Editing the Active Area

Use

After creating content, you can move and resize the active area. The active area refers to the entire scene. The active area is moved and resized when you are in image mode. Images are moved and resized within the document using the controls that appear when the image is selected. These procedures conform to the Windows conventions for moving and resizing images. In interactive mode, models are moved and resized within the scene.

Activities

Moving the Active Area in Image Mode

Select the image and drag it to it to its new location in the document.

Resizing the Active Area in Image Mode

Position the mouse pointer over one of the sizing controls and drag the mouse away from or toward the center.

To keep the center of an object in the same place, hold down CTRL while dragging the mouse.
To maintain the object's proportions, hold down SHIFT while dragging the mouse.
To maintain the proportions while keeping the center in the same place, hold down CTRL and SHIFT while dragging the mouse.