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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Using the Mouse

Many objects, such as doors and cabinets, are window, click on its tab using the middle
created by clicking the left mouse button. mouse button. You can also program it to
Others, such as walls, stairs and dimension work as a double-click.
lines, are created by dragging the pointer If your mouse does not have a middle mouse
from one end of the object to the other.
button, in the Mac version of Chief Architect
The left button is the primary you can use the left button and the Command
button used in Chief Architect. key to achieve the same results.
Unless specified otherwise, Chief The Mouse Wheel can be used to
Architect documentation refers to
the left mouse button. zoom in and out in most view types.
See “Zoom Tools” on page 160.

Note: If you are left-handed and have re-pro-
grammed your mouse, reverse the instruc- The Back, or X1, button on a 5-button mouse
tions for left and right buttons in this manual. can be used to temporarily enable the
Concentric edit behavior. See the
The Right button has several uses. documentation for your mouse.
The Forward, or X2, button on a 5-button
mouse can be used to temporarily enable the
Right-click to select any object.If, for Resize edit behavior. See the documentation
for your mouse.
example, the Straight Exterior Wall
tool is active, the left mouse button allows 3D Mice
you to select only walls. You can select other
object types such as cabinets with the right 3Dconnexion ® 's 3D mice can be used to nav-
mouse button. igate in Chief Architect. For information
about navigating in camera views and over-
Use the right mouse button to temporarily
switch to the Alternate edit behavior. See views, see “3Dconnexion® 3D Mice” on
“Defaults, Preferences, and Edit Behaviors” page 1062.
on page 208.
Using a Trackpad
You can also use the right mouse button to
open a context sensitive menu with In addition to the standard trackpad gestures
additional editing commands. See on your system, in Chief Architect you can
“Contextual Menus” on page 39. pinch to zoom.
™
The Middle button can be used to In macOS , you can Command + click to
pan in most view types or to pan. Panning is not supported in the
temporarily use the Move edit Windows version of the software, however.
behavior. To close a tabbed view

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