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Table 1 Mimics software, keyboard and mouse shortcuts

From: 3D printed ventricular septal defect patch: a primer for the 2015 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) hands-on course in 3D printing

Shortcut

Action

Scroll wheel (mouse center)

Pan: Move the mouse while keeping the scroll wheel pressed

OR Shift right click + drag

Ctrl + right click + drag

Zoom: Move the mouse vertically while keeping the buttons pressed to zoom in and out

Arrow Up/Scroll wheel up

Go to next slice

Arrow Down/Scroll wheel down

Go to previous slice

Page Up

Skip 10 slices upward

Page Down

Skip 10 slices downward

CTRL + L

Make slice indicators visible/invisible

SPACE

Zoom the chosen view to full screen and back

Backspace

Switch between two window states

CTRL + Z

Undo the previous action.

Right click + drag on images

Adjusts contrast window in images