Gestures and navigation

In the 3D view, you can use a mouse or keyboard to move around in the model, pan the view, rotate the camera, and so on. Here, the term "pan" is equal to "strafe" or "sidestep", meaning movement parallel to the view plane. You can also mix the navigation methods—for example, use arrow keys for movement and mouse for adjusting the viewing angle.

Gestures

In CADMATIC eGo you can use the following gestures.

Swipe to rotate the view around the current viewing point.
Swipe with two fingers to pan the view.
Pinch to zoom in, stretch to zoom out.
Double-tap with two fingers to restore horizontal view.
Press on object with one finger and tap with another finger to hide the object.

Virtual joysticks

You can select whether to show the virtual joysticks and define their location on the screen, as described in Model Settings.

Joystick	Description
	Pan Use the left virtual joystick to pan the view.
	Move Use the right virtual joystick to move forward or backward and to turn left or right.

Joystick

Description

Move

Pan

Use the left virtual joystick to pan the view.

Pan

Move

Use the right virtual joystick to move forward or backward and to turn left or right.

Mouse navigation

You can use a mouse to move around in the model.

Button	Action
Left button	Hold down left mouse button to turn the camera left or right and to move forward or backward by dragging. Hold down Ctrl and left mouse button to turn the camera to any direction by dragging. Hold down Shift and left mouse button (or hold down left and right mouse button) to pan the model by dragging. Hold down Ctrl, Shift and left mouse button to turn the camera left or right and to move forward or backward in the XY-plane by dragging.
Middle button (mouse wheel)	Scroll the wheel to move forward or backward. Hold down middle button to pan the model by dragging. Hold down the Shift key (or the right mouse button) and the middle mouse button to orbit the camera around the cursor location. While moving forward or backward with keys, you can scroll the wheel to turn the camera up or down and press middle button to restore the horizontal level.
Right button	Hold down right mouse button to turn the camera to any direction by dragging.

Button

Action

Left button

Hold down left mouse button to turn the camera left or right and to move forward or backward by dragging.

Hold down Ctrl and left mouse button to turn the camera to any direction by dragging.

Hold down Shift and left mouse button (or hold down left and right mouse button) to pan the model by dragging.

Hold down Ctrl, Shift and left mouse button to turn the camera left or right and to move forward or backward in the XY-plane by dragging.

Middle button
(mouse wheel)

Scroll the wheel to move forward or backward.

Hold down middle button to pan the model by dragging.

Hold down the Shift key (or the right mouse button) and the middle mouse button to orbit the camera around the cursor location.

While moving forward or backward with keys, you can scroll the wheel to turn the camera up or down and press middle button to restore the horizontal level.

Right button

Hold down right mouse button to turn the camera to any direction by dragging.

Keyboard navigation

You can use the following keys to move around in the model.

Key	Arrow Key	Action
W		Move forward. W moves forward in the XY plane. Up arrow key moves toward the center of the screen.
S		Move backward. S moves backward in the XY plane. Down arrow key moves away from the center of the screen.
Q		Turn the camera left.
E		Turn the camera right.
A	Shift +	Pan the model left.
D	Shift +	Pan the model right.
R	Shift +	Pan the model up.
F	Shift +	Pan the model down.
Page Up	Ctrl +	Turn the camera up.
Page Down	Ctrl +	Turn the camera down.
Shift		Holding down Shift triples the movement speed ("run mode") of the keys described above.
Ctrl + Shift		Holding down Ctrl + Shift locks the Z coordinate, which allows moving at a fixed height regardless of the viewing direction.
Esc		In 3D view: Clears object selection and the properties pane. In other views: Returns to the previous view.