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      glro
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      @krisidious said:

      Upgrade to 2013 and you'll have a colored axis for your rotate view tool.

      for some reason the screenshot won't grab the cursor. so here it's something like this.

      [attachment=0:1mw5ie7a]<!-- ia0 -->Untitled-1.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1mw5ie7a]

      big improvement... thank you for the information
      it will help to rotate
      and what about the cursor for translation? is it in color also?

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      • Dave RD
        Dave R
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        Kristoff, you mean the Orbit tool, don't you? That's what shows in your screen shot.

        The Move tool itself doesn't show any direction reference. Once you start moving the object you get the trailing line in the color of the axis to which the move is parallel just like always. The protractor of the Rotate tool changes color based on axis just as it always has, too.

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        • KrisidiousK
          Krisidious
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          @dave r said:

          Kristoff, you mean the Orbit tool, don't you? That's what shows in your screen shot.

          The Move tool itself doesn't show any direction reference. Once you start moving the object you get the trailing line in the color of the axis to which the move is parallel just like always. The protractor of the Rotate tool changes color based on axis just as it always has, too.

          Indeed... Orbit. But that's what the center mouse button is right? an orbit?

          By: Kristoff Rand
          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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          • Dave RD
            Dave R
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            Yes. And the cursor converts to that tool but it isn't rotating the model. 😉

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            • KrisidiousK
              Krisidious
              last edited by

              That's why I said rotate view. 😉

              By: Kristoff Rand
              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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              • Dave RD
                Dave R
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                Hopefully the OP doesn't confuse Orbit and Rotate. 😉

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                • KrisidiousK
                  Krisidious
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                  using the actual name of tools is highly over rated...

                  By: Kristoff Rand
                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                  • Dave RD
                    Dave R
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                    @krisidious said:

                    using the actual name of tools is highly over rated...

                    😆 My wife thinks so, too.

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                    • KrisidiousK
                      Krisidious
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                      Did you just call me a girl?

                      By: Kristoff Rand
                      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                      • Dave RD
                        Dave R
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                        Not at all. Between us we are making sure this thread has been well and truly hijacked, though.

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                          glro
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                          @dave r said:

                          Not at all. Between us we are making sure this thread has been well and truly hijacked, though.

                          concerning global axis...

                          blue axis is not a problem

                          i have seen a plugin that changes the cursor using a bmp file; i don't remember the name;

                          it could be a solution, since a flat cursor could show red and green directions

                          how to change the cursor using a bmp or jpg file?

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