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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
7.1 (2018 R1)
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13.x(2018)

The 3D Navigator tool supports the common navigation movements you can perform with the mouse and keyboard, such as look and move.

3D Navigator Controls

Quick Help - Displays help specific to 3D navigation.

Home (Default View) - Returns to the default top-right isometric view view of the model. You can also create your own home view. For more information, see Set the Home View from the 3D Navigator.

Fly Mode - Enters Fly mode where you use the mouse and/or keyboard to interactively move and look through the model. When you are in Fly mode, the 3D Navigator does not display. The cursor changes to a crosshair located at the center of the Main view. You can press F or ESC to exit Fly mode. The 3D Navigator then displays at its last position.

Look - Changes your view direction as if you were turning your head.

Move In/Out - Takes you closer to or further away from model objects. A Move operation changes the eye point as you get closer or further from the target. The perspective angle does not change.

Move - Changes your position in the model at the crosshair cursor level as if you are 'walking' around in the model.

Fit - Places all visible objects in the active view if no objects are currently selected. If any objects are selected, the command zooms to the selected elements. Because the display is adjusted independently of the current view orientation, the objects in that display area are not clipped when performing rotate operations.

  • The Fit tool zooms or fits to any objects that were selected before you use any 3D navigation control. 

  • You can also perform a SHIFT + Fit operation that enables you to view the entire selected object within the current window size. Any rotation operations later performed in that view do not clip the selected object.

  • When you perform a Fit operation, you can continue selecting other objects as well as moving from the fitted location.

Select - Turns Select mode on and off (not available in the SmartPlant and SmartMarine applications).

General Behavior

After you move your cursor off of the 3D Navigator, it fades into a transparent shadow so that it does not distract from the current view. The 3D Navigator reappears when you move the cursor back over it. You can select and move the 3D Navigator to place it wherever you want in or out of your view window. To use the 3D Navigator, just click on the needed action. A single click causes short movements while a click + hold action on the look and move controls allows you to move continuously.

While you are using 3D Navigator controls, you can use the following mouse operations:

  • Mouse wheel forward/backward

  • Middle-mouse drag to move sideways and up/down in the model.

You can also use the keyboard in conjunction with the 3D Navigator to move in one direction while looking in another. This can simulate walking through the plant as you are looking on either side.

  • The 3D Navigator controls are synchronized with the mouse and keyboard movements to display the current move or look action. For example, if you are pressing W to move in, the Move In button in the 3D Navigator is highlighted.

  • You can press and hold any of the Move controls to continuously move in that direction.

  • As you move through the model, the closer you get to your target, the slower the movement rate becomes. The further away from the target, the faster the movement rate.

  • The Move operations enable you to move through solid objects such as walls, doors and slabs.