EN: CATIA V5 model Zoom Pan locked

Question:

If you try to click the Plus sign in the specification tree but miss and click a branch instead, your model will get a darker shade and all your navigation functions, like panning and zooming, will affect the specification tree instead of the model. 

Answer:

By default, CATIA will enter tree zoom mode after the user clicks on a branch of the tree, causing zoom and pan commands to alter the specification tree instead of the model.

To disable this behaviour, go to Tools > Options > General > Display > Tree Manipulation

And uncheck “Tree zoom after clicking on any branch”

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Turn off Tree Zoom:

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