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Basic Operations

Basic Operations

The basic operations of the mouse in the 3D world are as follows:

Zoom In

Scrolling the wheel up will zoom in the view.

Zoom Out

Scrolling the wheel down will zoom out the view.

Pan

Pressing and holding can pan the view.

Rotate

Pressing and holding the wheel while dragging the mouse will rotate the view.

Select

Feature

Clicking the left mouse button will select the desired feature node.

The feature node will be highlighted in yellow.

Select

Link

Double-clicking the left mouse button will select the desired link node.

The link component will be highlighted in blue.

  

Menu

Right-clicking will bring up a menu.

The following introduces how to move and control components through the Dragger's coordinate axes.

Move Along Each Axis

Press and hold the X-axis arrow and drag

Press and hold the Y-axis arrow and drag

Press and hold the Z-axis arrow and drag

Move Along Each Plane

Move along the XY plane

Move along the XZ plane

Move along the YZ plane

Rotate Along Each Axis

Rotate along the X-axis

Rotate along the Y-axis

Rotate along the Z-axis

Free Movement

Press and hold the origin to move freely.

The Dragger represents each axis with different colors:

← X-axis - Red

→ Y-axis - Green

↑ Z-axis - Blue