A number of hotkeys are available to carry out common viewer tasks. Before using a viewer hotkey, place the mouse focus on the viewer window.
Key |
Action |
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Space |
Toggle between picking and viewing mode. |
Up or Down or Left or Right |
Rotate about horizontal and vertical axes. |
Ctrl+Up orCtrl+Down |
Rotate about an axis normal to the screen. |
Shift+Up orShift+Down orShift+Left orShift+Right |
Moves the light source. |
Ctrl+Shift |
When in viewing mode, you can hold Ctrl+Shift to select objects in the viewer. Releasing Ctrl+Shift returns you to viewing mode. |
1 |
Switches to one viewport. |
2 |
Switches to two viewports. |
3 |
Switches to three viewports. |
4 |
Switches to four viewports. |
c |
Centers the graphic object in the viewer window. |
n |
Toggles the projection between orthographic and perspective. |
r |
Resets the view to the initial orientation. |
u |
Undoes transformation. |
U |
Redoes transformation. |
x |
Sets view from +X axis. |
X |
Sets view from -X axis. |
y |
Sets view from +Y axis. |
Y |
Sets view from -Y axis. |
z |
Sets view from +Z axis. |
Z |
Sets view from -Z axis. |