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I'm trying out plotly for interactive 3D plotting, and it's great, but I found the 3D rotated plots a bit annoying, since by default the rotation is around all x, y and z axes (similarly as in e.g. Google Maps).

Is it possible to rotate only around the z-axis and just pan the camera view up and down?

So basically now the rotation is SO(3) in Lie group terms. I'd prefer at least an option to use SO(2)*R.

H. Arponen
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May 27 2015 EDIT

Plotly 3D graph interact in a new turntable mode of rotation.

We made this the default. Try it on any 3D graph.

Original answer

At the moment, Plotly 3D graphs only support one mode of rotation, as you described.

That said, adding a second "simple" mode of rotation is on our short term road map.

In the meantime, I suggest using the "back to default" and "back to last save" buttons in the modebar

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if ever your graph gets lost in rotation.

etpinard
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