Paraview: rotate around a given axis

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Mark Armstrong picture Mark Armstrong · Mar 28, 2014 · Viewed 10.8k times · Source

The default 3D rotation mode is a kind of rollerball mode. Is it possible to interactively rotate about a given axis (say x, y or z axis), instead? I see you can do it by typing numbers into the view details dialog, but that is painful.

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Mathieu Westphal picture Mathieu Westphal · Aug 2, 2015

While rotating, simply press the X, Y or Z key to limit the rotation to the corresponding axis (ParaView Blog. August 1, 2015).

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