This is very basic tutorial for 3ds max beginners.
Here you are learning about object manipulation, user interface setting and viewport navigation. Although this is very easy to use but still they are describing here just for those learner who are quite unfamiliar to 3d s max.
Therefore they can learn 3d s max quite easily by following these direction in 3ds max. When and whereever you are learning 3ds max, you are taught about object manipulation and camer manipulation. These are two main and basic concepts of modeling and animation and it will help you more ahead in complex modeling. You know we can rotate, move and scale the object according to our requirement by using related tools lying above the user interface. There are also short cut keys for object modification.
At first you select the object and for selection, simply “q” from keyboard and your object will be automatically selected. Similarly “w” is shortcut for select and move, “e” is for select and rotate and “r” is for select and scale. To undo your operation, just hit ctrl+Z from keyboard and your scene will come back into previous position. Besides these effects you can zoom in your scene in place of dolly. You can dolly the scene by moving middle mouse button. Orbit offers same technique as tumble in 3ds max and we can turn our viewport in circular motion. In short pan, orbit and zoom are similar function for camera manipulation as in 3ds max track, dolly and tumble. Hopefully you will learn the concept if not then watch this video concept.