Orbit/Pan Spotlight

Rotates a spotlight about the target (Orbit) or rotates the target about the spotlight (Pan).

Reference

This button replaces the Arc Rotate button when a spotlight viewport is active.

This button is a flyout that contains two functions:

Orbit Spotlight: Rotates the spotlight about its target. Free spotlights use the invisible target, set to the target distance specified in the spotlight Parameters rollout.

Pan Spotlight: For a target spotlight, rotates the target about the spotlight. For a free spotlight, rotates the spotlight about its local axes.

To constrain panning or orbiting to a single axis, hold down the SHIFT key. The pan or orbit is constrained to the axis you first move while the SHIFT key is down.

To accelerate panning or orbiting, hold down the CTRL key before you pan or orbit.

How To

To pan a camera or spotlight

1. Activate a Camera or Spotlight viewport.
2. Click Pan Camera/Spotlight.
3. Drag to rotate the view about the camera or spotlight.
• Dragging rotates the view freely using the world X and Y axes.
• Press CTRL and drag horizontally to lock view rotation about the world Y axis. This produces a horizontal pan.
• Press CTRL and drag vertically to lock rotation about the world X axis. This produces a vertical pan.

To orbit a camera or spotlight

1. Activate a Camera or Spotlight viewport.
2. Click Orbit Camera/Spotlight.
3. Drag to rotate the view around the target.
• Dragging rotates the view freely using the world X and Y axes.
• Press CTRL and drag horizontally to lock view rotation about the world Y axis. This produces a horizontal orbit.
• Press CTRL and drag vertically to lock rotation about the world X axis. This produces a vertical orbit.