Geomagic products use a three-button pointing device. The mouse actions and mouse action modifiers appear in the following table. (To configure a UNIX-like behavior of the mouse, or to change any mouse action modifier to your preference, use Tools > Options > General > Themes.)
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Left Mouse Button (also called mouse button 1) |
LeftMouse |
single click selects most items on the user interface and elements of the active object. Click and drag has the following effects: • selects regions of the active object, • In a numeric field, vertical dragging increases and decreases the value. |
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Ctrl-LeftMouse |
Deselect Object | |
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Alt-LeftMouse |
Lighting. | |
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Shift-LeftMouse |
Set active model (when working with multiple models) | |
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Middle Mouse Button (also called mouse button 2 and “the wheel”) |
Scroll Wheel |
• Zoom. To zoom in (or out) on any portion of the object in the Viewing Area, put the mouse cursor on the point of interest and use the scroll wheel. • In a numeric field, the scroll wheel increases or decreases the value of the digit to the right of the cursor |
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MiddleMouse |
• During “Move Camera Mode” (the normal case): rotates the user’s view. • During “Move Model Mode”: rotates the object in coordinate space. | |
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Ctrl-MiddleMouse |
Set multiple active models | |
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Alt-MiddleMouse |
Pan | |
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Shift-Ctrl-MiddleMouse |
Move model | |
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Right Mouse Button (also called mouse button 3) |
RightMouse |
single click accesses the “right-click menu” which contains a context-sensitive set of frequently needed functions. |
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Ctrl-RightMouse |
Rotate | |
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Alt-RightMouse |
Pan | |
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Shift-RightMouse |
Zoom |