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Orbit and viewport Undo

Orbit and viewport Undo - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Orbit and viewport Undo

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- [Instructor] To rotate or tumble the view point around the scene or around objects, you've got the orbit tool and it looks like a little planet Saturn. Select that to activate it but before you click on anything, be aware that you don't usually orbit in an orthographic view. Orbit is most intuitive in a prospective view. If you orbit in an ortho view, you may get some unexpected results. We'll look at that in a moment but first, let's just orbit in the prospective view. Click and drag in the center of the yellow circle and you can tumble or orbit around the center of the screen. If you click on the little boxes on the left and right, you can orbit while maintaining a constant tilt. If you click on the upper or lower boxes, then you're able to orbit vertically while maintaining a constant pan rotation left to right. If you want to orbit around an object, you can select something and grab the select object tool. Select…

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