Constrain rotate view up direction?

Is there a way to constrain the viewpoint/camera "up" direction while
rotating the view? I my case, I want the y-axis to always point vertically
in the graphics window. I can't seem to get the knack of twisting and
tumbling about the model to get the view I want. Any advice on how best to
control the view?

Thanks.
Mike.

 

Ahoy Boat, I am not sure why you are at sea with a pea green mouse
(!?)....constrain up...not that I am aware of, but you can:
- middle mouse double click on a straight edge- including from a sketch and
temp axis -to rotate you model about that.

failing that to help you can get about the SW world:
-set up named views of your own to quickly revisit favourite places - get
you desired view in the window, hit the space bar and pick the first icon,
enter a name...pin the menu to access all the time.

-or you could use the arrow keys for pure rotation relative to the screen
view. (Shift arrows for rot 90 deg at a time).

-or you use the std views toolbar to realign to a known point like Front or
Top if you get lost - you can re-orientate those relative to your model too
if you wish - space bar, second icon.
(someone here wrote a macro to give an isometric view set like the std views
if that is more useful.)

anchors away )
neil

 

I'm well past being green and seasick... thanks. But not for lack of
bobbing, tumbling, and spinning around. I'm more used to animator software,
where a 'world' up-direction has a strong and very clear meaning. Even so,
they allow you to change that if you like.

I can almost visit all four quadrants in a sorta iso- view after a few more
hours of very focused dorking around. The trick is bobbing the model level
before spinning to the next quadrant. I suppose I'll eventually learn to do
that as I'm spinning it, but that begs the question why unclever software
can't do it for you. It's especially disconcerting when zoomed in tight on a
small part in a large assembly.

So, I'm wondering if you really learned to like it and wouldn't have it any
other way, or just grudgingly stopped whining after awhile, sorta like about
water being wet, or sunlight yellow instead of white. ??

Aweigh. And thanks for the tips.

Mike.

 

Aweigh is it? suppose so when I think of it...

I suppose you know the 'zoom to selection' and 'previous view' commands so
that you can jump in and jump again? when you jump in the window rotates
about the selection in stead of the screen centre....

I have a pretty good 3d imagination so the orientation doesn't really bother
me too much. A lot of the time I am ahead of what is on the screen anyway.

Ahoy matey Arrrrr!