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Improve Control of Scatterplot 3D Rotation - Keep Charts 'Right Side Up' by Locking the Z Axis

Status: Archived Submitted by Super User (Alumni) on ‎01-31-2020 08:27 AM
3 Comments (3 New)

Most people who manipulate 3D scatterplots do not want to rotate about the Z axis, and they end up struggling to keep it 'right side up' after a few rotations.  Make the mouse movement work like the 'Move and Rotate' behavior in the animated gif below. 

 

     Rotate 3D Scatterplot.gif

 

Here is an add-in that provide the functionality in the animation above:

     https://community.jmp.com/t5/JMP-Add-Ins/3D-Plot-Tools/ta-p/48699

 

Proposed

Provide an option to lock the z axis, enable it by default.  When enabled, horizontal movement of the mouse rotates the chart about the y axis, no matter where the user initially clicked on the chart. Vertical movement rotates the chart about the x axis.

3 Comments
Ryan_Gilmore
Community Manager Community Manager
Community Manager
‎10-26-2022 04:29 PM
‎10-26-2022 04:29 PM
Status changed to: Archived
We are archiving this request. If this is still important please comment with additional details and we will reopen. Thank you!
Mostafa_Afify
Level II
‎11-18-2022 01:11 PM
‎11-18-2022 01:11 PM

Very useful :thumbs_up:

ih
Super User (Alumni)
Super User (Alumni)
‎03-27-2026 05:36 PM
‎03-27-2026 05:36 PM

Still in JMP 19 the default behavior to rotate a 3d plot feels hard to control.  I still think the functionality of the 'tilt and rotate' box in this add-in should be the default behavior.  Maybe I'm alone though, or maybe folks just don't use 3d plots very much, perhaps because they are hard to manage...