Panning

Use the Pan tool to move the drawing around the drawing window, changing the area of display.

 

To pan around the drawing:

1.	Click the Pan tool from the Basic palette.

2.	Move the hand into the drawing window.

3.	Click and hold down the mouse button, and drag the drawing around the screen.

The rulers move with the page.

4.	When the drawing shows the desired area, release the mouse button.

Double-click the Pan tool to refresh the drawing view.

If navigation problems occur while panning, try disabling the Hardware accelerated 2D navigation VectorWorks preference (see Display Preferences) or adjusting the video card configuration.

Panning with the Mouse Wheel

On a wheel-mouse, click and hold down the mouse wheel to pan at any time, regardless of which tool is currently selected.

This feature will not work properly if the wheel button has been assigned a custom function in the mouse setup. For example, if the wheel button is set to perform a delete when clicked, a wheel click in VectorWorks deletes rather than pans. (The specific setting required for this feature depends on the type of mouse being used.)

Panning with the Arrow Keys

Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to pan at any time, regardless of which tool is currently selected. Specify the arrow shortcut keys for panning in VectorWorks preferences (see Setting VectorWorks Preferences). Press the shortcut key combination once to move the drawing one half-screen in the direction of the arrow.