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Using Walkthrough Navigation 31
one of the directional keys (forward, back, left, or
right).
This feature is available for perspective and camera
viewports. It is not available for orthographic
views or for spotlight viewports.
Animating a Walk through
Whenyouusewalkthroughnavigationina
Camera v iewport, you can animate the camera
walkthrough using either Auto Ke y (page 3–717)
or Set Key (page 2–280).Ineithercase,togetan
animatedcamerayouhavetochangetheframe
number m anually (the easiest way is to use the
Time Slider (page 3–701)), and in the case of Set
Key,youhavetochangetheframenumberand
click Set Keys.
Tip: Selectthecamerabeforeyouanimateit.Ifthe
camera isn’t selected, its keys won’t appear in the
Track Bar (page 3–703).
Pr ocedur es
To begin using walk through navigation, do one of
the f ollowing:
•PresstheUp Ar row key.
•
Click the Walk T hrough but ton ( page
3–738) to turn it on.
This button is found on the Pan/Truck And
Walkthrough flyout (page 3–738).
To stop usi ng wal k throu gh nav igati on, do one of
the f ollowing:
•Right-click.
•Activateadifferentviewport.
• Change the active viewport to a different t ype.
• Turnonadifferentviewportnavigationtool
(such as Zo om or Pan).
• Turn on Select Object or one of the transform
tools.
Note: Yo u do not exit walkthrough m ode when
you select a n object or change the view port
shading type (between shaded and wireframe, for
example).
Interfa ce
The Walk Through button is the only graphical
element of the interface to walkthrough navigation.
The other features are provided by mouse actions
or by keyboard shortcuts. The following table
shows the keyboard actions:
Command Shor tcut
Accelerate Toggle
Q
Back
S , Down Arr ow
Decelerate Toggle
Z
Decrease R otation
Sensitivity
Decrease Step Size
[
Down
C , Shift+Down Arrow
Forward
W , Up Ar row
Increase Rotation Sensitivity
Increase Step Size
]
Invert Vertical Rotation
Toggle
Left
A , Left Arrow
Level
Shift+Spacebar
Lock Horizontal Rotation
Lock Vertical Rotation
Spacebar
Reset Step Size
Alt+[
Right
D , Right Arrow
Up
E , Shift+Up Arrow
If nothing appears in the Shortcut column, no
default key is assigned to this command. You can
set custom keystrokes u sing the Keyboard panel
(page 3–793) of the Customize User In terface
dialog.