Moving in the 3D View

The following sections list all of the keyboard and mouse commands that you can use to move in the 3D view.

Fly camera

Arrow keys

UP ARROW

Move forward in the view.

DOWN ARROW

Move backwards in the view.

LEFT ARROW

Move left along the X-axis.

RIGHT ARROW

Move right along the X-axis.

NOTE: depending on keyboard layout or language, the keys at the top left of the keyboard—the "gaming keys"—also function as movement keys. On an English-language keyboard these are the w, a, s, and d keys.

Mouse

Left click and drag

Rotates the view.

Right click

Opens the contextual or shortcut menu, which contains command shortcuts for several Navigation Lab functions.

Double left click

Move the point of view to the location of the cursor.

CTRL+left click

Select VisualDebug elements in the 3D view.

wheel button

Changes the altitude of the camera: scroll forward to decrease the altitude; scroll backward to increase the altitude.

Number pad

SHIFT+Keypad 2

Move backwards in the view.

SHIFT+Keypad 8

Move forward in the view.

Keypad 2

Move back along the Y-axis.

Keypad 4

Move left along the X-axis.

Keypad 6

Move right along the X-axis.

Keypad 8

Move forward along the Y-axis.

NOTE: movement along the X and Y axes is relative to the axis and the 3D object; if the view is rotated, movement along an axis will follow the repositioned (rotated) axis.

Other

PAGE UP

Move up along the Z-axis

PAGE DOWN

Move down along the Z-axis

F

Move the point of view to the location of the cursor.

F3

Toggle Stats on or off.

Ortho camera

Arrow keys

UP ARROW

Moves the view up relative to the 3D window.

DOWN ARROW

Moves the view down relative to the 3D window.

LEFT ARROW

Move left along the X-axis.

RIGHT ARROW

Move right along the X-axis.

NOTE: depending on keyboard layout or language, the keys at the top left of the keyboard—the "gaming keys"—also function as movement keys. On an English-language keyboard these are the w, a, s, and d keys.

Mouse

Left click and drag

Rotates the view.

NOTE: you can also lock the rotation of the Ortho view in the Camera Settings dialog.

Right click

Opens the contextual or shortcut menu, which contains command shortcuts for several Navigation Lab functions.

Double left click

Move the point of view to the location of the cursor.

CTRL+left click

Select VisualDebug elements in the 3D view.

wheel button

Changes the altitude of the camera: scroll forward to decrease the altitude; scroll backward to increase the altitude.

Number pad

SHIFT+Keypad 2

Move the view down relative to the 3D window.

SHIFT+Keypad 8

Move the view up relative to the 3D window.

Keypad 2

Move back along the Y-axis.

Keypad 4

Move left along the X-axis.

Keypad 6

Move right along the X-axis.

Keypad 8

Move forward along the Y-axis.

NOTE: movement along the X and Y axes is relative to the axis and the 3D object; if the view is rotated, movement along an axis will follow the repositioned (rotated) axis.

Other

PAGE UP

Move down along the Z-axis

PAGE DOWN

Move up along the Z-axis

F

Move the point of view to the location of the cursor.

F3

Toggle Stats on or off.

Walk on NavMesh camera

Arrow keys

UP ARROW

Walk forward in the view.

DOWN ARROW

Walk backwards in the vieww.

LEFT ARROW

Walk sideways to the left.

RIGHT ARROW

Walk sideways to the right.

NOTE: depending on keyboard layout or language, the keys at the top left of the keyboard—the "gaming keys"—also function as movement keys. On an English-language keyboard these are the w, a, s, and d keys.

Mouse

Left click and drag

Right or left: changes direction during movement (steering).

Right click

Opens the contextual or shortcut menu, which contains command shortcuts for several Navigation Lab functions.

Double left click

Move the point of view to the location of the cursor.

CTRL+left click

Select VisualDebug elements in the 3D view.

wheel button

Changes the altitude of the camera: scroll forward to decrease the altitude; scroll backward to increase the altitude.

Number pad

SHIFT+Keypad 2

Walk backwards in the view.

SHIFT+Keypad 8

Walk forwards in the view.

Other

F

Move the point of view to the location of the cursor.

F3

Toggle Stats on or off.