Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 I've had this issue forever and it drives me insane. When in Unwrap UVW mode, you can press the number hotkey to enter sub-object mode (vertex, edge, polygon, etc...) Pressing the same button again will exit you out of sub-object mode. This drives me absolutely bat shit crazy when working. I'm usually…
EDIT: ah yeah, the toggle works, except i can't stand it. Switching between 2 groups of keyboard shortcuts gives me headaches. don't change the macro through the customize UI as i told before go to C: \Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\UI\MacroScripts\Macro_SubObjectLevels.mcr and there On Execute do ( If SubObjectLevel…
The selection mode toggle that is bound to the hotkey for scale, drives me crazy on a regular basis, too. But yeah, it should be a matter of rebinding the hotkeys to more sane alternatives.
There's the same issue with hitting Q for the select tool. if you hit it again, it toggles to some silly non rectangular selection mode you only use once every two months. The Fix is to change the binding from "Smart Select" (lolz) to Select Tool. Perhaps there's the same thing for this problem as well?
You can also bind "sub-object selection toggle" to a key and it will always exit sub-object mode, provided there isn't a conflicting shortcut. If you press it again it will re-enter the last sub-object level you where in, which is why its a toggle. I don't think this is bound to a key by default, but I bind mine to 6. It…