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Navigating the Viewport

You can navigate the viewport using the mouse.

For details about navigation, see Navigate Commands.

Note: SpaceMouse Enterprise™ from 3Dconnexion® can be used, in addition to the mouse, to perform graphic manipulations (zoom, pan, rotate, etc.) with use of the SpaceMouse™ driver only.

Use the following mouse buttons to navigate the viewport.
Mouse ButtonDescription

Left-click

Selects an actor. To add to the selection, Ctrl+click additional actors. To toggle a selection, Shift+click an actor.



Right-click

Rotates the camera. Clicking a geometry actor and dragging rotates the camera around the clicked point . Otherwise, rotation is around the center of the viewport. You can also rotate the camera by pressing Shift+arrow keys.

  • To rotate freely, without respect to the orientation of the vertical axis, press Ctrl while dragging.
  • To rotate the view point from which you observe the model, press Shift while dragging.
  • To roll about the clicked point or center of the viewport, press Alt while dragging. You can also roll the camera by pressing Alt+arrow keys.


Wheel scroll

 Zooms the model in or out by moving the camera. The zoom focal point is the mouse pointer location. To zoom the paper space, press Ctrl while zooming.


Wheel-click

 Pans the camera. You can also pan the camera by pressing Ctrl+arrow keys. To pan the paper space, press Ctrl while panning.


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