"In MoI it's a focus for points on objects to be placed with precision using object snaps."

I totally understand and appreciate that, but I'm not doing, or intending to do, anything whatsoever to the object by manipulating the camera.

Anyway I'll rest my case here. I appreciate your engagement and willingness to respond, and I do understand the desire to stay consistent with your chosen modus operandi. MOI is clearly a very fluid and well thought out application. I just feel the viewport navigation isn't quite on that same high level.

I've found a script on Petr's page that goes most of the way to what I want when assigned to a shortcut:

script:var objs = moi.geometryDatabase.getSelectedObjects(); if ( objs.length > 0 ) { moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel.getViewport('3D').targetPt = objs.getBoundingBox().center; }

It requires a section and a shortcut key press - but I can live with that.