After using Rhino for very long time, I have discovered something I had no clue about. Can’t find it documented in Help file either, but may as well be obvious for everyone. Posting just in case: In Perspective Vports: RMB-drag rotates the camera around camera target. Ctrl+Shift_RMB-drag rotates …

Alright…here was I thinking I’d seen it all. Thanks for sharing -Willem

As I can’t seem to get the rotation fulcrum to stick for more than a few seconds when I use Zoom Target and Zoom Object these days, that’s a very handy little trick :slightly_smiling:

[image] MattE: As I can’t seem to get the rotation fulcrum to stick for more than a few seconds when I use Zoom Target and Zoom Object these days, that’s a very handy little trick :slightly_smiling: I think Windows rhino has a preference which adjusts the target depending on the view(?).. ma…

[image] jeff_hammond: preference which adjusts the target depending on the view(?)… [image] This one!

[image] Jarek: I can’t believe I missed that all these years. Me neither :slightly_smiling: I don’t remember ever using this key combination (I might have, but I don’t remember). Great find! Thanks! It works on the Mac also with Cmd+Shift + RMB drag :smile: Great! Philip

On my PC, that setting seems to have little or no effect any longer. My preference has always been to leave it unchecked, as once I select an object or rotation centre-point, I want Rhino to hold on to it with a vice-like grip, until I either delete the object or move the fulcrum. That’s what Rhino …

Just found another ‘hidden’ feature (at least I could not see it anywhere documented): when changing Lens dynamically with Shift+Ctrl+Alt+RMB-drag, if the cursor is close to the left or right edge of the viewport, lens is changing in 5 mm increments. Smooth change when the cursor is closer to cente…

Tip : mouse view rotation

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pascal (Pascal Golay) February 24, 2016, 6:13pm 3

It’s true! I’m guessing Mikko made this happen, and I probably even tested it at some point in the dim past…

I’ll make a bug track item to make sure this gets into Help.

thanks,
-Pascal

Solved : Rotating view around non-target point scripting

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Tip : mouse view rotation

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