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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 frequently easier.

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 the element in the Selection-Window.

CTRL + Click :

... an element, to show the kinematic and dynamic properties of the element in 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 - always check the actual dimension with a Measurement FB

Right-Click :

... an element, to see the shortcut menu that is contextual to the element

Right-Click :

... an element, to complete the active command in the Command-Manager

Right-Click :

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

Right-click :

... the graphics-area, to see the shortcut menu for each editor-type.

F1 :

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

INSERT :

Press to start the Add Part command

ALT+C :

Continuous Cycle

ALT+F :

One Machine-Step Forward

ALT+B :

One Machine-Step Backward.

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