Thank you for reading this.

when I Z my drawing, all is well except it doesnt right the picture. I can be left with an upside down object that I then have to manipulate to get it upright again. Clumsy.
What am I missing here?

Simon.

Hi Simon, there is a view rotation mode that keeps z always up all the time.

That's under Options > View > Rotate/Pan/Zoom options > Rotation style = Rotate around world z axis.

If you like having Z pointing up then the usual way would be to have it set to "Rotation style = Rotate around world z axis" and not "Rotation style = Free rotation" which does not keep z pointing up.

If you want to have "Rotation style = Free rotation" and push a shortcut key like Z to set z-up occasionally then that's possible by setting this up on a shortcut key (Options > Shortcut keys):
script:var v = moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel.getViewport('3D'); v.tiltAngle = 0;

- Michael

Thank you Michael.

Rotate round world z axis is good.
But the shortcut doesnt do anything. Not on my mac, anyway.
Simon.

Hi Simon,

re:
> Rotate round world z axis is good.
> But the shortcut doesnt do anything. Not on my mac, anyway.

It is normal that it won't do anything if your view is already oriented with z upwards.

Maybe I have not understood what type of thing you're running into. Can you please post an example .3dm model file that has the view in the undesired position?

- Michael