topic Re: orbit pivot point? in Modeling

orbit pivot point?

Dave Brach — Fri, 26 May 2023 12:22:16 GMT

when orbitin in the 3d window, the pivot point is sometimes a mile away, causing the model to swing wildly; then the point somehow moves to the center of the screen, but I would like to know how to control it?

Re: orbit pivot point?

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:21:25 GMT

Off the top of my head:
When the cursor is on the surface of an element, orbiting happens around that point.
When no surface point of an element is found, then orbiting happens around the center of your whole model.

Re: orbit pivot point?

Dave Brach — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:02:39 GMT

that's what one would think, but at least in my case it is much more random, which is what puzzles me. I using archicad more and more as a design tool, spending a lot of time in the 3d window and it's frustrating.

Re: orbit pivot point?

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:12:47 GMT

In 16 and 17 Orbit and Pan occur around the click point in the 3D window so there must be something else that is creating the problem.

Re: orbit pivot point?

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:31:23 GMT

Or it pivots around the center of your selection?