2. Tool Locations & Shortcuts

In this Section:
Tool Locations
Keyboard Shortcuts
FS2002 Part Naming
CFS3 Part Naming

Here are the location of some basic tools we'll be using in to get started in gMax:

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Keyboard Shortcuts:

Scene File Operations
Ctrl Z	Undo Scene Change
Ctrl A	Redo Scene Change
Ctrl S	Save Scene
Ctrl N	New Scene
Ctrl 0	Open Scene
Alt Ctrl H	Hold Scene
Alt Ctrl F	Fetch Scene
F1 Display	Help Files
Ut	Display
2,Y	Tab Panel Toggle
3	Command Panel Toggle
Alt 6	Main Toolbar Toggle
Ctrl X	Expert Mode Toggle

Viewport Display
F	Front View
K	Back View
R	Right View
L	Left View
T	Top View
B	Bottom View
P	Perspective View
U	User View
C	Camera View
$	Light View
G	Grid Display Toggle
W	Minimize / Maximize View
D	Disable / Enable View
Shift Z	Undo View Change
Shift A	Redo View Change
Alt B	Viewport Background Dialog box
Alt Shift Ctrl B	Update Viewport Background Image
I	Redraw All Views
Ctrl T	Redraw Maps (Texture Correction)

Viewport Navigation
Z	Zoom
assignable	Zoom All
Alt Ctrl Z	Zoom Extents
E	Zoom Extents Selected
Shift Ctrl Z	Zoom Extents All
assignable	Zoom Extents All Selected
Ctrl W	Region Zoom
assignable	Field-of-View
Ctrl P	Pan
V, Ctrl R	Arc Rotate
W	Min/Max Toggle
[	Zoom in around cursor
]	Zoom out around cursor
Shift Plus Sign*	Zoom in 2X
Shift Minus Sign*	Zoom out 2X
* Plus Sign ( ) and Minus Sign (-} on numeric keypad only

Object Selection and Display
H	Select Object Dialog Box
Spacebar	Selection Lock Toggle
Page Up	Select Parent
Page Down	Select Child
Ctrl F	Cycle Region Selection Method
Insert	Cycle Sub-Object Selection Level
F2	Shade Selected Faces Toggle
F3	Wireframe / Smooth Shaded Toggle
F4	Edged Faces Toggle
Shift B	Box Mode Toggle
Shift F	Show Safe Frames Toggle
Shift C	Hide Cameras Toggle
Shift L	Hide Lights Toggle
Shift H	Hide Helpers Toggle
Shift P	Hide Particles Toggle
Shift 0	Hide Geometry Toggle
Shift W	Hide Space Warps Toggle
assignable	Hide Selected
assignable	Hide Unselected
assignable	Hide Frozen Objects
5	Unhide by Name
6	Freeze Selected
7	Unfreeze All
Alt X	See-Through Display Toggle
Q	Toggle Polygon Counter

Transforms
x	Transform Gizmo Toggle
Page up	Transform Gizmo Size Up
Page Down	Transform Gizmo Size Down
F5	Restrict to X
F6	Restrict to Y
F7	Restrict to Z
F8	Cycle Restrict to Plane
F12	Display Transform Type-In Dialog Box
Shift l	Display Spacing Tool
???	Snap 2D, 2.5D and 3D Snap Toggle
A	Angle Snap Toggle
Shift Ctrl P	Percent Snap Toggle
Alt A	Align
Alt N	Normal Align
Ctrl C	Match Camera To View
Ctrl I	Place Highlight

Animation
Home	Go To Start Frame
End	Go To End Frame
/	Play Back Animation
\	Sound Toggle

Rendering
M	Display Material Editor
Ctrl T	Texture Correction (Redraw Maps)
F9,Shift E	Render Last
F10,Shift R	Render Scene
Ctrl I	Show Last Rendering

FS2002 Part Naming

To Be Published.

CFS3 Part Naming

To Be Published.

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