Exploring the InfraWorks Environment - Autodesk Infraworks and Infraworks 360 Essentials - page 28

involves three buttons on the mouse: the left button, the right button, and the
center wheel. Table 1.2 shows the functions of each button.

tAB L e 1. 2 Mouse navigation functions

Button Action Behavior

Left Click and drag Rotates the model around the center

of the current view

Left Double-click Zooms in to the position of the cursor

Right Click and drag Pans the model in its current XY plane

Center Roll forward Zooms in to the location of the cursor

Center Roll back Zooms out while anchoring the loca-

tion of the cursor

Center Click and drag upward Raises your viewpoint vertically

upward

Center Click and drag downward Lowers your viewpoint vertically

downward

As you can see, a lot of navigation functionality is built in to those three
simple buttons. Also, note that when you roll the center wheel forward and
backward, the position of your cursor affects what will happen with your view of
the model.

exercise 1.4: navigate the Model using Your
Mouse

If you are continuing from the previous exercise, you can skip to step 3.
Otherwise, if you haven't already done so, go to the topic's web page at www
.sybex.com/go/infraworksessentials and download the files for Chapter 1.
Unzip the files to the correct location on your hard drive according to the
instructions in the introduction.

1. If it is not already open, launch InfraWorks.

2. On the Start Page, click Open and browse to C:\InfraWorks
Essentials\Chapter 01\ . Click Ch01 San Francisco City.sqlite
and click Open.