Navigate Camera

Left arrow, <A> or <J>

Same as moving the mouse to the left.

Right arrow, <D> or <L>

Same as moving the mouse to the right.

Up arrow, <W> or <I>

Same as moving the mouse forward.

Down arrow, <S> or <K>

Same as moving the mouse backward.

Home, <Q> or <U>

Resets the camera´s roll, elevation, and orientation (see the Roll, Elevate, and Orient fields under Camera Orientation in the Define Camera tool settings window). For example, pressing the Home key on your keyboard: once - resets the camera´s tilt angle to zero degrees (roll). twice - resets the roll, then resets the camera´s elevation angle to zero degrees (camera is horizontal to the ground). three times - resets the roll, then resets the elevation, then resets the camera´s orientation angle to zero degrees (camera is in the direction of the positive X-axis).

<+>

Increases the Distance field by 10 percent. For example, if your Distance is set to 10 (feet), pressing the <+> key on your keyboard increases the Distance to 11 feet. Changes are applied to both the Arrow Keys and the Mouse column.

<[>

Increases the Degrees field by 10 percent. For example, if your Degrees is set to 30, pressing the <[> key on your keyboard increases the Degrees to 33 degrees. Changes are applied to both the Arrow Keys and the Mouse column.

<->

Decreases the Distance field by (approximately) 10 percent. For example, if you had increased your Distance by 10 percent (from 10 feet to 11 feet), pressing the <-> key on your keyboard decreases the Distance back to 10 feet. Changes are applied to both the Arrow Keys and the Mouse column.

<]>

Decreases the Degrees fields by (approximately) 10 percent. For example, if you had increased your Degrees by 10 percent (from 30 degrees to 33 degrees), pressing the <]> key on your keyboard decreases the Degrees back to 30 degrees. Changes are applied to both the Arrow Keys and the Mouse column.

Sets the view in which to navigate the camera. If you try to navigate in a view which does not have a camera turned on, a warning message displays. Once you dismiss the message, the camera is turned on in parallel projection for that view.

Uses the default keyboard and mouse settings for controlling camera movement.

Allows the use of custom keymaps. The navigation option that you choose from this location in the settings window only applies to the keyboard.

• Fly
— Move forward/back, turn left/right:

• Up arrow, or moving the mouse forward — moves the camera forward along the current angle of the camera. For example, if the camera is pointed at an upward angle, you will move forward and upward along that angle.

• Down arrow, or moving the mouse backward — moves the camera backward at the current angle of the camera. For example, if camera is pointed at an upward angle, you will move backward and downward along that angle.

• Left/right arrow, or moving the mouse to the left/right — same as Turn.

• Turn
— Turn about camera axes:

• Up arrow, or moving the mouse forward — turns the camera upward, perpendicular to the ground (as if standing still and turning your head toward the sky).

• Down arrow, or moving the mouse backward — turns the camera downward, perpendicular to the ground (as if standing still and turning your head toward the ground).

• Left arrow, or moving the mouse to the left — turns the camera to the left parallel to the ground (as if standing still and turning your head toward the left).

• Right arrow, or moving the mouse to the right — turns the camera to the right parallel to the ground (as if standing still and turning your head toward the right).

• Slide
— Move up/down/left/right in camera plane:

• Up arrow, or moving the mouse forward — moves the camera up, perpendicular to the ground (as if you were looking straight out of a glass elevator that was going up).

• Down arrow, or moving the mouse backward — moves the camera down, perpendicular to the ground (as if you were looking straight out of a glass elevator that was going down).

• Left arrow, or moving the mouse to the left — moves the camera left, parallel to the ground (as if you are looking straight out of the window of a train moving in the direction of your left shoulder).

• Right arrow, or moving the mouse to the right — moves the camera right, parallel to the ground (as if you are looking straight out of the window of a train moving in the direction of your right shoulder).

• Glide
— Move forward/back/left/right in camera plane:

• Up/down arrow, or moving the mouse forward/backward — same as Fly.

• Left/right arrow, or moving the mouse to the left/right — same as Slide.

• Walk
— Move forward/back at current height, left/right swivel:

• Up arrow, or moving the mouse forward — moves the camera forward, parallel to the ground (as if walking into the design).

• Down arrow, or moving the mouse backward — moves the camera backward, parallel to the ground (as if walking away from the design).

• Left/right arrow, or moving the mouse to the left/right — same as Swivel.

• Swivel
— Turn about design axes:

• Up/down arrow, or moving the mouse forward/backward — similar to Turn, except that the camera turns up or down perpendicular to the tilt of the camera, and stops when it points straight up or straight down.

• Left arrow, or moving the mouse to the left — turns (swivels) the camera to the left, parallel to the tilt of the camera.

• Right arrow, or moving the mouse to the right — turns (swivels) the camera to the right, parallel to the tilt of the camera.

• Float
— Move up/down/left/right in design plane:

• Up/down arrow, or moving the mouse forward/backward — Similar to Slide, except that the camera moves up or down perpendicular to the tilt of the camera.

• Left/right arrow, or moving the mouse to the left/right — Similar to Slide, except that the camera moves to the left or right parallel to the tilt of the camera.

• Dolly
— Move forward/back/left/right at current height:

• Up/down arrow, or moving the mouse forward/backward — same as Walk.

• Left/right arrow, or moving the mouse to the left/right — same as Float.

• Tilt
— Tilt camera about camera axes:

• Up/down arrow, or moving the mouse forward/backward — same as Turn.

• Left arrow, or moving the mouse to the left — tilts the camera to the left (as if standing still and leaning your head toward your left shoulder).

• Right arrow, or moving the mouse to the right — tilts the camera to the right (as if standing still and leaning your head toward your right shoulder).

If on, the mouse is enabled (in addition to the keyboard) for controlling camera movements. If off, only the keyboard is enabled for controlling camera movements.

(Advanced Mode only) Using the Mouse combo box, you can assign the same navigation options (see Advanced Mode navigation options) to the mouse as you can to the keyboard.

(Advanced Mode only) Clicking these buttons is analogous to pressing the corresponding arrow keys on the keyboard. The arrow buttons change depending on the navigation option chosen (see Advanced Mode navigation options).

Shows/hides the Shift, Ctrl and Ctrl-Shift settings (Advanced Mode only), the Distance and Degrees fields, and the Display View Cone option.

Displays the default shortcuts for the keyboard and the mouse. Pressing the <?> key on the keyboard also displays the default shortcuts.

(Advanced Mode only) Allows you to assign a navigation option to the <Shift> key (see Advanced Mode navigation options). Once set, you can control the camera using the <SHIFT-arrow> key or <SHIFT-mouse> combination.

(Advanced Mode only) Allows you to assign a navigation option to the <Ctrl> key (see Advanced Mode navigation options). Once set, you can control the camera using the <CTRL-arrow> key or <CTRL-mouse> combination.

(Advanced Mode only) Allows you to assign a navigation option to the <CTRL-Shift> key combination (see Advanced Mode navigation options). Once set, you can control the camera using the <CTRL-SHIFT-arrow> key or <CTRL-SHIFT-mouse> combination.

Sets the distance, in working units, for each camera movement.

For the mouse, the Distance field sets the distance traveled (in working units) when you move the mouse from the left-most point in the view to the right-most point in the view.

Sets the angle for each camera movement.

If on, displays the orientation of the camera in the non-active views.