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Changing Views - KaseyDee - 07-07-2018
I've looked at the manual and did a forum search.
How to you pan?
How do you change views...Top or Front or Side?
Figured it out. Hotkeys X, Y, Z for the axis you want to change to.
RE: Changing Views - micheus - 07-07-2018
You can use the view menu for options and know about its shortcut.
Y=top view
Shift+Y=bottom view
X and Z in a similar way to look left/right front/back.
Use the letter relative to the axis to look along it. Combine the shift key to look from the opposite side.
RE: Changing Views - KaseyDee - 07-08-2018
Thank you, Micheus. Didn't know about using "Shift +".
Found something on "pan" and will leave it here for the next noobie...
Pan left/right or up/down by using the Arrow keys.
RE: Changing Views - imagine - 08-01-2020
What I miss is a key to "normal 3d view" to come back from an axis view, I mean, when in default view I press Y to view from Y axis (top view), what key I have to press to come back to default view? I use R key (reset view) but this completely resets the view, including zoom applied, what I really want is a key to come back to the view I had just before switching view (i.e. pressing Y key)
RE: Changing Views - micheus - 08-01-2020
There is a way to get many views stored in order to revisit them later: Windows-> Manage Saved Views
It doesn't allow us to set a hotkey, but as it's a docker window we just need to click on the name of the saved view - I use it frequently. Sometimes I create my own "Reset".
In this case you can name the view just like you suggested: "normal 3d view".
The are other interesting view command very useful while modelling:
a) View->Highlight Aim [A] - it doesn't require we to select an element (vertex/edge/face/object) - if the Smart Highlight is enabled when you move the mouse over an element it becomes temporarily selected you just hit [A];
b) View->Align to Selection - this one requires a selection and it will put the camera aligned to the selection normal.
You can assign a hotkey to it or any other command that becomes part of your regular workflow.
RE: Changing Views - imagine - 08-01-2020
nice tip, thank you!