Okay. I give up. How do you zoom in and out with the camera presets in the spline modeling room, short of selecting the "Zoom to" setting? the little arrow camera controls are deactivated. ...the problem being, I'm working on some large-scale models. To see the entire thing in either the modeling room or the assembly room, I've got to "zoom to" 2%. It's getting difficult to work effectively - at least, in the style I've grown accustomed to...

I have C1. I use the right-click pop-up menu. Charles

Ah, yes. The right-click/control click thing...mmmmm....yes.... but how come in the director's camera view, when zoomed waaay out, I get that nasty perspective effect on the working box? Ugh.

Don't 'zoom' out but 'truck' your camera instead in the directors camera view. This can be done quickly by holding down the 'E' key and then click and drag down your mouse in the window. And for moving around, hold down the'W' key and click'n'drag your mouse. To 'dolly' your camera around something, hold the 'D' and click'n'drag your mouse. And for zooming in a 'ortho' window view, hold down the 'Z' key and the 'option' (on the Mac,) or 'ALT' key (on the PC,) and then click i nthe window. You'll find that keyboard shortcuts can help out CONSIDERABLY when under a deadline! ;> Hope this helps!

Very good.. Thanks!!! I love keyboard shortcuts, but they're not always readily apparent in the manual. I cut & pasted your tips into a stickie for easy reference until they're committed to memory.