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Viewing and navigating in 3D

Viewing and navigating in 3D - BIM 360 Tutorial

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Viewing and navigating in 3D

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- [Instructor] In the last video, we saw how to navigate in 2D, now let's look at 3D, I'm going to open a Revit file here within the project files area of BIM 360 Docs. And by default, it's going to take me right to the 3D view. Let's start with the wheel zoom which is very similar to 2D view. As I roll backwards, I zoom out and as I roll forward, I zoom in. And just like 2D view, if I place my cursor in a certain area, it's going to anchor that area to the screen and push everything else away. Now, the buttons work a bit differently. Right mouse button is still pan and center mouse button is still pan if I click and hold, but the left mouse button is in orbit. So, if I click and drag to the left, it's going to rotate the model to the left. If I click and drag to the right, to the right. Up and down is the same motion. Something else very interesting that I can do is I can right-click on a certain spot in the model and…

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