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Navigation & Selection

 

View Navigation

Using Mouse and Keyboard

Rotate: Click and hold the middle-mouse button and drag.

Zoom: Scroll the middle-mouse wheel forward or backward.

Pan: Hold Ctrl, click and hold the middle-mouse button, and drag.

Using the 'Heads up' toolbar - appears when a project is open.
Default View: Left-mouse-button click.
Pan: Left-mouse-button click to activate the mode, then click, hold, and drag in the viewport to pan.
Rotate: Left-mouse-button click to activate the mode, then click, hold, and drag in the viewport to rotate.
Zoom: Left-mouse-button click to activate the mode, then click, hold, and drag up or down in the viewport to zoom in or out.
Zoom to Fit: Left-mouse-button click.
Cancel Current Action: Left-mouse-button click to exit the active navigation mode.

 

View Manipulator

  • View orientation can be changed by left-clicking the orientation circles on the view manipulator.

 

 

 

Selection & Deletion

 

⚠️ Z-clipping is automatically disabled when any selection tool is active. To re-enable it, deactivate the selection tool by clicking the selected tool again.

Box
  • Left-mouse-button click to activate or deactivate the tool.
  • Left-click, hold, and drag in the viewport to draw a selection box.
  • All points within the box will be selected.
  • The selection colour can be customised in the Application Settings panel.
  • To subtract regions from the selection, hold Alt and draw.
Polygon
  • Left-mouse-button click to activate or deactivate the tool.
  • Use left-mouse clicks to define the polygon boundary.
  • Right-mouse-button click to finish and accept the selection.
  • The selection colour can be customised in the Application Settings panel.
  • To subtract regions from the selection, hold Alt and draw.
Lasso
  • Left-mouse-button click to activate or deactivate the tool.
  • Left-click, hold, and drag in the viewport to draw a selection area.
  • All points within the area will be selected.
  • The selection colour can be customised in the Application Settings panel.
  • To subtract regions from the selection, hold Alt and draw.
Paintbrush
  • Left-mouse-button click to activate or deactivate the tool.
  • Hover over the points to be selected, then left-click, hold, and drag in the viewport to select.
  • All points within the selection sphere will be included.
  • The selection colour can be customised in the Application Settings panel.
  • To subtract regions from the selection, hold Alt and drag.
  • To change the sphere size, hold Alt and scroll the mouse wheel.
Clear Selection
  • Clears the current selection.
Delete selected points
  • Deletes the selected points from the project and moves them into the Deleted Points space in the Project Tree.
  • Points stored in the Deleted Points space are excluded from all further processing.
Delete unselected points
  • Deletes the un-selected points from the project and moves them into the Deleted Points space in the Project Tree.
  • Points stored in the Deleted Points space are excluded from all further processing.
 
  • To access deleted points, right-click Deleted Points in the Project Tree and select Edit Deleted Points.
  • Deleted points can be undeleted and restored to the project using the same selection tools described above.