Continuous Orbit: 3DCORBIT

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Toolbar: 3D Orbit > Continuous Orbit

Ribbon: View > Continuous Orbit (in Navigate)

Menu: View > 3D Orbit > Continuous Orbit

Keyboard: _3DCORBIT

Experience Level: Intermediate

Allows you to orbit the drawing, or rotate the view, in real time and continue the orbiting after you release the mouse. You can orbit the drawing while in model space, not paper space. Use this command to rotate the view of entities, not the actual placement of entities.

Type 'Set' to change the rotation point or press ENTER, Right click or Esc to complete: Click and drag the mouse in the drawing to orbit the drawing around the previously used rotation point and according to the movement of the mouse, then release the mouse button. The view continues to orbit.

While orbiting, you can:

  • Pause and set a new rotation point: Choose Set, pick a different rotation point, then click and drag the mouse to continue orbiting the drawing.
  • Stop orbiting: Press Enter, right-click the drawing, or press Esc.

To set a rotation point for orbiting the drawing

Type Set to set rotation point or press ENTER, Right click or Esc to complete: Choose Set.

Set rotation point to: drawing Extents center/View center point/<pick center point>: To rotate automatically about the drawing extents center point, choose drawing Extents center. To rotate automatically about the center of the extents of the entities that are displayed in the view (instead of the full extents), choose View center point. To rotate about a center point that you choose, pick the center point.

Type 'Set' to change the rotation point or press ENTER, Right click or Esc to complete: Click and drag the mouse in the drawing to orbit the drawing according to the movement of the mouse, then release the mouse button. The view continues to orbit.

While orbiting, you can:

  • Pause and set a new rotation point: Choose Set, pick a different rotation point, then click and drag the mouse to continue orbiting the drawing.
  • Stop orbiting: Press Enter, right-click the drawing, or press Esc.

Free Orbit

Constrained Orbit

Constrained X Orbit

Constrained Y Orbit

Constrained Z Orbit

Rotate

3D Rotate

Rotate the view in real time

3DCORBIT
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