Free Orbit

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Keyboard: 3DFORBIT

Alias: RTROT

Allows you to orbit the drawing, or rotate the view, in real time. 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 Ctrl + 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 inside the orbit widget that displays on the screen to rotate the view on all axes. Click and drag outside of the orbit widget to rotate the view about the z-axis. Click and drag the top or bottom circle on the orbit widget to rotate about the x-axis. Click and drag the left or right circle on the orbit widget to rotate about the y-axis.

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 inside the orbit widget that displays on the screen to rotate the view on all axes. Click and drag outside of the orbit widget to rotate the view about the z-axis. Click and drag the top or bottom circle on the orbit widget to rotate about the x-axis. Click and drag the left or right circle on the orbit widget to rotate about the y-axis.

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

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Constrained Orbit

Constrained X Orbit

Constrained Y Orbit

Constrained Z Orbit

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Rotate the view in real time