually select that. So I click on nothing and press Z, then I'll zoom out to enclose the entire world. All right. Those are the most important keyboard shortcuts for Viewport Navigation and Object Manipulation.
