From the course: SketchUp 2020 Essential Training

Standard camera views - Sketchup Pro Tutorial

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Standard camera views

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- [Narrator] Sometimes it can be helpful to change the view of our model so that it is directly aligned with each axis. these views are called standard camera views. They can be found in the drop-down menu, Camera, Standard Views. The options are Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Left, Right, and then there's also an isometric view option. On a Mac, there are shortcuts for these, which are command + 1 through seven. On a PC, there is no preset shortcut for the standard camera views. These views are helpful when we want to create an orthographic view of our model. Because they are perfectly aligned with each axis, we can change our camera view from perspective to parallel projection. And this will give us an elevation view of our model. This view isn't as helpful when we orbit around and continue 3D modeling. As you can see, it seems a bit distorted. So we will need to return to a perspective view to continue viewing our model in 3D.

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