Navigation keys

Navigation and gestures

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.

In normal navigation mode you can walk (fly) freely anywhere in the model, whereas in orbit mode you can inspect a specific location by viewing it from different directions.

Note: You can adjust the viewing angle, movement speed, and screen frame rate in the application settings—see View/Movement.

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.

You can use these keys in eShare App but not in standard eShare.

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.

Navigation in orbit mode

Use the following methods to move around in the model when orbiting is enabled either from the main toolbar or from the toolbar of examine mode.

Mouse navigation in orbit mode

You can use a mouse to move around the orbit point or to move the orbit point itself.

Button	Action
Left button	Hold down left mouse button to rotate the view around the orbit point at a fixed distance by dragging.
Middle button (mouse wheel)	Hold down middle button to pan the model and the orbit point by dragging. Scroll the wheel to move toward or away from the orbit point. Hold down Shift and middle button to rotate the camera around the orbit point at a fixed distance by dragging.
Right button	Hold down right mouse button and drag to rotate the view around the orbit point, and to move toward or away from the orbit point.

Button

Action

Left button

Hold down left mouse button to rotate the view around the orbit point at a fixed distance by dragging.

Middle button
(mouse wheel)

Hold down middle button to pan the model and the orbit point by dragging.

Scroll the wheel to move toward or away from the orbit point.

Hold down Shift and middle button to rotate the camera around the orbit point at a fixed distance by dragging.

Right button

Hold down right mouse button and drag to rotate the view around the orbit point, and to move toward or away from the orbit point.

Keyboard navigation in orbit mode

You can use the keyboard to move around the orbit point or to move the orbit point itself.

Key	Arrow Key	Action
W		Move toward the orbit point.
S		Move away from the orbit point.
Q		Rotate left around the orbit point.
E		Rotate right around the orbit point.
A	Shift +	Pan the model and the orbit point left.
D	Shift +	Pan the model and the orbit point right.
R	Shift +	Pan the model and the orbit point up.
F	Shift +	Pan the model and the orbit point down.
Page Up	Ctrl +	Turn the camera up.
Page Down	Ctrl +	Turn the camera down.