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If you click down on the wheel and drag the mouse, this causes the image to pan around the window. | If you click down on the wheel and drag the mouse, this causes the image to pan around the window. | ||
Rotating the image is done through the | Rotating the image is done through the ([[File:FreeCAD_orientation_icon.jpg|90px]]) orientation icon in the upper-right corner of the window. The faces of the solid are controls that deliver the orientation indicated. The arrow buttons in the margins cause the image to rotate by an increment. | ||
[[File:FreeCAD_rotate.jpg|650px|horiz rotate]] | [[File:FreeCAD_rotate.jpg|650px|horiz rotate]] | ||
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SolidWorks runs on PCs not Macs. You need to be handy with the standard three-button mouse on the PC. Further, you need a mouse in which the middle button is actually a wheel, not a button. This is shown below.
On the PC, the LEFT mouse button is used for selection.
The MIDDLE button (actually a wheel) is used to move the part rendering around in the graphical space. The wheel functions as BOTH a button and a track-wheel, so there is a lot you can do with it.
If you spin the wheel, that causes the image to zoom in and out.
If you click down on the wheel and drag the mouse, this causes the image to pan around the window.
Rotating the image is done through the (
) orientation icon in the upper-right corner of the window. The faces of the solid are controls that deliver the orientation indicated. The arrow buttons in the margins cause the image to rotate by an increment.
