Aligning

Reference

Menu

View ‣ Align View

These options allow you to align and orient the view.

Align View to Active

The options in this menu align your view with specified local axes of the selected active object, bone, or, in Edit Mode with the normal of the selected face.

Hold down Shift while using the numpad to set the view axis.

Align Active Camera to View Ctrl-Alt-Numpad0

Moves and rotates the active camera to the current viewpoint.

Align Active Camera to Selected

Points the active camera toward the selected object; based on the direction of the current viewpoint.

Center Cursor and Frame All Shift-C

Moves the cursor back to the origin and zooms in/out so that you can see everything in your scene.

Center View to Cursor

Centers view to 3D cursor.

View Lock to Active

Centers view to the last selected active object, overriding other view alignment settings.

View Lock Clear

Returns the view alignment to the view align settings before use of View Lock to Active.