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Using Walkthrough Navigation 31
one of the directional keys (forward, back, left, or
right).
This feat ure is available for perspect ive and camera
viewports. It is not available for orthographic
views or for spotlight viewports.
Animating a Walkthrough
Whenyouusewalkthroughnavigationina
Camera viewport, you can animate the camera
walkthrough using either
Auto Key (page 3–760)
or Set Key (page 2–275) .Ineithercase,togetan
animatedcamerayouhavetochangetheframe
number manually (the easiest way is to use the
Time Slider (page 3–748) ), and in the case of Set
Key,youhavetochangetheframenumber
and
click Set Keys.
Tip: Selectthecamerabeforeyouanimateit.Ifthe
camera isn’t selected, its keys won’t appear in the
Track Bar (page 3–750) .
Pr ocedur es
To begin using walk through navigation, do one of
the following:
•PresstheUP ARROW key .
•
Click the Wal k T hroug h but ton (pa ge
3–781)
to turn it on.
This button is found on the
Pan/Truck And
Walkthrough flyout (page 3–780)
.
To stop using wal k throu gh nav iga tion, do one of
the following:
•Right-click.
•Activateadifferentviewport.
• Change the active viewport to a different typ e.
• Turnonadifferentviewportnavigationtool
(such as Zoom or Pan).
• Turn on Select Object or one of the transform
tools.
Note: Yo u do not exit walkthrough mode when
you select an object or change the viewport
shading type (between shaded and wireframe, for
example).
Interf ace
The Walk Through button is the only graphical
element of the interface to walkthrough navigation.
The other features are provided by mouse actions
or by keyboard shortcuts. The following table
shows the keyboard actions:
Command Shor tcut
Accelerate Toggle
Q
Back
S, DOWN ARROW
Decelerate Toggle
Z
Decrease Rotation
Sensitivity
Decrease Step Size [
Down C, SHIFT+DOWN-ARROW
Forward
W, UP ARROW
Increase Rotation Sensitivity
Increase Step Size ]
Invert Vertical Ro tation
Toggle
Left
A, LEFT ARROW
Level
SHIFT+SPACE
Lock Horizonta l Rotation
Lock Vertical Rotation
SPACE
Reset Step Size ALT+[
Right
D, RIGHT ARROW
Up E, SHIFT+ UP-ARROW
If nothing appears in the Shortcut column, no
default key is assigned to this command. You can
set cu stom keystrokes using the
Keyboard panel
(page 3–837)
of the Customize User Interface
dialog.