View manipulation using the mouse

In Bricscad you can navigate through your drawing using the mouse.

 

Mouse / Key

Action

Result

Mouse Wheel

scroll

Zoom in / out (*)

Middle Button (**)

press and hold while moving the mouse

Real-time pan

Middle Button (**)

double click

Zoom extents

Ctrl + Shift + Left Button

press and hold while moving the mouse

Zoom in / out

Ctrl + Shift + Right Button

press and hold while moving the mouse

Real-time pan

Ctrl + Left Button

press and hold while moving the mouse

Real-time sphere

Ctrl + Right Button

press and hold while moving the mouse

Rotate about the screen Z-axis

 

(*) The incremental change in zoom with each mouse-wheel action is controlled through the Zoom Factor variable (ZOOMFACTOR).

(**) On condition the Middle Button Pan (MBUTTONPAN) variable is set ON.

Setting the Zoom Factor variable

  1. Type zoomfactor in the command bar, then press Enter.
    The command bar reads: New current value for ZOOMFACTOR (3 to 100) <current value>:

  2. Type a value between 3 and 100 in the command bar, then press Enter.

or

  1. In the Settings dialog, open the Drawing category, then expand the Display/Viewing sub-category.
    In the Viewing group, select the ZOOMFACTOR variable.

  2. Type a value between 3 and 100 in the zoomfactor field.

 

NOTE

Increase the zoom factor to speed up scroll wheel zooming in large drawings.

Setting the Middle Button Pan variable

  1. Type in mbuttonpan the command bar, then press Enter.
    The command bar reads: New current value for MBUTTONPAN (Off or On) <current value>:

  2. Type On or Off in the command bar.

or

  1. In the Settings dialog, open the Program Options category, then expand the User Preferences sub-category and select the MBUTTONPAN variable.

  2. Choose either Support panning or Support action defined in menu file.

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