#2497·rerun

Add orthographic and axis lock features to the 3D view

Author: abey79Created Jun 21, 2023Updated Sep 18, 2026
Labelsenhancementui🔺 re_renderer📺 re_viewer🟦 blueprintuser-request

An orthographic projection of a 3D scene with well-defined axes can sometimes usefully complement our current user-controlled perspective view. For example, this would enable replicating the perspective/front/left/top views of CAD software:

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This would be extending the 3D view with options to:

  • set the projection to ortho
  • partially restrict the view-eye control, e.g. locking it's orientation (the user would retain the ability to pan and zoom)
  • fully restrict the view-eye, for a total control of the display

Note that a 3D view with ortho + locked axes is technically similar to our 2D viewer, so extending it instead might enable similar end results.

Potentially relates to:

  • #683
  • #1510
  • #349