### Manipulating the CAD Image

By default Datapage+ displays the part's CAD model in the center of the tabbed window with the part rotated to the Z+ view. The CAD model resides inside of a container termed the "CAD window". Initially a CAD model is inactive inside this window. You can easily relocate, pan, zoom, or rotate the CAD image once you activate the part image. There are two activation modes:

- Activation Mode for Moving or Sizing the CAD Window - 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, Rotating, and Panning the image within the CAD Window - 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.

Sizing the CAD Window

1. Click once on the CAD window to activate it.

2. Small square handles appear showing the location of the CAD window.

3. Click and drag these handles to size the CAD window.

Moving the CAD Window

1. Click once on the CAD window to activate it for relocation.

2. Drag the CAD window to a new location within the CAD or Report tabbed windows.

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

Moving the CAD Image within the CAD Window (Panning)

1. Double-click on the CAD window to activate it for panning.

2. Right-click on the part image inside the CAD window and drag it to a new location. The CAD window stays put while the image moves within that window.

Zooming in and out on a CAD Image

1. Double-click on the CAD window to activate it for zooming.

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.

1. - To zoom out, push the mouse wheel away from you. You can also use CTRL + UP ARROW to zoom out.

   - To zoom in, pull the mouse wheel towards you. You can also use CTRL + DOWN ARROW to zoom in

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

While activated, you can also hold down both the left and right mouse buttons and drag a box around the CAD model and then release the box to zoom in on that specific location.

Fitting the CAD Image to the CAD Window

1. Double-click on the CAD window to activate it for zooming.

2. Press CTRL + Z.

3. The CAD image shrinks or expands to fit the CAD window.

2D Rotating the CAD Image

1. Double-click on the CAD window to activate it for 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 window to activate it for rotating.

2. Hold down the CTRL 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. 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.

Changing the Rotation Center

By default, the rotation takes place around the trihedron's XYZ origin. You can change the rotation center to a different part of the CAD image.

1. Double-click on the CAD window to activate it for rotating.

2. Hold down the ALT key and then click the mouse button on the part to establish the new center position used for rotation.

3. The CAD image shifts putting the selected point in the center of the window. Rotation then takes place around the new center.

Highlighting a CAD Surface

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

2. Pan, zoom, and rotate as needed until the desired surface is visible in the activation box.

3. Click on a surface to highlight it in red. Repeat as needed to highlight multiple surfaces. To clear a highlighted surface simply click on it again.

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

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

Note: The CAD operation selected from this shortcut menu only applies to the current page in the CAD tab.
If you want to apply the same change to all the pages in the CAD tab, use the Cad operation for all pages icon.

See "Right-click Shortcut Menus" for information on these menu items.