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title: "Rotating and Zooming"
slug: "rotating-and-zooming"
description: "Rotate a panorama by dragging with the left mouse button held down, or with the left and right keyboard arrows; the mouse wheel zooms. Toggle 3D and select Panoramas under View controls first; the view rotates only around the vertical axis."
updated: 2026-08-18T15:34:58Z
published: 2026-08-18T15:34:58Z
canonical: "knowledge.navvis.com/rotating-and-zooming"
---

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# Rotating and Zooming

1. From **View controls** on the top center of the screen, toggle **3D** and select **Panoramas.**
2. To rotate hold the left mouse button down and drag the panorama in any direction, or use the left and right keyboard arrows.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/rotating and zooming 1.gif?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-14T07%3A14%3A35Z&se=2026-10-14T08%3A14%3A35Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=sdE8gApVCCyJkAW1JbPn%2FTN2BLdCSpbFsYUwVXsZJs8%3D)

3. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in (forward scroll) and zoom out (backward scroll). The view will only rotate around the vertical axis.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/rotating and zooming 2.gif?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-14T07%3A14%3A35Z&se=2026-10-14T08%3A14%3A35Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=sdE8gApVCCyJkAW1JbPn%2FTN2BLdCSpbFsYUwVXsZJs8%3D)