Automobile tricks in 3ds max

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In this lecture we are going talk about automobile modeling in 3ds max

                                                                                                               
 Here is the presentation of this lecture         http://www.mediafire.com/view/?g1h2ovuvbvtpbkp                                                                                                                   Akila Uyanwatta

Useful Short-cuts Of 3ds Max

If you are working with 3ds max it's pretty hard to work without shortcuts or hot keys.

Why short-cut keys?

      Because short-cut keys saves your time more than 25%.

Without further a do let's get started.

Basics

• Select :- Q
• Move :- W
• Rotate :-E
• Scale:-R

Editable poly

• Vertices:- 1
• Edge:- 2
• Ring :- 3
• Faces:-4
• Elements :-5  
• Select neither :- 6
• Hold Shift then drag :- Clone mesh
• Shift+Click :-Select loop

Dialog boxes

• F1 :- Help
• F9 :- Render current frame
• F10 :- Render settings
• 0 :- Render to texture
• 8 :- Environment and effects
• F12:- Transform

Tools

• S :- Snap toggle
• A :- Angle snap toggle
• Ctrl(command on mac)+V :-Clone
• Alt+B :-Background
• Ctrl(command on mac)+C :- Create a camera of activated view-port
• Alt+Q :- Turn on/off isolate mood 

                                                      I often use those hot keys and it helps me to make my 3d models better.

                                                                                                            Akila Uyanwatta