Manipulating simulations in 3D requires navigating the 3D view in a comfortable way. The scene and all the contents have a fixed world reference frame (station reference) and the camera is moved to generate your desired point of view.

It is recommended to use a 3-button mouse to navigate in 3D. Alternatively, you can use a combination of Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys with a simple mouse left click perform Pan, Rotate or Zoom motions.

Select	Pan	Rotate	Zoom


Left click	Hold mid button	Hold right click	Move mouse wheel
Hold Ctrl to select more than one object	Hold Ctrl + Alt and select	Hold Ctrl + Shift and select	Hold Shift and select

Tip: The default behavior for 3D mouse navigation can be changed in Tools➔Options➔General tab➔Mouse 3D navigation. You can then choose your preferred 3D navigation to match your preferred CAD/CAM software.

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Right click on the main screen to see the same 3D navigation commands. This is useful if you are using a laptop and you don’t have access to a mouse.

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Tip: Right click on the toolbar area and check View and Selection toolbar to display the 3D view commands in the toolbar.

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Video: Tips to navigate the 3D view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krsVm02NQFY.

3D Navigation