Free Rotation Mode in Aven

[Brian Clipstone]

----- Original Message -----
From: Olly Betts <olly@survex.com>
To: <survex@survex.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 3:25 PM
Subject: Free Rotation Mode in Aven


> Does anyone actually use aven's "Free Rotation Mode"?  Mark suggested it's
> probably a failed experiment and should be removed, and I'm inclined to
agree.
> However, I don't want to annoy people who are using it (although I'm not
sure
> it's actually documented anywhere...)
>
> You engage it by holding down Ctrl while dragging with the left button,
and
> cancel it by pressing Delete.  It removes the usual aven and caverot
> restriction that "up" in 3d is in the Y axis on the 2D screen, but that's
> actually a carefully chosen restriction which fits the application well.
>
> Cheers,
> Olly

I have occasionly used it, it is similar to Caverot using the middle button
to control the movement from Plan to Elevation and the left buton at the
same time.  Caverot controls are better, could we have the same controls on
Aven as there is in Caverot.

Brian