Constrained Orbit: 3DORBIT

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Toolbar: 3D Orbit > Constrained Orbit

Ribbon: View > Constrained Orbit (in Navigate)

Menu: View > 3D Orbit > Constrained Orbit

Keyboard: _3DORBIT

Alias: ORBIT, ISOMETRICVIEW

Shortcut: Ctrl+Left Mouse Button

Experience Level: Intermediate

Allows you to orbit the drawing, or rotate the view, in real time while forcing the camera x-axis to be parallel to the world view XY plane. You can orbit while in model space, not paper space. Use this command to rotate the view of entities, not the actual placement of entities.


Use a shortcut.

Press and hold Shift while viewing a drawing, then click and drag the middle mouse button (wheel) to orbit the drawing.


Type Set to set rotation point or press ENTER, Right click or Esc to complete: Click and drag the mouse in the drawing to orbit the drawing.

When finished, release the mouse button. Repeat to orbit again. When finished, 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 (not 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 to view the orbit.

When finished, release the mouse button. Repeat to orbit again. When finished, press Enter, right-click the drawing, or press Esc.

Constrained X Orbit

Constrained Y Orbit

Constrained Z Orbit

Continuous Orbit

Free Orbit

Rotate

3D Rotate

Rotate the view in real time

 

3DORBIT
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