### 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. Initially a CAD model is inactive in the CAD tab. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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.