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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

In 3D Views perspective views, the original zoom factor is
restored, while in orthographic views the
Fill Window and Fill Window Building camera’s Field of View is adjusted so that all
surfaces in the 3D view are included.
Only behave slightly differently in
perspective and orthographic 3D views. In

Panning the Display

There are four ways to pan the display Using the Mouse
without changing the zoom factor.
If you have a wheel mouse, you can pan the
Using the Scroll Bars display by pressing the middle mouse button,
or wheel, and moving the mouse in the
One method is to use the scroll bars on the direction you would like to pan. When the
right and bottom edges of the window. middle mouse button is held down, the
pointer changes to a hand icon.
Scroll Bars
In the Mac version of Chief Architect, you
can pan using the left mouse button and
Command key.
Mouse drivers sometimes have other
functions assigned to the wheel and buttons.
• Drag the square button in the bar itself in These override the Chief Architect setting.
order to pan a larger distance.
• Click the end arrow keys on the scroll Using a Mac Trackpad
bars to shift the display in 12" incre- In the Mac version of Chief Architect, you
ments. can two finger drag to pan the display. See
• The 12" increment is defined in the Plan “Using a Trackpad” on page 34.
Defaults dialog under Inches Scrolled
by Arrow Key. See “General Plan Using the Pan Window Tool
Defaults Dialog” on page 101.
The Pan Window tool works much
Using the Arrow Keys like the mouse wheel method.

In floor plan view, the Shift + arrow keys on • Select Window> Pan Window . The
the keyboard work exactly like clicking the pointer changes to a hand icon. Click
arrow buttons on the scroll bar. They shift the and drag to pan the window. The program
display according to the number of inches reverts to the previously active tool when
defined in the Plan Defaults dialog. you release the mouse button.

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