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Overview of Navigation Bar
The navigation bar is a user interface element where you can access both
unified and product-specific navigation tools.
Unified navigation tools (such as Autodesk
®
ViewCube
®
, 3Dconnexion
®
, and
SteeringWheels
®
) are those that can be found across many Autodesk products.
Product-specific navigation tools are unique to a product. The navigation bar
floats over and along one of the sides of the Scene View.
You start navigation tools by clicking one of the buttons on the navigation
bar or selecting one of the tools from a list that is displayed when you click
the smaller portion of a split button.
5. Orbit tools (page 110). Set of navigation
tools for rotating the model around a pivot
point while the view remains fixed.
1. ViewCube (page 139) Indicates the current
orientation of a model, and is used to reori-
ent the current view of a model. Clicking
this button displays the ViewCube in the
Scene View when it’s not visible.
6. Look tools (page 111). Set of navigation
tools for rotating the current view vertically
and horizontally.
2. SteeringWheels (page 153) Collection of
wheels that offer rapid switching between
specialized navigation tools.
7. Walk and Fly tools (page 112). Set of
navigation tools for moving around the
model and controlling realism settings.
3. Pan tool (page 109). Activates the pan
tool and moves the view parallel to the
screen.
8. 3Dconnexion (page 164)Set of navigation
tools used to reorient the current view of a
model with a 3Dconnexion 3D mouse.
4. Zoom tools (page 109). Set of navigation
tools for increasing or decreasing the mag-
nification of the current view of the model.
NOTE In a 2D workspace, only the 2D navigation tools (such as 2D SteeringWheels,
Pan, Zoom, and the 2D Mode 3Dconnexion tools) are accessible.
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