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16 Chapter 1: Working in 3D
2. Select a layer either by clicking on it in a viewport or by clicking on it in the Items list
tab on the upper-right side of the screen.
3. To move more than one layer at a time, Shi+click on it in the item list.
4. Use combinations of the Move, Rotate, Scale, and Transform tools to get the cubes
into the positions shown in Figure1.11.
Review
is chapter has covered an intro to 3D space as well as the basics of moving around our
viewports and objects in three dimensions. You have looked at some of the basic sections
of the user interface (UI) and learned some important hot keys. With the large number of
tabs, menus, and buttons in the interface, learning hot keys can be important to a quick
and ecient workow. Here are the hot keys, to recap:
• Alt+Shi+click / Option+Shi+click = pan view
• Alt+Ctrl+click / Option+Control+click = zoom view
• Alt+click / Option+click = rotate view
• A = center view on all visible items
• Shi+A = center view on selection
Figure1.11
Final position and
orientation of the
six cubes
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