From the course: Fusion 360: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

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Center of rotation in camera orbit

Center of rotation in camera orbit - Fusion 360 Tutorial

From the course: Fusion 360: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Center of rotation in camera orbit

- [Instructor] We have here a sphere and a disc positioned in our Origin. The keyboard shortcut for orbiting is holding our Shift button and our Scroll wheel simultaneously. So notice the cursor turned into a free orbit icon. And by releasing the buttons it turns back into a regular, pointed cursor. This time, let's access free orbit once more, holding Shift on my keyboard, and holding our Scroll Wheel. So notice there's a green dot located on our origin. And as I continuously move our cursor, the center of our rotation is happening on that green dot. Disabling free orbit, and heading back to our home view, in order for us to relocate that green dot, let's say our new intent is to relocate the green dot, or our center of rotation, on this new location. To do that I will simply hold my Shift button and press my mouse button or scroll wheel on this new location. Notice the green dot is finally placed there.…

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