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SCROLL-WHEEL

Zoom-In :

Zoom-Out :

The center of the Zoom is at your mouse-pointer.

PAN

If I want to move PAN - say to the right - I place my mouse-pointer to the right, Zoom-Out with my Scroll-Wheel, then move my mouse-pointer to the middle and Zoom-In again with my Scroll-Wheel - this is faster.

Pan :

CTRL + Drag

PAN Left or Right :

CTRL + (scroll wheel)

PAN up or down :

SHIFT + (scroll wheel)

SPIN

Free-Spin :

SHIFT + Drag

10º spin :

, , or

30º spin :

CTRL + , , or

90º spin :

SHIFT + , , or

Double-Click :

... an element to open its dialog, and edit its parameters

Click Nothing :

... to deselect all elements

Click :

... an element to show an element in the Selection-Window

CTRL+Click :

... an element to show the kinematic and dynamic properties of the element the Element-Properties dialog

Alt + Click :

... in the graphics-area to show a bulls-eye target of concentric rings. It has a scale to approximate the distance between elements - to a minimum of 0.1mm

Right-Click :

... an element to complete an active command for which you must select one element

Right-Click :

... the graphics-area to cancel the active command.

F1 :

Hover above an toolbar icon, then click F1 (Fn+F1 on a laptop) to read the help for the command. See also Help menu > Download Latest Help

INSERT :

Add a Part

ALT+C :

Continuously Cycle

ALT+F :

One Machine-Step Forward

ALT+B :

One Machine-Step Back.

ALT+H :

Stop Continuous Cycle and move the Master-Machine-Angle to 0º.

CTRL + Z :

Undo - This is quite powerful

ESC :

Cancel the active command