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Shortcut menu: Start any 3D navigation command, right-click in the drawing

area, and click Other Navigation Modes  Free Orbit (2).

Summary

Selecting one of more objects before starting this command limits the display

to those objects only.

While the command is active, right-click to display additional options from

a shortcut menu.

3DFORBIT activates a 3D Free Orbit view in the current viewport. If the user

coordinate system (UCS) icon is on, a shaded 3D UCS icon representing the

current UCS appears in the 3D Orbit view. You can view your entire drawing

or select one or more objects before starting the command.

The 3D Free Orbit view displays an arcball, which is a circle divided into four

quadrants by smaller circles. When the Enable Orbit Auto Target option is

deselected in the shortcut menu, the target of the view stays stationary. The

camera location, or point of view, moves around the target. The center of the

arcball, not the center of the objects you’re viewing, is the target point. Unlike

3DORBIT (page 40), 3DFORBIT does not constrain the change in view to

prevent roll, the rotation of the view about an axis orthogonal to the plane

of your screen.

NOTE You cannot edit objects while the 3DFORBIT command is active.

Moving your cursor over different parts of the arcball changes the cursor icon,

indicating the direction in which the view rotates. See 3D Free Orbit Cursor

Icons

(page 34).

While the command is active, you can access additional 3DORBIT options

from a shortcut menu by right-clicking in the drawing area. See 3D Orbit

Shortcut Menu

(page 41).

TIP While in 3D Orbit mode, you can temporarily enter 3D Free Orbit mode by

pressing and holding the Shift key.