#### Manipulating CAD Objects

Initially a CAD model on your report is inactive. You can easily pan, zoom, or rotate this cad model to better display desired portions of the CAD image once you activate the part image. There are two activation modes:

- Activation Mode for Panning - To enter this mode, simply click once on the part image. Small square handles will appear around the part image, forming an activation box and indicating it is activated for panning.

- Activation Mode for Zooming and Rotating - To enter this mode, simply double-click on the part image. Small square handles as well as a rectangular box will appear around the part image, forming an activation box and indicating it is activated for zooming and rotating.

To exit any of these activation modes, double-click outside of the part image on the white space.

Moving a CAD Image (Panning)

1. Click once on the CAD image to activate it for panning.

2. Drag the image to a new location in the tabbed window.

3. Click on the white space once outside of the square handles to deactivate the image.

Another way to pan the image is to use the activation mode for rotating or zooming. Right-mouse click on the part image and drag it to a new location.

Zooming in and out on a CAD Image

1. Double-click on the CAD image to activate it for zooming or rotating.

2. Ensure the mouse is over the CAD image. Where your mouse is when you push or pull the mouse wheel is important. Datapage+ will center on that location for its zoom. If your mouse is not over the CAD image but is outside of the box around the image, it will cycle through pages instead.

- - To zoom out, push the mouse wheel away from you.

  - To zoom in, pull the mouse wheel towards you.

3. Click on the white space once outside of the square handles to deactivate the image.

2D Rotating the CAD Image

1. Double-click on the CAD image to activate it for zooming or rotating.

2. Hold down the SHIFT key and then with the mouse pointer over the activation box, right-click and slowly drag the mouse. If the mouse pointer moves outside of the CAD image, rotation stops.

3. Click on the white space once outside of the square handles to deactivate the image.

3D Rotating the CAD Image

1. Double-click on the CAD image to activate it for zooming or rotating.

2. Hold down the CTRL key and then with the mouse pointer over the activation box, right-click and slowly drag the mouse.

3. The location of the mouse pointer indicates the point about which the image rotates.

4. Click on the white space once outside of the square handles to deactivate the image.

If you ever need to reset a rotated image, while activated for rotating, right-click on the CAD image and choose from the shortcut menu one of the main axes to which the image should rotate. See "Using the CAD Image Shortcut Menu" below.

Using the CAD Image Shortcut Menu

1. Double-click on the CAD image to activate it for zooming or rotating.

2. Right-click on the CAD image.

3. Select an item from the resulting shortcut menu to rotate the part to one of the listed axes, display the part in wire-frame or solid, or size the model to fit the model in the activation box

Menu Item | Description
X+ | Rotates and displays the X+ view of the part.
X- | Rotates and displays the X- view of the part.
Y+ | Rotates and displays the Y+ view of the part.
Y- | Rotates and displays the Y- view of the part.
Z+ | Rotates and displays the Z+ view of the part.
Z- | Rotates and displays the Z- view of the part.
Wireframe | Displays the part image as a wireframe model.
Solid | Displays the part image as a solid model.
Fit (Ctrl + Z) | Zooms in and out, scaling the image to fit within the activation box.
Rotation Center (Alt + Mouse Left) | Changes the center of rotation for the part image. You can either press Alt + a left mouse click on the part image to set the new center of rotation, or select this menu item to display an input box that lets you set the center of rotation using XYZ coordinates.

2D Rotation Angle | Performs a one time 2D rotate using the angle in the box connected to the menu item.
Rotate with Main CAD | This determines whether or not Datapage+ rotates the selected CAD object with the same 3D rotation as the main CAD object. A check box appears next to the menu item when you enter this rotation mode. While marked, whenever you rotate the main CAD, this CAD object will use the same rotation as the main CAD.
Keep Trihedron with Alignment | This determines whether or not Datapage+ positions and rotates the trihedron according to the part program's defined alignment. If this is cleared, the trihedron will return to CAD model's original position.
Rearrange Labels Position | This resets the position of the labels around the CAD object to their default positions.