Question

I made 3D graphics, and using the known method of zooming, which is to hold the Ctrl and now slide the mouse up and down to zoom in and out as described here

http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/howto/RotateZoomAndPanGraphics.html

This works ok.

But now I issue the command Rotate[g,90 Degree], and try to zoom on the generate plot (in the new output cell). But the zoom no longer works on that new rotated image.

I see it blinking black each time I slide the mouse, but it does not zoom in nor out.

Here is the command

     g=Graphics3D[ Cuboid[{-.1,-.1,-.1},{.1,.1,.1}],
        AxesOrigin->{0,0,0},
        PlotRange->{{-1,1},{-1,1},{-1,1}},
        Axes->True,
        AxesLabel->{"X","Y","Z"},
        ViewPoint->Front,
        Ticks->None]

now zoom works ok. Now type

 Rotate[g,90 Degree]

Now try zoom on the result of the above command. It does not work.

version 8.0.1, windows 7

thanks

Answer 1

You are right, there is a bug in the interface.

After a few tries, pressing Ctrl and the mouse buttons, I was able to get a weird display:

And the zooming works (although inconsistently), but … moving the mouse left to right!