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3D viewport navigation

SylvainBertrand edited this page Oct 11, 2021 · 3 revisions

This page summarize the controls available to navigate in the 3D viewport:

Viewport 3D

Mouse controls:

  • Left click and drag to orbit around the current focus position:
Orbit control
  • Mouse wheel to zoom in/out:
Zoom control
  • Shift + Left click to snap the position camera's focus onto a 3D graphic:
Ray cast translation
  • Right click on any 3D graphic to obtain a context menu proposing to start/stop tracking it:
Ray cast translation
  • Right click and drag to rotate the camera about itself:
Camera self rotate

Keyboard shortcuts:

Note that keyboard navigation shortcuts work only when the 3D viewport is in focus, i.e. the last GUI element to have been clicked.

  • A/D to translate left/right in camera coordinates.
  • W/S to translate forward/backward in camera coordinates.
  • Q/Z to translate up/down in world coordinates. This controls are still active when tracking a 3D graphic.