Tool selection
Keyboard shortcut | Activates |
| Move & select tool |
| Pan tool |
| Conductor tool |
| Pole tool |
| Stay / Guy tool |
| Split Conductor or Construction tool |
| Conductor Join tool |
| Obstruction tool |
| Survey / Terrain tool |
| Ground Clearance Measure tool |
| Clearance Measure tool |
| Profile Builder tool |
| Datasets tool |
Quick asset search and zoom
Keyboard shortcut: /
(forward slash)
Displays a popup to quickly search for, and zoom to, an object in the network model in the perspective, plan, or profile views. If you have a different view open (or none of the above views open), Neara will open and zoom to the selected object in the perspective view:
This shortcut will work when any of the following tools are active:
Move & select tool
Pan tool
Conductor tool
Pole tool
Stay / Guy tool
Split Conductor or Construction tool
Conductor Join tool
Obstruction tool
Survey / Terrain tool
Ground Clearance Measure tool
Clearance Measure tool
Profile Builder tool
Datasets tool
Position and orient the camera in 2D and 3D views
Keyboard and/or mouse action | Action |
| Zoom-in and zoom-out in the plan, profile, or perspective view |
| In the perspective view it will change the field of view
|
| The view will orbit (rotate in 3D) around the point that you right-clicked on |
Press the
or
or
| Pans (shifts the view around without changing the angle that you're viewing from) on the horizontal axes in the plan, profile or perspective view
To pan in the vertical axis press and hold the |
For demonstrations of the effect of these actions, see Position and orient the camera in 2D and 3D views
Pole- and conductor- specific shortcuts
When a pole or conductor is selected, these additional keyboard shortcuts are available.
Press Z
to zoom the camera to a selected object. If multiple items are selected, the level of zoom encompasses all:
Press 1
to orient the camera to a top-down, north-aligned view:
Press 2 to orient the camera to a transverse view:
Press 3
to orient the camera to an oblique, north-aligned view:
Press 4 to orient the camera to an oblique, east-aligned view: