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Rotation Error in Perspective
First time I’ve ever encountered this:
I can no longer use rotation in perspective view. (not talking about rotating an object) Zoom and pan work fine — using either the buttons in the upper right hand corner of the window or the alt/mouse shortcuts. But rotation doesn’t work using either. Also…my XYZ lock buttons are properly unlocked.
I feel like this is something simple that I’m just overlooking. But I’ve restarted the program and my computer. No luck.
Any thoughts before I do a reinstall? I don’t mind looking like a fool for overlooking something obvious.
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2013 Mac Pro
OS 10.15.7
RAM: 16GB
GFX: AMD FirePro D700 6GB
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5 Replies
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I have occasionally experienced a similar bug in R21, but it’s always pan that stops working. I can, however, always get it working again by restarting C4D. Since restarts don’t work for you, and I assume you don’t have a protection tag on the camera, I am unfortunately at a loss to help… but I do feel your pain.
Concerning the axis lock/unlock buttons, as I understand them they are strictly for restricting the movement, rotation, and scale of OBJECTS while dragging those particular tools in the viewport, and have no affect on CAMERA manipulation.
I hope you get it sorted out.
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I have also had this bug in R19 and R20, but resetting/ restarting sorts it for me. Have you tried copying the scene to a new scene and seeing if that makes a difference? And the usual stuff, mouse drivers etc.
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Thanks, Jim. The error stays with me from scene to scene, with our without cameras. I’m with you on my understanding of the axis lock/unlock buttons…but that was the only other thing in the layout that occurred to me.
It’s not so much that I mind the reinstall…it’s reinstalling all my plugins. Fortunately, I’ve kept them all in one folder from my last reinstall, so should go easier.
Appreciate the reach-out!
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Hey Andy,
Good suggestion. That was one of the things I tried, but the error follows me from scene to scene and continues even when I create a new scene from scratch.
At this point I’m making preps for a reinstall.
Thanks for checking in!
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Concerning the pain of reinstalling a lot of plugins, are you using a version of C4D that included the ability to list a search path for plugins in the preferences? I can’t remember at the moment when that change occurred — either R20 or R21 I think. That would save both hard drive space and some of the reinstall hassle.
Edit: I just checked and it was R20 where that change began.
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