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Three-dimensional Plot Control
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The Rotate Dialog
You may rotate your plots using the 3D Rotate dialog under the View menu. The 3D rotation tools located
in the toolbar are discussed in Section “Three-dimensional Rotation” on page 23.
The Rotate dialog has the following options:
• Rotation Mode
• XYZ-Axis - Rotation about one of the three axes: X, Y, or Z. To move around any of these
axes, use the controls in this dialog. Click on the “+” (up) or “-” (down) arrows on either
side of the axis that you want to rotate the plot around.
• Spherical - Spherical rotation about the Z axis. There are four arrows in a cross: “+” (up)
and “-” (down) are the vertical, top and bottom arrows of the cross; Right and Left are
the horizontal, right and left arrows of the cross. There are also two twist arrows
diagonal to the cross that twist about the Eye/Origin ray: one that does a twist up to the
left and one that does a twist over to the right.
To tilt the plot in a vertical, spherical manner around the Z-axis, click the vertical “+”
(up/top) or “-” (down/bottom) arrows. To rotate the plot in a horizontal, spherical
manner around the Z-axis, click on the horizontal “+” (Right) or “-” (Left) arrows. To
twist the plot about the Eye/Origin ray, click on the twist up to left or twist over right
diagonal arrows.
• RollerBall - Rotation like a roller ball, that is, horizontal movements are right and left
from the current position; vertical movements rotate up or down from the current
position; and twist is about the current screen Eye/Origin ray.
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