Many features in Mudbox are accessible using keyboard shortcuts called hotkeys. You can create and edit hotkeys in the Hotkeys window (Windows > Hotkeys). In addition to the default Mudbox hotkeys, you can also adopt hotkey settings from other Autodesk applications (Maya, 3ds Max, and Softimage) to use with Mudbox.

If you use one or more of these applications, you can apply hotkey settings for the application that you use the most, thereby making it easier to remember one set of hotkeys. You can also edit any of the four hotkey presets to customize individual hotkey settings.

To set which hotkey presets to use

• The first time Mudbox is launched a Mudbox Setup window appears to let you select a hotkey setting from a drop-down menu. The item you select is saved to your Mudbox user preferences and is used from that point onwards unless another preset is selected using the Windows > Hotkeys item.
  
• When Mudbox is running, select Windows > Hotkeys and select the desired hotkey setting from the drop-down presets menu or edit the hotkeys in the currently selected preset.
  NoteTo reset to the default hotkey preset settings you must delete your Mudbox user preferences file. For more information, see Remove your Mudbox user preferences.

Note the following section if you are using hotkeys on a Linux system.