Navigating in Beginner's Fly Mode

This task shows you how to navigate through a document in beginner's fly mode. In beginner's fly mode you can move upward or downward on any horizontal view plane as you move forward.
Beginner's fly mode commands are single-action commands. When you release the mouse button, you exit the command.
Before using the Fly navigation mode, you must be in a perspective view (View ->Render Style ->Perspective).

  1. Click the Fly Mode icon in the View toolbar.
    The icons used in the beginner's fly mode appear in the View toolbar.

  1. Click the Turn Head icon then drag to define the direction in which you look at the object.

  1. Release when you are oriented in the desired direction.

  2. Click the Fly icon, then click the left mouse button to begin flying.
    You begin to fly forward in the chosen direction.

 

A green arrow appears along with a circular target located at the center of the view.

The figure below the arrow specifies the speed at which you are flying.

  1. Still holding the left button down, drag to the left or right, or up or down, to change direction:

You fly in the direction in which you drag. The further you drag away from the center of the view (represented by the circular symbol), the greater the change in direction.

As you drag, the shape of the arrow changes to reflect the direction in which you are flying.


  1. Drag the cursor back towards the center of the view to continue flying forward in the new direction.

  1. To modify your speed, click the Accelerate or Decelerate icon one or more times, then click the Fly icon again followed by the left mouse button to pursue your fly.

  2. Click the Examine mode icon in the View toolbar to return to the default navigation mode.