FabriCAM Software Navigating 3d Space with Mouse Panning (Part 10) Step by Step Video Tutorial

If you are wanting to Navigate your 3d space with your mouse like most other 3d view ports, then Panning is a must know.

When it comes to navigating 3d space there are tree main operators to get familiar with, Pan, Rotate and Zoom.

This video is part of a Mini-Series.
Next video covers Navigation Mouse Rotate.
Previous video covered Navigation Smooth Zoom.

Video Transcript

How do you guys in today's video, we're gonna be looking at how you can navigate your three d space using your mouth. But before that, let's have a quick intro first, so today's video can be found on softwaretraining.co.za. We make sure an easy to watch problem solving videos, and we also have daily updates otherwise, back to the tutorial year if we head to the programme. So now, in the previous one, we looked at pani. I mean zooming smoothly with your mouth. So if we kept shifting, we could zoom. But obviously the limitation here was that it always zooms to the centre. Now that does make zooming out more simple, as you don't have to worry about navigating and reverse. But now we're gonna look at combining that with the mouse panning now, like I mentioned before, you can keep your pan tool. Zoom in left click drag around, zoom in with shift in middle mouse button again, but we want to try. See if we can have a workflow where you can use all these things. Just with your mouse and keyboard keeps the actual work environment slightly faster. But whichever works for you, best at the end, you still rather use. But in my personal opinion, from all three options, this one is definitely saved the most time and feels the most natural. So now what we're gonna do is we're gonna use the middle mouse button again for painting. This time instead of shift, we're gonna use control. So now if I keep controlling and I hold my middle mouse button, you can see we pan. Then if I keep my shift, I can zoom. We can pan zoom pan, and they like that. You can actually navigate your actual plane. Now, obviously, this is gonna take some time getting used to. I will give a few. Practical is afterwards. So that, uh, some exercises just to get you a bit more competent with using these tools. And then So when you actually start your projects, you don't have to think about navigating your actual three d space. I always recommend that for people, if they can make these things second nature, they can get away more done without having to constantly look at keys and try to remember what was that again? Because that's really one way to break your workflow and productivity, but yeah, so just a quick recap again. So this is a great, uh, combination with a smooth zoom. Is your pan so smooth? June, Keep shift. Hold your middle mouse button, zoom in and then you use control, middle mouse button and pan. And like I said, because the smooth zoom also the centre of the screen, you can always beforehand before you zoom. You can make whatever point you want. You can quickly pan into the centre and then zoom in and then just fine adjustment Control the middle mouse button. Yeah, that is it. On panning, I said, It is. Um we've got the two combinations now to make your navigation a little bit easier. Last one will be looking at is your actual rotation. And then I think we have covered just about everything on navigating your three d space. Otherwise, in the meanwhile, if we head here to softwaretraining.co.za z, you guys will notice we've got a variety of different Softwares we do cover, and you can also isolate your search on the top of right. If you do not, however, find the training videos, you're looking forward to something you requested. Training video, filling the uniform. And then we'll do our best to try and make that for you. But otherwise thanks, guys, for watching and cheers.