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Hold a glass of water in your hand. Now twist and turn your wrist around in every direction so that the water’s all over you and the rest of the room. Stop when the glass is empty. We think that’s a pretty memorable way to find out about the Orbit tool, don’t you?

Just as your wrist helps you twist and turn a glass to see it from every angle, think of using Orbit as the way to fly around your work. Figure 3-15 shows Orbit in all its glory.

FIGURE 3-15: The Orbit tool lets you see your model from any angle.

Press and hold down your mouse’s scroll wheel, and move your mouse around. See your model swiveling? Release the scroll wheel when you’re done. Using your mouse to orbit means that you don’t have to switch tools every time you want a better view, which saves you truckloads of time. You can even do this while you’re using most other tools.

There’s a secret trick to effective orbiting: Your model twists, turns, and rotates about the center of your screen.