So, I wasn’t really kidding about the Friday Fluff tips.  As silly as you may find this tip,  however, remember that I don’t post these unless multiple people have asked these questions!  As usual though, I will try to give you more than just a fluff answer!  So here we go…

Before I continue, I forgot to mention in the video that this model was provided by my friend Gerry Hogsed; an architecture student NOW at University of Tennessee (GRATS GERRY!).  Thanks for the model, glad you did well on your review!

Believe it or not, I’ve had several people complain about their frustration with the pan and zoom tools and or the steering wheel to navigate the project canvas.  After little investigation, the solution is one simple abbreviation: MMB

What the frick is MMB and what’s it got to do with this?  Middle Mouse Button.  On a generic mouse the middle mouse button, when pressed, will put the navigation controls of your project at your MMB finger.

Pressing the Middle Mouse Button (MMB) will allow you to pan the canvas.

Ctrl + MMB will zoom in any view

Shift + MMB will orbit in a 3d and perspective view

Scroll Up with the MMB and you will zoom in on your canvas

Scroll Down with the MMB and you will zoom out of your canvas.

Yeah, some of you are laughing “WOW!! REALLY!? SOMEONE DIDN’T KNOW THAT!?”  Neither did you at one point… <srs face>

So there’s another week of TotDs.  I hope you learned something helpful.  Please comment or leave feedback and I hope to see you again for yet another, Revit TotD!

-Carl