Flyover

To control the movements of the Flyover tool, drag the cursor around a selected center of rotation. The Tool bar buttons set the center of rotation.

Mode	Description
View Center	Automatically sets the center of rotation based on the current view
Interactive Origin	Sets the center of rotation with a mouse click
Object Center	Sets the center of rotation to the center of the selected objects; if no objects are selected, sets the center of rotation to the center of the visible objects
Active Layer Plane Origin	Sets the center of rotation to the center of the active layer plane
Working Plane Origin	Sets the center of rotation to the origin of the current working plane
Preferences	Sets the speed of the flyover in response to mouse movements

1. Click the tool and mode. In all modes except View Center mode, the center of rotation is indicated by dashed axis lines.

2.If Interactive Origin mode is selected, click to specify the center of rotation for the flyover movement.

3.To fly over the drawing, click the drawing and drag in the direction of movement while you hold the mouse button. To stop the movement, release the mouse button. Alternatively, use shortcuts on the keyboard to fly over the drawing.

To change the speed of the flyover, click Preferences. The Flyover Preferences dialog box opens; set the Rotation Sensitivity.

Mouse movement	Shortcut keys	Description
Move left or right		Turns left or right about the selected center of rotation
Move up or down		Moves up or down about the selected center of rotation
Move in toward center	Alt + move right (Win) or Option + move right (Mac)	Moves the view toward the center of rotation (in perspective projection)
Move outward from center	Alt + move left (Win) or Option + move left (Mac)	Moves the view outward from the center of rotation (in perspective projection)
Move down toward active layer plane	Alt + move up (Win) or Option + move up (Mac)	Moves down toward the active layer plane (in perspective or orthogonal projection)
Move up from active layer plane	Alt + move down (Win) or Option + move down (Mac)	Moves up from the active layer plane (in perspective or orthogonal projection)
	Shift key	Constrains the rotation to the global Z axis, or to the Z’ axis of the active working plane (when Working Plane Mode is enabled from the View bar)

Activating the Flyover tool temporarily

While another tool is active, press and hold the mouse wheel button and the Ctrl key (Windows) or Control key (Mac) simultaneously to activate the Flyover tool. Orient the view, and release the mouse. The previous tool becomes active again automatically.

This feature will not work properly if the wheel button is assigned a custom function in the mouse setup. For example, if the wheel button is set to perform a delete when clicked, a wheel click in the Vectorworks program deletes rather than activates the Flyover tool. (The specific setting required for this feature depends on the type of mouse being used.)