[Gmsh] Interactive View and Zoom Options

[Joe Koski]

That solved my problem. Many thanks! I did find the word zoom both in
Shortcuts and 8.3 Mouse Actions. Joe Koski

on 5/28/04 12:38 PM, Christophe Geuzaine at geuzaine at acm.caltech.edu wrote:

> Joe Koski wrote:
> 
>> I've been trying to build my first useful mesh with GMSH with some success.
>> I'm on a Mac with OS X 10.3.4 and GMSH 1.52.1.
>> 
>> My question: where are the methods for interactively controlling the view
>> (pan, zoom, etc.) documented? I seem to remember making that work a while
>> back, but can't locate any documentation either in the help files or in the
>> tutorials.
>> 
> 
> Cf. Help->Shortcuts:
> 
> Mouse:
> 
>  move                - highlight the elementary geometrical entity
>                        currently under the mouse pointer and display
>                        its properties in the status bar
>                      - size a rubber zoom started with Ctrl+Left button
> 
>  Left button         - rotate
>                      - accept a rubber zoom started with
>                        Ctrl+Left button
> 
>  Ctrl+Left button    start (anisotropic) rubber zoom
> 
>  Middle button       - zoom (isotropic)
>                      - cancel a rubber zoom
> 
>  Ctrl+Middle button  orthogonalize display
> 
>  Right button        - pan
>                      - cancel a rubber zoom
>                      - pop up menu on post-processing view button
> 
>  Ctrl+Right button   reset to default viewpoint
> 
>  For a 2 button mouse, Middle button = Shift+Left button
> 
>  For a 1 button mouse, Middle button = Shift+Left button,
>                        Right button = Alt+Left button
> 
> Best,
> 
> Christophe