Nu-be, It sound like your doing things the hard way. Instead of rotating the camera view, simply use the top camera. When in camera views other than Camera or Director, you can select the object and hit zoom in/out and it will lock onto the selected object. If you do rotate the camera or director view, I would suggest setting Camera Memory Dots so you can easily move between different views you set up. Also one of the options on the right is a toggle between show or hide underground. So objects under the ground can be viewed.

Stephen Ray