Viewport - Hotkeys and Solutions

Hover over viewport window in 3DS Max and click alt+w to get into your selected viewport and out of selected viewport

Hotkeys for each of the four important viewports (perspective, top, front, left)

G - HIDES GRID

Z - ZOOM EXTENTS (fit objects to view)

(THIS ONLY WORKS IN PERSPECTIVE; YOU MUST CHANGE PHYSICAL CAMERA OR MAKE SURE PHYSICAL CAMERA IS NOT ON.)

T - Top

B - Bottom View

R - front view

L - left view

Alt+W - see all viewports

Alt+W+cursor - enter viewport

Middle Mouse panning

Scroll - Zoom

alt-middle click - orbit

alt-q - isolation mode

s -p exit out of snaps

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