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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Dynamic Viewing</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap105"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap106"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap107"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap108"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap109"></a><p class="para_topic">I-deas users may prefer to use the dynamic viewing commands with the mouse buttons and scroll wheel instead of using the commands in the <b class="uiTerm">View</b> toolbar. The mouse buttons provide access to these functions using only one hand.
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      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/intro/rotation_anim.gif"></p><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap110"></a><div class="title_division">Rotate</div>
      <p class="para_division">Rotate the display using the middle mouse button.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb2.gif" border="0"> Click and drag to rotate.
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                  <p class="para_item">Pause slightly to rotate about a temporary center of rotation.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Pan the display using one of these combinations.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Shift + <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb2.gif" border="0"></p>
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      <p class="para_division">Zoom in and out using one of these methods. Start with the cursor at the desired center of the zoom.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb2.gif" border="0"> + <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb1.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb2_wheel.gif" border="0"> Zoom using the mouse wheel.
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      <p class="para_division">Dynamic <b class="uiTerm">Rotate</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Pan</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Zoom In/Out</b> commands are also available as buttons in the <b class="uiTerm">View</b> toolbar. (These buttons can be used even while another command is active.)
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-rotate.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Rotate</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-pan.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Pan</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-zoom-in-out.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Zoom In/Out</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">When you access dynamic view commands using the buttons, they lock on until turned off. Turn them off using the button again, MB2, or Enter.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Similar to I-deas, different rotation modes are available when the cursor is located in different regions of the screen. Try rotation with the cursor near the bottom, top, and sides of the graphics window and notice the change in the cursor.</p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">You can rotate the display about an axis by dragging the middle mouse button on an axis of the View Triad in the lower corner of the graphics window.</p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">To rotate the display about any linear curve, edge, or datum axis in the model, click and drag with the left mouse button with the <b class="uiTerm">Rotate</b> command active.
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      <p class="para_division">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Getting Started &rarr; Introduction to NX &rarr; Using NX &rarr; Basic Operations &rarr; Rotating, Panning, and Zooming
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