Rotating the Camera

Rotating the Camera

Rotating the Camera

While you are manipulating the 3D Model, you may want to rotate the scene of interest by rotating the camera.

To Rotate the Camera

  1. Select Rotate in the Navigate panel of the Ribbon. The mouse pointer changes to: 

  2. Press the left mouse button at a given center of rotation and drag to rotate. The center of rotation will be represented as the green dot.

You can also click the right mouse button and drag to rotate in any mode.

 

To Use the View Presets to Rotate

  1. Click View in the View panel of the View tab of the Ribbon.

  2. Select one of the presets listed in the drop-list.

The plane like Front, Top, or Right is defined in the given 3D Model file. The view may not be different from what you expect.

To Rotate a Face to Normal

  1. Select Align Camera on Face in the View panel of the View tab of the Ribbon.

  2. Mouse over a part’s face that you want to rotate the camera normal to you. The mouse pointer changes to the red arrow pointer  .

  3. Click on that face.

  4. Press Esc to exit the mode.

 

                        

To Use the Triad Control to Rotate

Double-click on an axis, either X, Y, or Z to make the axis toward you or away from you.

Example

Toward you

Away from you

        

Also, you can drag the Triad to rotate the camera freely.

The Triad Control can be hidden or shown from the 3D Properties pane that is displayed without no parts selected.

 

To Use the Cube Control to Rotate

  1. When you mouse over an area (centers, sides, corners) of the Cube Control, the plane will be highlighted in light blue.

  2. Click that region to rotate the camera facing that plane to you.

    Example

Centers

Sides

Corners

    

  1. You can click the region repeatedly to rotate by the preset angles using it as the axis of rotation.

You can drag the Cube to rotate the camera freely, also.

The Cube Control can be hidden or shown from the 3D Properties pane that is displayed without no parts selected.

 

List of the Navigate Mouse Pointers

Here is the list of the mouse pointers for various navigation states.

Pointer

Tool/Mode

Pan

Zoom

Zoom Rectangle

Rotate

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