3D View Shortcuts

3D Display and Navigation

Note: *SHIFT and CTRL Keys are modifiers that increase or decrease the operation
 CTRL + 3 Open or refresh the 3D view
  F5 Refresh the 3D view
  Arrow Keys Pan 3D view left, right, forward, and back or move in.
Page Up/Down Zoom out and in*
Home/
Number 5 / CTRL+SHIFT+D
Return to default view
CTRL + Home Center the 2D view on the current selection
Numbers 8 / 2 Control tilt forward and back *
Numbers 4 / 6 Control rotation right and left*
Numbers 7 / 9 Move up*
Numbers 1 / 3 Move down*
Mouse Wheel Roll to zoom in and out or raise and lower the walk mode height. Click and drag to pan
 Left Mouse Button Navigate the view. Forward / back movements tilt the scene up or down; left/right movements rotate the view. *
  Right Mouse Button Forward / back movements zoom in or out. *

Walk Mode

Left Mouse Button Forward / back movements move forwards or back in the scene. Left / right movements rotate the view.
Right Mouse Button Raise and lower walk mode height.
Mouse Wheel Click and drag to change the pitch. Roll to raise and lower the walk mode height
Arrow Up / Down Move into or away from the scene. *
Arrow Left / Right Rotate the view around the current location. *
 Page Up / Down Raise and lowers walk mode height *

Advanced 3D Display and Navigation

V Locks movement to the vertical plane
H Locks movement to the horizontal plane
F11 Decreases the field of view by 5 degrees*
F12 Increases the field of view by 5 degrees*
Home /CTRL+SHIFT+D/ 5 key Default View. This is the standard view that you get when you open the 3D viewer.
Z Sets the pivot point to the selected feature or, if no feature is selected, the cursor location on the terrain in the 3D view.
Ctrl+Shift+T Top View.
 Ctrl+Shift+U Bottom View.
Ctrl+Shift+L Left View. (West)
Ctrl+Shift+R Right View. (East)
Ctrl+Shift+F Front View.(South)
Ctrl+Shift+B Back View. (North)

3D Tools and Settings

W Enable or disable wireframe
CTRL +W Enable walk mode
  CTRL+SHIFT+W Enable/ disable water level display
  T Enable or disable display of textures on meshes
M Enable or disable Measure tool
D Enable or disable Digitizer tool
  CTRL+SHIFT+D Sets the default view
  E Resets vertical exaggeration to 1.0
CTRL+E Lower vertical exaggeration
SHIFT+E Raise vertical exaggeration
P The P key enables / disables pivot axis display.
  CTRL+SHFT+P Enables / disables the path profile display
  CTRL+G Enables / disables display of GPS tracks
  Numpad +/- Raise/ lower water level
  CTRL + B Enables / disables backface culling
  CTRL + N Toggle display of vertex normals for meshes
  SIFT+ N Toggle display of face normals for meshes
  N Toggle normal display mode for meshes (vertex normals and face normals)
  CTRL+C Copy 3D view image to clipboard
  CTRL+SHIFT+C Copy 3D view image to clipboard without notifications

3D Digitizing and Editing

  CTRL+Z While digitizing or editing, undoes the last point.
  ESC Clear the current selection, cancel the current digitizing operation, or cancel the current measurement
  ENTER Complete the current digitization operation or measurement.
  DELETE Delete the selected features.
  CTRL+ALT+Left Click and Drag Sweep deselection to clear the selection of features in the swept area.

3D Snapping to types of Features

Note: Only one of these modifier keys may be active at a time
  P Hold down when Selecting, Digitizing or Measuring to filter to point features
  A Hold down to filter to area features
  L Hold down to filter to line features
  M Hold down to filter to mesh features