Problems rotating the view in 3ds...

[rbotteon]

Hello everybody...

I am a beginner so please be patient..

I am experiencing problems rotating the view with Alt+MMB. It seems that one axis of rotation is always fixed and sometimes this axis is normal to the viewport, the result is that I cannot rotate the view about the screen. Is there any way to get a free three axis rotation of the viewport?

Thank you in advance.

R.

[Pawz]

Hmm.. I've always just used the rotate button in perspective view.. the one right next to the zoom in the bottom right corner.

[rbotteon]

I am afraid that's the same also with the rotate button......
Is it something wrong with my defaults or 3ds doesn't provide real 3 axis viewport rotation?

R.

[Jenn]

can you post a screen shot?

[lillypusher]

when u click the rotate button (or ctrl R) then u get the green rotate circle. when the mouse cursor is in the midle of this green circle, it changes to a multi axis widgit (couldn't find a better description). when u wiggle the mouse around - does it rotate the view in 3d? or am i off base here?