View – Area Orbit

[W] (Effective while held down)

Rotating the Camera and Setting the Rotation Center

Use this command to set the camera’s rotation center point, and to rotate the camera in any direction.

Ref. To find the camera’s current position and point-of-interest, use the View – Camera Settings command (page 155).

Note

This command is effective in element view windows whose view direction is set to Isometric or Perspective.

Left

: Rotates the camera in any direction

Middle ([Shift] + Left)

: –

Right

: Sets the center of rotation.

Operating Procedure

Chapter 2

1 Open the [View] menu and click [Area Orbit].

View

Menu

2 Hold down the left mouse button, and drag the element (in the element view window) to rotate it about its center.

Dragging left or right rotates the element hori- zontally, while dragging up or down rotates it vertically.

•The image rotates around the center point that you select by right-clicking on the element view

window.

Memo

The program automatically switches to simplified element display while the camera is in motion. When you finish dragging, the program displays from the new camera position using the originally selected display type.

3 Press the [ESC] key.

View–Area Orbit mode will be canceled.

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