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# Navigate in a BIM

## Overview

<div data-full-width="true"><figure><img src="/files/af3042da274baa356a7d8c65e2661c79827611f1" alt=""><figcaption><p>Fig. 1 – Overview of an opened BIM</p></figcaption></figure></div>

## Pan

<div data-full-width="true"><figure><img src="/files/2a65e12757c82945dfc8fc84bb1faa39764e067d" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

Hold the key **Shift** and the **left mouse button** pressed and move the mouse left/right/up/down &#x20;

## Rotate

<div data-full-width="true"><figure><img src="/files/a8e1e55885edccda6e11ba124e9411655dd8df52" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

Hold the **left mouse button** pressed and move the mouse left/right/up/down &#x20;

### Zoom

#### Free zoom

Move the **mouse wheel** up/down to zoom in or out of the model.

### Zoom with buttons

You can use the buttons **\[D]** and **\[E]** to zoom step by step.

#### Zoom by selection

If you [-> select a component](#komponenten-auswaehlen) you automatically zoom in on that component.

## Show/hide components

<div data-full-width="true"><figure><img src="/files/44d99956555c8747d9aa101023c3a5c55f6ff73a" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

You can show and hide individual parts of the model. This is especially useful for seeing components that would otherwise be hidden, e.g. by a roof.

Click the icon in the sidebar **\[G]** or **\[H]**, to toggle visibility.

## Select components

<figure><img src="/files/7c911dded94d341b24c3e98b83623a38a98b5b4a" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Click a component to select it.

Selecting a component has the following effects:\
▷ The view zooms in on the component\
▷ The component is focused in the sidebar

### Deselect component

To cancel the selection of a component again, click in an area outside the BIM, e.g. in the blue background.


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