Panning

You may want to see the part which is out of the display range in the window. You can bring the part into the window by panning. Panning is an operation moving the display of the modeling objects on a window. This can be achieved by a few different methods as explained below.

> Panning by scroll bar

The main window has a horizontal and a vertical scroll bar. You may pan the display in the window horizontally or vertically using the scroll bar.

> Panning by option-drag

The shape of the cursor turns into , if you position the cursor on the main window, and press the mouse button with option key pressed(Windows: press the right mouse button). As you move the mouse in this state, the screen display moves along with the cursor. The movement ends and the shape of the cursor returns to ,when the mouse button is released. The display of the window is updated upon the completion of this panning operation. The update may take a short or long period of time depending on the setting of "view" preference.

> Centering the display

You may bring the display of the modeling objects instantly to the center of the window. Click the centering button . Then, the entire part of the display moves so that the center of the modeling objects coincides with the center of the main window. If there are no modeling objects, the display of the grid planes is centered on the main window.