Navigation Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts | Twinmotion Documentation

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This page is a reference to the shortcuts you can use to navigate the viewport in Twinmotion. To view other keyboard and mouse shortcuts you can use in Twinmotion, see Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts.

To...	Do...
Look around	Hold and press the right mouse button and drag.
Move forward	Press the W key. Press the Up arrow key. Rotate the wheel button forward.
Move to the left	Press the A key. Press the Left arrow key.
Move backward	Press the S key. Press the Down arrow key. Rotate the wheel button backward.
Move to the right	Press the D key. Press the Right arrow key.
Move straight up	Press the Q key.
Move straight down	Press the E key.

To Move Around a Scene and Look Around

Press and hold the right mouse button, and press one of the Move keys (WASD) or Up / Down keys (QE).

To View the Entire Model in the Viewport

In the Scene graph, select the model and press the F key.

To Center an Object in the Viewport

In the Viewport or Scene graph, select the object and press the F key.

To Pan

Press and hold the middle mouse button and drag.

To Orbit Around in a Scene

You can orbit around a scene in many ways. The method you can use depends on the option you select in the Orbit mode dropdown menu located under Settings > Navigation in the Preferences panel.

To Orbit Around the Mouse Pointer

In the Preferences panel, under Settings > Navigation , select Around the mouse pointer in the Orbit mode dropdown menu.
This is the default orbit mode in Twinmotion.
In the viewport, press and hold the left mouse button and drag. The viewport camera will orbit around the position of the mouse pointer in the viewport.

To Orbit Around a Specific Point in the Scene

In the Preferences panel, under Settings > Navigation, select Around a point in the Orbit mode dropdown menu.
In the viewport, use the right mouse button to double-click a point in the scene.
Press and hold the left mouse button and drag. The viewport camera will orbit around the point where you clicked in the scene.

To select a point, you can also click the Orbit point icon in the toolbar then click once in the scene.

To Orbit Around the Center of the Viewport

In the Preferences panel, under Settings > Navigation, select Around the center of the viewport in the Orbit mode dropdown menu.
Press and hold the left mouse button and drag. The viewport camera will orbit around the center of the viewport.

To Orbit Around a Selected Object

In the Preferences panel, under Settings > Navigation, select Orbit around selection in the Orbit mode dropdown menu.
In the viewport or Scene graph, select an object.
Press and hold the left mouse button and drag. The viewport camera will orbit around the selected object.