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Navigation

The Navigation page lets you configure mouse button and wheel behavior.

This page discusses:

Mouse Button Customization

Customize how the mouse buttons work.

Mouse ButtonKeyboard KeyDescription
+ (none)Specifies the right-click action.
+Ctrl, Alt, or Shift keySpecifies the right-click action with Ctrl, Alt, or Shift pressed.
+ (none)Specifies the wheel-click action.
+Ctrl, Alt, or Shift keySpecifies the wheel-click action with Ctrl, Alt, or Shift pressed.
Reverse mouse wheelReverses the mouse wheel action. For example, roll up to zoom in instead of zooming out.
Note: See Actions below for a description of all actions.

Mouse Behavior Customization Commands

These commands let you specify a default mouse behavior.

OptionDescription
Set as SOLIDWORKS Uses the default SOLIDWORKS mouse behavior.
ResetUses the default Composer mouse behavior.

Actions

All actions that can be associated to mouse button and wheel behavior are described here.

Action NameDescription
NoneNo action.
ZoomZooms the model in and out.
Zoom paperZooms the paper space.
PanMoves the camera across the scene.
Pan paperMoves the camera across the paper space.
RotateTurns the model in 3D about one axis.
Rotate rollTurns the model on a drawn axis between the camera and the center of the scene.
Rotate view pointTurns the camera in 3D.
Rotate freeTurns the model in all directions (no fixed axis).


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