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Navigating around in the viewport can be done with the mouse and/or the keyboard. This article explains the different navigation modes and the buttons that allow you to control the navigation

Overview

You have several options to navigate around:

Panning

Panning can only be done with your mouse. 

• You need the left button of your mouse.
• Press the left mouse button and move your mouse in any direction. The terrain will follow your mouse cursor. 
• Release the left button to stop panning.

Zoom in/out

Zoom in/out can be done with your mouse or the keyboard.

• With the mouse
  • Scroll the mouse wheel.
  • Scroll forward to zoom in. You zoom to the position of your mouse cursor.
  • Scroll backward to zoom out.
• With the keyboard
  • Click + to zoom in. You zoom to the center of the screen.
  • Click – to zoom out.

Move up/down

Move up or down can only be done with the keyboard.

• Click Ctrl+ to move down
• Click Ctrl- to move up

Rotate

Zoom in/out can be done with your mouse or the keyboard.

• With the mouse
  • You need to click the scroll wheel.
  • Move your mouse forward or backward to change the view angle (tilt).
  • Move your mouse left or right to change the direction towards north (azimuth).
  • You don’t have a scroll wheel? Click R instead.
• With the keyboard
  • Press up or down key to change the view angle (tilt)
  • Press left or right key to change the direction towards north (azimuth)

Tips & tricks

• Navigate with 2 hands
  • Press the R key with one hand and move around with your mouse. In this way you don’t need to do two operations with one hand.
• Clicking your mouse wheel doesn’t work? 
  • Open your mouse configuration utility and set the setting to the Wheel / Middle Click function.

You can only view in 2D?

• If you can only see your data in 2D and tried everything in this article, then have a look at the View Mode setting in the Navigation tab. Make sure that the “3D” mode is enabled by clicking on the icon.