Using the 3D Navigate tool in ArcScene

The 3D Navigate tool Navigate is the most adaptable of the 3D navigation tools on the Tools toolbar, incorporating functionality from several other tools, and will be the tool you use to navigate the 3D view much of the time.

In ArcScene, the 3D Navigate tool has only one mode: surface mode, unlike ArcGlobe, which has two modes: global and surface mode. Surface mode allows the target position to move, creating a 3D oblique view of your data.

Clicking the left and right buttons and dragging up, down, left, or right allows you to rotate the view, zoom in, and zoom out. Other navigation functions, such as setting the target location, are exposed through the use of keyboard shortcuts. The wide variety of functions built into the 3D Navigate tool means it will most likely be the main navigation tool you use in ArcScene.

Mouse navigation lookup table

Mouse

Action

Description

Replicates

Mouse Left Button

Drag

Pivots the view around the target location

Hold down CTRL and click

Recenters the target location at the clicked point

Note: The camera position does not change.

Center on Target

Hold down the CTRL and SHIFT keys and click

Enables/Disables animated navigation

Mouse Middle Button

Drag

Pans the view (as a 3D vector)

Pan

Hold down CTRL and click

Moves the camera location to the clicked point

Note: The target location does not change.

Set Observer

Rotate scroll wheel

Zooms in to/out from the target point

Zoom In/Out

Mouse Right Button

Drag

Zooms in to/out from the target point

Zoom In/Out

Hold down CTRL and click

Centers and zooms in to the clicked point

Zoom In/Out

Learn more about navigating in Surface Mode

3/5/2014