Navigate > Center

Center ( Modeling & Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Moves the point you click (in step 1 or 2) to the center of the tile your mouse pointer is in.
If a particular tile is active , you must click in that tile to Center .
This translation is done according to X-Y screen coordinates .
See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

Modeling and the Drawing Editor (where Center is a tool)
Zoom In 10% (also centers the screen)
Zoom Out 10% (also centers the screen)
Translate (alternative to Center )
Undo View Change (undoes Center )

Step-by-step instructions :

The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse.

1 . While in Modeling or the Drawing Editor , invoke Center using one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Center icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Navigate -- Navigation Mode ' ( Modeling ) or ' Navigate -- Navigation Mode ' ( Drawing Editor ) and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If the " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Navigate > Center .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Center can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

2 . The status line prompts, "Locate centering point." Locate - Return mouse bindings become active.

bindings

Alternative 1 : Move your mouse pointer ( ) to the point on screen where you want the display to be centered, then left-click ( Locate ). Go on to step 3.

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( Return ) to cancel the Center operation and keep everything as it was before step 1. Do not continue.

3 . The display centers over that point located in the previous step.