Mouse and keyboard

The same key can mean different things in different situations. The situation you are in decides.

Moving around the model

When Navigate is lit on the toolbar.

Do this	To
Drag with the left button	Orbit around the point you last focused on
Drag with the right or middle button	Pan
Turn the wheel	Zoom in or out
Turn the wheel three times quickly at about 1.5 m	Go closer than 1.5 m, down to 0.40 m. Closer, the picture is magnified, not sharper
Double-click a surface	Fly to that point and make it the centre of rotation
← →	Pan left or right across the screen. Hold to glide
↑ ↓	Pan straight up or down
Click a pin or a finding’s label	Select the finding and fly to its saved view

Drawing an outline or a line

When a tool from Measure or Advanced is lit. Dragging no longer orbits, so a click cannot move the view by accident.

Do this	To
Click	Add a point
Turn the wheel, or press the arrow keys	Zoom or pan without leaving the tool
Click the first point, press Enter, or double-click	Close an outline (Area, Volume, 3D defect)
Press Enter, double-click, or right-click	Finish a Distance
Backspace, or Ctrl+Z	Remove the last point
Esc	Cancel the outline you are drawing

Shaping an outline

After an outline closes, or after Edit shape on a saved finding.

Do this	To
Drag a point	Move it
Click the outline between two points	Add a point there
Press on the outline and drag	Add a point and place it in one move
Click a point, then Delete or Backspace	Remove that point
Double-click a point, or Alt+click it	Remove that point
Ctrl+Z · Ctrl+Y	Undo or redo a change to this outline only
Enter	Apply the changes to a saved finding
Esc	Cancel the changes to a saved finding, or finish shaping a new outline

An outline keeps at least 3 points, and a line at least 2.

Findings in the Observations panel

Do this	To
Click a card	Select the finding and fly to its saved view
Ctrl+click a card	Tick or untick it, without moving the view
Shift+click a card	Tick every card from the last one ticked to this one
Delete	Delete the ticked findings. The notice offers Undo
Esc	Untick everything
Ctrl+Z	Undo your last change
Ctrl+Y, or Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo it

Reviewing AI proposals

During a review.

Key	To
1 to 5	Set the severity: critical, high, medium, low, info. Press the same key again to clear it
A	Sign off. Needs a severity first
E	Edit the proposal’s details
D	Dismiss, then click the reason
S	Skip. Nothing is recorded, and it stays to be reviewed
N · P	Next or previous proposal
Enter	Open the photograph the outline was found in
Esc	Close the photograph. Press again to leave the review

The review keys pause while a form is open, while you type in a field, and while an outline edit or a replacement is unfinished.

Looking at a photograph

Do this	To
Drag	Pan the photograph. With Point lit, a left-button drag draws a rectangle instead
Right-drag or middle-drag	Pan the photograph
Turn the wheel	Zoom about the pointer
Click, with Point or Outline lit	Place a point on the photograph
← →	Previous or next photograph
Esc	Close the photograph

Depth profile chart

Do this	To
Move the pointer along the chart	Show where that point lies on the model
Double-click the chart	Open it in a window you can move and resize
Esc	Close that window

Marking up a problem report

After Report a problem ▸ Mark up the screen….

Do this	To
Ctrl+Z	Undo the last mark
Enter, in a text box	Place the words
Esc	Leave without changing the marks

Explain

After Explain on the toolbar.

Do this	To
Point at anything, then click it	Read what it means. Nothing is pressed or changed
Tab · Shift+Tab	Move to the next or previous item on the screen
Esc, or Done	Leave Explain

Esc, in general

Esc always takes one step back from what you are doing: it ends a point drag, closes the enlarged depth chart, cancels an outline or its unapplied changes, closes an open menu, closes the finding form, unticks findings, and finally returns to Navigate. Press it again for the next step back.

Caution

Esc closes the finding form without saving — what you typed is not kept. Click Save first.