Hello guys.
I am a newbie in Modo (played a little with max before) and i found it difficult to rotate the view around the selected object/subobject especially when the selection is not centered in the middle of the screen.
When I have used Max there was a special rotation mode that centered the rotation around the selected object/subobject. Can you tell me if Modo has something similar and if yes, where is it and how can i use it?
Thank you for your time.
In your item list on the right hand side (by default), there will be a little column running beside the item names on the right. If you click i this beside the item you want rotation to be centered on, a little indicator will appear.
Press a or shift+a in the viewport, and it should behave like you would expect. You can also try turning off trackball rotation (press o over a viewport) and see if that helps.
Thanks Phil, I just learned something too. I selected Orbit Selected in the mouse controls.
I’m still finding my way around Modo as well.
Thank you guys.
That left column there should do the trick, but i see that “shift+a” does it all.
Shift+A works just fine. But i still wonder, this is not “center view on object” and therefore the rotation is on center view not on object? Max uses “Arc Rotate Sub-Object” to make the selected item (object/subobject) as pivot center for the rotation.
What i found on Modo:
“orbit selected” from view options does the trick but only on objects NOT on sub-objects and bypasses “shift+a”!
“shift+a” centers the selected sub-object/object and you can rotate but not pan or move, unless you press “shift+a” again
rotating without using the top-left icon and using shortcuts. It’s different from that icon. I don’t know why but it is. And it seems to work better, just that i don’t know how to change the shortcut …
Selecting “orbit selected” and using alt+LMB for rotation works perfectly. But is slower that the top-right rotate icon. Also, if you select a sub-object, rotate a little using Alt+LMB and then use top-left icon the rotation centers on the sub-object. Selecting another sub-object and using the top-left icon, the rotation remains centered on the prev sub-object (continues the Alt+LMB rotation). I guess this is a bug…
How can i change the shortcut for rotation? Can i make an icon from that shortcut and replace the bugged one?
The left column has no effect on my experiments…
Best experiments for sub-objects are done using “vertex” mode.
Another thig, and this may help:
“When you use the Alt-LMB combination to navigate the viewport you are effectively “orbiting” the
viewport around whatever item or element happens to be at the center of the orbit point.”
from the help file. Now, can it be done using the icon? (I love the icon… i found it more productive than the shortcut … for me)
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