lock Zbrush camera to axis

Chronicle

Alright, i'm positive this has been asked before but i googled it and did a quick forum search and i didn't see what i'm looking for.  When I use maya or mudbox and I rotate the camera.  Its set on two axes and i can't flip in certain ways while in zBrush, it flips and turns all about and is very frustrating to move about.  How do i lock it to (i believe) the Y axis so that it doesn't do this?

musashidan

You can lock axis from the transform pallette(I think it's on the default UI but I haven't had a default UI in many years) might not be what you're looking for because ZB's canvas isn't a true 3d environment like Maya or MB.

It does take a while to get used to navigating. I remember getting very frustrated when I first started with ZB. I use the right-click nav method. Once you get used to it it becomes second nature. You can rt-click anywhere on the tool to orbit about that point rather than having to click the empty canvas. So much better.

Chronicle

@musashidan that was exactly what i was looking for! thank you so much.

musashidan

No problem.  Glad it helped. 

Tectonic

you can also snap your camera view to 90 degree angles by holding shift while rotating the view. this can be helpful for re-orienting yourself.