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Mouse Control: constrained orbit - rotate about scene floor

troy_ostrandertroy_ostrander Member Posts: 77 ✭✭
We making furniture and room layouts. We are 100% in constrained orbit.

Would Onshape ever add a feature to enable a constrained orbit - rotate about scene floor instead of Alt + mouse click?

Best Answer

  • troy_ostrandertroy_ostrander Member Posts: 77 ✭✭
    edited November 2025 Answer āœ“

    It's been a long time since I've checked on this but the software is updated.

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    You can now do it.

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    See screenshot for preferences.

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  • S1monS1mon Member Posts: 3,985 PRO
    There's an improvement request for this.Ā https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/5241/set-turntable-z-axis-lock-as-default

    This is definitely a polarizing thing that will need to be optional for different people. I'd be fine that way, but there would be a lot of angry people if this got changed to be a constrained orbit all the time.

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  • troy_ostrandertroy_ostrander Member Posts: 77 ✭✭
    edited November 2025 Answer āœ“

    It's been a long time since I've checked on this but the software is updated.

    šŸ™

    You can now do it.

    chrome_55B8vjlUqH.png

    See screenshot for preferences.

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