5.2.5.  Camera move and rotation Mode [MOUSE MODE]

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5.2.5.  Camera move and rotation Mode [MOUSE MODE]

 

When you click on the STARDU~1_img129 button, you enter the “Camera move and rotation Mode”. In this mode, the mouse operate in the following way:

 

•Right-Click hold and drag the mouse Up&Down  : move the camera view Up&Down
 

•Right-Click hold and drag the mouse Left&Right : move the camera view Left&Right
 

•Left-Click hold and drag the mouse Up&Down  : rotate the camera view around the X Axis
 

•Left-Click hold and drag the mouse Left&Right : rotate the camera view around the Y Axis
 

•Left+Right-Click hold and drag the mouse Left&Right : rotate the camera view around the Z Axis

•Middle-Click: switch between the “Camera move and rotation Mode” STARDU~1_img129 and the “Mouse Pick Mode” STARDU~1_img131. You can also switch between modes with the “space” key.

 

 
On lower-right side of the main-window, there are three green translucent discs:
 

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The dials inside these discs represent the current orientation of the camera. Sometime, after playing a little bit too long with the orientation of the camera, we can be a little bit “lost”. Therefore, you can “reset” the orientation and the position of the camera by clicking here:

 

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