Navigation Mode ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

• Lets you invoke -- via your mouse -- commands for navigating the 3D model.
• Modes can be reconfigured by users in Mode Configuration . This documentation explains the defaults for this mode.
• To activate Navigation Mode :

  • Method 1 : Click the Navigation Mode icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Navigate -- Navigation Mode ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

  • Method 2 : If " Modeling layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Navigate > Navigation Mode .

  • Method 3, 4 or 5 : Navigation Mode 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 .

  • Note: If you have nested this mode inside another mode using Mode Configuration , you can invoke this mode's mouse bindings from within that other mode by clicking the appropriate mouse button. To bring back the mouse bindings of the original mode, use Mode Return (or Esc ).
• 3-button mouse bindings with a scroll wheel:
  
  

  no key pressed

  Pan Zoom In Undo

  • Left-click ( Zoom In ) invokes Zoom In to Region .
  • Middle-click ( Pan ) invokes Pan .
  • Right-click ( Undo ) invokes Undo .
  • Scroll up invokes Zoom In to Pointer .
  • Scroll down invokes Zoom Out to Pointer .
    
    

    Unzoom Zoom Out Clear Mode

    Shift key pressed

  • Left-click ( Zoom Out ) invokes Zoom Out to Region .
  • Middle-click ( Unzoom ) invokes Unzoom .
  • Right-click ( Clear Mode ) invokes Clear Mode Stack .
    
    

    Ctr key pressed

    Rotate Seek Pt  Pan

  • Left-click ( Seet Pt ) invokes Seek to Point .
  • Middle-click ( Rotate ) invokes Rotate .
  • Right-click ( Pan ) invokes Pan .
• Navigation Mode lets you simultaneously invoke and perform operations such as Zoom In and Zoom Out and Pan and Rotate with a drag and release using the appropriate mouse button and modifier key. After the drag, when you release the mouse button, the operation is done.
• Navigation Mode may be invoked from another mode. To Mode Return back to the invoking mode, press the Esc key.

Also see :

• Select Items (base mode in Modeling )
• Mode Configuration (to configure a mode)
• Clear Mode Stack (to go directly back to the base mode)
• Mouse button binding reporter (shows mouse button to press)
• Mode Return (or press Esc to go back to base mode or previous mode)
• Mouse buttons ( User and Site Options -- sets number of mouse bindings)

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