Forum: Blender


Subject: Blender 2.73 - How do I rotate around an object in viewport in a tight arc?

Michaelab opened this issue on Jun 09, 2015 · 9 posts


Michaelab posted Tue, 09 June 2015 at 8:04 AM

I have a large scene and when I am focusing on a certain figure I want to rotate around that figure in my view port but when I do so
it takes a wide arc. I want view port to rotate tightly around the figure. How do I that? (I hope I'm making sense.) (Poser 9)

Thanks.


Lobo3433 posted Tue, 09 June 2015 at 10:08 AM Forum Moderator

I might be misunderstanding your question but with the object you want to focus on selected I tend to zoom in the object using the mouse wheel and then pressing on the mouse wheel which is also your third button on most window based  mice you can pan around your object and only your selected object 

Hope this helps

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heddheld posted Tue, 09 June 2015 at 12:11 PM

in user preffs make sure you have "zoom to mouse position" and "rotate around selection" ticked on interface tab

also try setting to orbit style to turntable from trackball  if your still having problems (that's on input tab)

have found some people like one but not the other ..


Michaelab posted Tue, 09 June 2015 at 2:00 PM

Thanks, heddheld, but in my Poser 9 I don't have "zoom to mouse position" and "rotate around selection" ticked on interface tab


maxxxmodelz posted Tue, 09 June 2015 at 2:29 PM

I don't understand.  What's Poser have to do with it exactly?


Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.


heddheld posted Tue, 09 June 2015 at 3:06 PM

lol you did ask about blender in a blender forum


Lobo3433 posted Wed, 10 June 2015 at 9:23 AM Forum Moderator

Now I am confused I thought the issue was with how to do it in Blender? 

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Michaelab posted Wed, 10 June 2015 at 10:03 PM

Very sorry guys. Got the two programs mixed up.

"in user preffs make sure you have "zoom to mouse position" and "rotate around selection" ticked on interface tab"

I did this and it worked in Blender. Now I just need to find out how to do the same in Poser.

Thank you and sorry for the confusion.


Lobo3433 posted Thu, 11 June 2015 at 10:28 AM Forum Moderator

No worries we all get confused here it is how we all make sense grins As to Poser not 100% sure how you would accomplish the same thing might want to also ask in the Poser forum where you might find an answer make sure you do let them know which version of Poser your using to get the best answer. 

Good Luck 

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