
I am struggling a bit and would be interested in any pointers from the knowledgeable folk here. It seems that I cannot use the mouse to get arbitrarily close to a surface in orthographic mode, but I can in perspective mode. In orthographic mode (Viewing -> Camera -> Projection) if I try to zoom in, the camera instead moves in until the front surface clips, but without much actually zooming. (True for the different "Center of Rotation" methods). In the Viewing -> Side View panel, the width of the field is represented by red lines that I cannot control but which I really want to move close together. According to the help for the Viewing -> Camera panel: horizontal field of view (allowed range 1.0-179.0°) - how much perspective is used; does not affect the orthographic projection. The vertical field of view will change along with the horizontal field of view, but their exact relationship depends on the aspect ratio of the graphics window. In fact, with the nightly builds of 1.4 this parameter *does* affect the orthographic projection, and does zoom in (or out) without clipping. Is there an updated explanation of how this works, and if it has changed since 1.3 as I seem to find? Am I looking in the wrong place for help on nightly builds? Thanks, James Conway