[Bf-committers] Rotating the Local View

[Bob Wenzlaff (AB8TD)]

Am I missing something?

If I have an object in local view (NUMPAD-/), and then switch the 
view to the object's
local axis (NUMPAD-*), the object is squared-up to the screen Y up, X 
to the right, and Z out of the screen*. The Numpad-8 and Numpad-2 
work as I expect (rotation about the object's X-axis, but  the 
Numpad-4 and Numbad-6 don't rotate about the object's Z  or Y Axis as 
I'd expect.  I think they're still rotating about a global axis, 
though it doesn't seem exact.

This makes "blocking" a scene difficult, as you can't get fine axis 
control for editing a placeholder object at a later date.  To 
properly edit, you need to be able to get to a local top, side, and 
front view.    Or is this a case of  "experienced user never quite 
getting to that feature" syndrome.

On an unrelated note, the clipping range for a camera now goes to 
5000, but the 3D view camera only goes to 1000.  You can easily make 
a large scene that is difficult to edit, because most of the objects 
aren't  viewable in the 3d Window.

Det. Thorn.


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