Technical News & Information for Australian Data Systems Customers
11 June 2001
Dynamic Panning
In addition to the Shift + Data dynamic panning
functionality in MicroStation/J, here are a few more panning methods you can use.
- When you click the Pan View tool in the view window's viewing tools and enable the
Dynamic Display setting (on by default), MicroStation uses an accelerated vector method
and pans quickly.
- In a 2D file, start with two or more views open. Have one large view zoomed in on a
specific area of the design and one small view zoomed out to see all the data - fit view
style. Click the Pan View tool icon in the large view (don't place any data points yet).
Go in the small view and then place a data point in that view. Then move or drag the
cursor around in the small view. As you move around in the small view, the large view
should be dynamically updated with a small area that surrounds the cursor in the small
view.
- You can also use this view-association capability with QuickVisionGL in a 3D file. Open
an Isometric and then a Top view. Accelerate the Iso view with QuickVisionGL using Smooth
or Hidden Line and click something like the Rotate View tool in that view. Click a data
point in the Iso view and then go to the Top view, moving the cursor in a big circle. The
Iso view should spin completely around.
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