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Navigating the model by selection

Navigating the model by selection - InfraWorks Tutorial

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Navigating the model by selection

- Hopefully you will be building your InfraWorks models with lots of detail, but one drawback of that is that it can make things a bit harder to find. Let's take a look at how to use the selection tools in InfraWorks, to zoom in to specific objects in your model for those cases when the complexity of your model makes it hard to find things. The first tool I'd like to show you, though, is a very simple tool, but before we get started, I want to make sure we're all starting in the same place. The first thing you'll notice is that I've open the Chapter 01 Hotel Lynda model. I've also selected the Chapter_01 proposal, and I'm also going to press the Home key on my keyboard to return to the Home view. So the first very quick and easy selection tool I'll point out to you is when you can actually see the object in the model, but maybe you're not quite zoomed in as closely to it as you'd like to be. I happen to know there's a building here in the model, and if I'd like to zoom in to it…

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