Mouse Operation

Zoom

Rotate with mouse wheel

The object is zoomed in or moved away. Under 1-7-2 screen elements it can be configured whether the object or the viewer moves. The default is movement of the object: if the mouse wheel is scrolled backward, the object moves toward you.

Magnifier +

Click with the mouse button - drag a rectangle for the desired area - click with the mouse button Default: Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) Alternative: Ctrl + Left mouse button The selected area is maximally zoomed into the graphics area.

Magnifier -

Click with the mouse button Default: Shift + Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) Alternative: Ctrl + Right mouse button With each click you step back to the previous magnification level until everything is displayed again in the graphics area (Refresh global, Zoom all).

Pan view

Press the mouse button - move the mouse until the desired position is reached - release the mouse button Default: Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) Alternative: Ctrl + Left mouse button

Rotate, rotate view

Press the mouse button - move the mouse until the desired orientation is reached - release the mouse button Default: Shift + Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) Alternative: Ctrl + Shift + Left mouse button

Refresh global, Zoom all

Double-click with the mouse button Default: Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) Alternative: Ctrl + Right mouse button

Refresh selection, Zoom to selected objects

Click with the mouse button Default: Ctrl + Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) Alternative: Ctrl + Shift + Right mouse button

Single selection

Select a single object Click with the left mouse button on the highlighted object.

To deselect individual objects, combine the input with Shift.

Selection - Line

Select the objects that are crossed by the line Click with the left mouse button - draw the line for the selection - click with the left mouse button

To deselect with a line, combine the input with Shift.

Selection - Crossing

Press the mouse button - move the mouse until the desired selection window is reached - release the mouse button Selection window from right to left: crossing. Selects objects that lie wholly or partly within the selection window.

To deselect, combine the input with Shift.

Selection – Windowr

Press the mouse button - move the mouse until the desired selection window is reached - release the mouse button Selection window from left to right: window. Selects objects that lie completely within the selection window.

To deselect, combine the input with Shift.

Polygonal chain Crossing

Ctrl + Shift + Click with the mouse button - click for each additional polygon point - right-click ends polygon input. Selection polygon counterclockwise: crossing. Selects objects that lie wholly or partly within the selection polygon.

Polygonal chain Window

Ctrl + Shift + Click with the mouse button - click for each additional polygon point - right-click ends polygon input. Selection polygon clockwise: window. Selects objects that lie completely within the selection polygon.

Deselect all

Gesture: Press right mouse button - move the mouse to the left - release the mouse button Alternative: ESC key

Context menu on object

Right-click on the highlighted object.

If objects are already selected, the context menu for the selected objects is opened. The merely highlighted object is not added to the selection.

Base menu

Right-click on empty space.

If objects are already selected, the context menu for the selected objects is opened. The base menu cannot then be opened.

Control menu

Gesture: Press right mouse button - move the mouse to the right - release the mouse button

Alternative: Shift + Right-click

The control menu can be opened at any time, even if objects are already selected.

List of recent commands

Gesture: Press right mouse button - move the mouse down - release the mouse button

Alternative: Spacebar or Down-arrow key

The list of recently used commands can be opened at any time, even if objects are already selected.

Alternative: Plus key calls the most recently used command without the list.