DesignSpark Mechanical Online Help

Panning your design

Use the PanMove a drawing around by dragging the drawing area around your screen; move the viewpoint laterally relative to the drawing. tool to move your design within the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace..

When you click the PanMove a drawing around by dragging the drawing area around your screen; move the viewpoint laterally relative to the drawing. tool, it stays enabled until you click it again, press Esc, or click another tool.

To pan

1. Select the PanMove a drawing around by dragging the drawing area around your screen; move the viewpoint laterally relative to the drawing. tool from the Orient ribbon group or status bar.

2. Drag to move your design around the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace..

   If you double-click a face while using the PanMove a drawing around by dragging the drawing area around your screen; move the viewpoint laterally relative to the drawing. tool, the face is zoomed so that it fills the design window. You can also switch to the Zoom tool temporarily by holding down the Ctrl key while turning the mouse wheel.

When working in any tool, Shift+click the middle mouse button and drag to move your design.

In DS Mechanical Options, you can add panning scroll bars to the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace.. Go to Popular Options and check the Show scroll bars in the design window option ON.