Fly mode offers a fluid, first-person movement in any direction within your model. In Fly mode operation, use your mouse to look around as well as work in conjunction with your keyboard for motion in all directions. You change the viewing direction with the mouse and move around with the keyboard.
By using mouse-only or mouse + keyboard controls, you can:
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Look 360 degrees around from a stationary point.
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Travel through your model and move up/down stairs and ramps
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Move sideways in a sidestepping motion.
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Move up and down to change your elevation.
When you are in Fly mode, your cursor changes to a crosshair that is located at the center of your view window. When you exit Fly mode, the cursor changes back to its original pointer.
Application-Specific Information
Fly mode actions:
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Open quick-help to get information on 3D navigation |
Q |
Enter/Exit Fly mode |
F (Toggle to enter/exit) |
Exit fly mode, cancel all fly mode operations |
F again (Toggle on/off), ESC or right-click |
Turn on/off crosshair |
X (Toggle on/off) |
Enter and exit fly mode to use mouse and keyboard combination navigation controls.
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Move in |
Mouse Wheel Forward -or- W |
Move in (factor of 2) |
Middle Mouse Button/Wheel Click |
Move left |
A |
Move out |
Mouse Wheel Backward -or- S |
Move out (factor of 2) |
SHIFT + Middle Mouse Button/Wheel Click |
Move right |
D |
Move up |
E |
Move down |
C |
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Walk through your model in the direction of the crosshair. Roll the middle mouse wheel forward and back, or press and hold the designated WASD key. A left or right move is a sidestepping motion.
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A middle mouse click moves you halfway in to your target point. Use SHIFT + middle mouse click to move back out the distance of the eye point from the target. The perspective angle does not change.
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Move in and left. |
W + A -or- Mouse Wheel Forward + A |
Move in and right |
W + D -or- Mouse Wheel Forward + D |
Move out and left |
S + A -or- Mouse Wheel Backward + A |
Move out and right |
S + D -or- Mouse Wheel Backward + D |
Move left/right/up/down |
Middle Mouse Drag |
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Walk at various angles through your model. Roll the mouse wheel forward and backward while holding down the designated direction key. Or, hold down the needed two direction keys simultaneously.
In a key combination move, if you release one directional key, you still continue moving in the direction of the other key.
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Press and hold the middle mouse button to side-step left or right. This enables you to move the model without changing the direction in which you are looking.
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Look up |
I -or- Mouse Move Forward |
Look left |
J -or- Mouse Move Left |
Look down |
K -or- Mouse Move Backward |
Look right |
L -or- Mouse Move Right |
Look around the model as if you were turning your head. Simply move the mouse up/down, left/right from the crosshair point.
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Return to the default view of your model |
H |
Create your own custom home view |
CTRL+H |
Reset a customized home view back to the original default home view |
CTRL+SHIFT+H |
Press the H key if you are 'lost' in the model or need to get back to a known view.
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Encircle or rotate around an object |
Left mouse - press and hold |
When rotating around an object, the encircle point is the current center point; not the center of the selected object.