I don’t understand this. I’ve chosen the hard coded top view from the view menu. Now I want to pan and zoom and in a rush forget which key and mouse combination is… and I accidentally rotate it. Why is that allowed? I keep having to go into the menus to choose the Top view again (and then I remembe…

It’s of no use to me either, but you are allowed to rotate parallel views, so having some sort of ‘special’ parallel view you can’t rotate is probably going to raise an outcry from somebody.

the home key on the keyboard will undo camera movement and restore the locked Top view

The “Always pan parallel views” setting should prohibit the rotation, but Shift+Ctrl+RMB override it… Which means that “Always” is not enough and we need a “Super always”. [Screen Shot 04-23-26 at 07.29 PM]

[image] Bobi: The “Always pan parallel views” setting should prohibit the rotation To stop the override, tick the Pan plan parallel… box as well: [image]

That’s correct. I use Ctrl+Shift+Arrow keys to rotate parallel views at equal steps, which lets me return to the original view later. Adding a tick to the 3rd option and holding down Ctrl+Shit still enables rotating of a parallel view via the 3d mouse, even if I lock the rotation from my 3d mouse. …

[image] JimCarruthers: It’s of no use to me either, but you are allowed to rotate parallel views, so having some sort of ‘special’ parallel view you can’t rotate is probably going to raise an outcry from somebody. Here I am, back again… try to contain your excitement :joy: [image…

Shift + middle mouse still allows me to rotate the top view even with these three set?

I think you may have the Manipulate views option ticked. Untick it so the MMB just shows its context menu. [image]

Sure, but I want to be able to manipulate the perspective view like that, where I spend most of my time. I don’t want to have to disable that box every time I switch to one of the four ortho views.

thanks @eobet I logged RH-95016 Absolutely always Pan ortho views

Why am I allowed to rotate the Top view?

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brian (Brian Gillespie) April 28, 2026, 8:40pm 16

RH-95016 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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Why am I allowed to rotate the Top view?

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