how to zoom in viewport navigation

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Hey all

working in the demo off of steam.

Complete noob here. so new that I don’t know the terms with which to search for the answer.

 

I am trying to navigate in the viewport. I used to be able to drag the mouse while left clicking and through a combination of keys, ZOOM into the model. I searched the list of keyboard shortcuts and zoom was used only once in the entire list. I thought I should search for scale instead, but that was equally fruitless.

 

How does one navigate in the viewport? I have 3D view on - I can right click and rotate the view - I just can’t seem to get any closer - but I could at one point - I changed the layout - is it dependent on that?

 

Is there a basic navigating in the viewport video I can be sent to? 

 

thanks!

Michael

 

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Hi Michael,

I don’t think changing the layout will impact that behaviour.

Zooming in 3D is simply done with the mouse wheel.

With the LMB you simply pan along the XY plane.

Something I learned only recently is that with LMB and RMB you can pan parallel to the viewing plane…

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thank you! I am just trying this out on a computer that has a mouse with NO mouse wheel

However, i was doing it without a mouse wheel, so there must be some kind of mouse keyboard combo that I’ve already forgotten

thanks for the tips!

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NO WHEEL ? ?    :slight_smile:

Awesome, how old is that one?

Did you maybe press F? That homes in on the pivot.

That’s the only thing I could find under “shortcuts” in the help section…

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Hello Michael,

you can also try to change the navigation style in the Application settings. With other navigation styles you can zoom in and out with the right mouse button.