Select the direction for movement by moving your mouse over the required arrow. Please move the mouse over the arrow head, not at the trail. The direction indicating colour changes in 3D Studio MAX ( 3ds max ). With the mouse over the desired direction arrow, click and drag your mouse in the perspective viewport. The object moves along with the mouse in that chosen direction.

Notice that the mouse pointer is over the red arrow in the second figure. It shows that the 'x' axis is chosen for movement (see the 'x' marking near the red arrow'). The dragging direction is shown by the big yellow arrow.

Experiment moving in different directions. You can also move the object along a combination of axes. For example you want to move the teapot along the XZ plane, move the mouse near the intersection point of the x arrow (red) and z arrow (blue). A small square shows up near the interection point. Keeping your mouse on that square, Click & drag to move the object along that combined direction. Experiment with moving in various directions in 3D Studio MAX ( 3ds max ). Also try the move tool in other 'viewports'. Please note that in orthographic views like Left, Front etc, not all axes will be visible for movement. You can move only along a 2D plane (2 axes) in those orthographic views. To learn Rotation and Scaling move to the next page