Camera Modes

Camera Movement Modes

On desktop and laptop devices, you can switch between two user-camera movement modes through the top bar. Your selection is saved between sessions.

Orbiting: The default camera mode. It rotates the camera around the selected element and keeps that element as the focal point. You can still pan and move freely, but rotating the camera returns to orbiting the selected element.
Free Camera: Move freely around the workspace using the mouse and keyboard. While in Free Camera mode, hold LALT on Windows or LOPT on macOS while rotating with RMB to orbit temporarily. For detailed controls, see Key Bindings and Hotkeys.

The current top-bar camera menu with Orbiting, Free Camera, Orthographic projection, and Show coordinates at pointer.

Overview of the main controls using keyboard and mouse.

Projection Mode

Select Orthographic projection in the same menu to switch from the default perspective view to an orthographic view without perspective foreshortening. Select it again to return to perspective projection.

Show Coordinates at Pointer

Select Show coordinates at pointer to display the 3D Space coordinates at the mouse pointer while inspecting or navigating data.