[3DS MAX 2015] lock camera on an object???

nooks

hey there. is there a way to lock the camera on mesh/object axis? i'm working much with "orthographic" view...camera moves around objectaxis, but then suddenly not anymore and the object moves around like the world around the sun....

so i have to go back to "create", deselect object, select object again, so camera stuck on object axis again. annoying.


thank you!

Noors

Use the "Z" key to center the view on your current selection.

nooks

nah, then the whole object gets into the total view and i have to go back to my last view again to work on a vertex pe.

Altea

Max provide several ways to orbit, use orbit point of interest, ellipse with the blue dot
      

nooks

interesting. thank you. i'm on 2015, looks different,  no "orbit point of interest" there...will try "orbit selected".

nooks

too bad, still no luck with "orbit selected".
any other idea?

Altea

I think that is a 2017 and beyond feature. No possibility to check workaround as I use 2018

Eric Chadwick

Do you mean the Perspective viewport? An actual Camera view works differently. What is the viewport named at upper left?

Sounds to me like you haven't looked in the Help file yet. http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-D65DE5FD-F859-4F66-9E14-F9A5C1016411

nooks

Eric Chadwick

nooks said:

hey there. is there a way to lock the camera on mesh/object axis? i'm working much with "orthographic" view...camera moves around objectaxis, but then suddenly not anymore and the object moves around like the world around the sun....

so i have to go back to "create", deselect object, select object again, so camera stuck on object axis again. annoying.

this. going to read your link, thanks.

are you guys working  with the "viewcube"? i always turn the view around over the cube.