Navigation Controls

Camera navigation controls in Asset Transformer Studio

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Asset Transformer Studio offers a standard, DCC-like, navigation mode.

To manipulate the camera position and orientation in the viewport, use the following key combinations:

	Combinations	Description
	`ALT Key` + `Left-click`	Rotate camera
	`ALT Key` + `Middle-click` (or `Mouse wheel` )	Pan camera
	`ALT Key` + `Right-click`	Zoom camera

Camera Rotation Center

The rotation center is the camera pivot point.

It is represented in the viewport by a 3D move & rotate gizmo (called a TrackBall) to help you manipulate the view:

Item	Description
`Middle-click` (or `Mouse wheel` )	Changes rotation center (camera pivot point). Automatically centers the camera view on the selected pixel. The click needs to be executed on an occurrence (part) present in the viewport.

Note

The TrackBall visibility can be turned on and off from Preferences >

Viewer

Navigation

, or from the

Settings

folder in the Visualization panel.

The camera can be kept from rotating around the up-axis by toggling on the

Lock Camera Up Axis

parameter (from the Preferences, or from the Visualization panel).

To fit the camera view to the current selection of parts in the viewport, use:

Note

When nothing is selected in the viewport (or the

Root

node is selected), the view is fit to the bounding box of the scene.