Operation
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Keyboard Key
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Description
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Center
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Ctrl + Right Mouse
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Centers the display in X, Y and Z at the current cursor location.
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Reset
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Home
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Resets the view position to top view, zoom all
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Reset Top
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Shift + Home
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Resets the view position to top view at the current scale and at the current cursor location.
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Reset Top X Axis
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Ctrl + Home
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Resets the view position to top view at the current scale holding the current rotation about the Z axis.
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Rotate
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Shift + Left Mouse
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Rotates the view about the current view origin.
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Spin
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Shift + Right Mouse
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Spins the view about the current view origin.
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Rotate X +
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Up Arrow
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Rotates the view about the positive X axis.
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Rotate X + 45 degrees
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Ctrl + Up Arrow
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Rotates the view about the positive X axis in 45 degree increments.
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Rotate X -
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Down Arrow
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Rotates the view about the negative X axis.
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Rotate X - 45 degrees
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Ctrl + Down Arrow
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Rotates the view about the negative X axis in 45 degree increments.
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Rotate Y +
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Left Arrow
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Rotates the view about the positive Y axis.
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Rotate Y + 45 degrees
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Ctrl + Left Arrow
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Rotates the view about the positive Y axis in 45 degree increments.
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Rotate Y -
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Right Arrow
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Rotates the view about the negative Y axis.
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Rotate Y - 45 degrees
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Ctrl + Right Arrow
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Rotates the view about the negative Y axis in 45 degree increments
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Rotate Z +
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Page Up
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Rotates the view about the positive Z axis.
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Rotate Z + 45 degrees
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Ctrl + Page Up
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Rotates the view about the positive Z axis in 45 degree increments.
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Rotate Z -
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Page Down
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Rotates the view about the negative Z axis.
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Rotate Z - 45 degrees
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Ctrl + Page Down
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Rotates the view about the negative Z axis in 45 degree increments.
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Look Back
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Shift + Page Up
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Spins the view 180 degrees.
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Drag
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Ctrl + Left Mouse
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Drags the view.
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Zoom
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Shift + Wheel
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Zooms in/out.
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Zoom 4x
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Ctrl + Wheel
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Zooms in/out 4x.
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Cursor Drape/Free Motion
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Del
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Toggles Cursor Draping (On= default).
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Z Control
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Wheel
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If Cursor Draping is off, the wheel will move the Z in the ground or view plane. Wheel sensitivity can be set with the Device Mouse (DevMou) command.
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Fast Z Control
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Shift + Ctrl + Wheel
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If Cursor Draping is off, the wheel will quickly move the Z in the ground or view plane. Wheel sensitivity can be set with the Device Mouse (DevMou) command.
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Toggle View Plane or Ground Plane Tracking
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Ctrl + V
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If Cursor Draping is off, the cursor can be tracked along the view or ground plane. Typically, the ground plane is tracked and is the default.
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Center on Digitize
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End
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Toggles automatic re-centering when a point is digitized (Instead of using Ctrl-RightMouse).
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Adjust Clipping Plane
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Ctrl + Alt – Wheel
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Adjusts the far clipping plane. Hides objects that are further away from the view origin.
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Exaggerate Z Display
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Alt + Wheel
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Exaggerates the display of the Z axis.
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Toggle Roaming
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Insert
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Toggles roaming.
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Toggle Display Decimation
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Shift + D
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Toggles point display decimation. When turned on, fewer points are displayed during rotating, dragging, and zooming.
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Toggle Near/Far Clipping Planes
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Alt + C
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Toggles view clipping from the current 3D center using the existing near and far clip distances. See Point Display (PoiDis)
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Increment Near Clip
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Alt + Up Arrow Key
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Extends the near clip distance. See Point Display (PoiDis).
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Decrement Near Clip
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Alt + Down Arrow Key
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Shortens the near clip distance. See Point Display (PoiDis).
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Increment Far Clip
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Alt + Page Up
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Extends the far clip distance. See Point Display (PoiDis).
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Decrement Far Clip
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Alt + Page Down
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Shortens the far clip distance. See Point Display (PoiDis).
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