---
navigation:
  parent: items-blocks-machines/items-blocks-machines-index.md
  title: Guide
  icon: guide
categories:
- tools
item_ids:
- ae2:guide
---

# The Guide

<ItemImage id="guide" scale="8" />

### This guide that you are reading now, for all your AE2 guiding needs.

* Access the sidebar on the left to find a table of contents
* Many pages have interactive scenes. If a scene has ![Plus](../assets/diagrams/plus.png)
  and ![Minus](../assets/diagrams/minus.png) (zoom) buttons next to it, you can rotate and move the camera.
  Left click and drag to rotate, right click and drag to translate.

## Recipe

<RecipeFor id="guide" />
