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Blender addon - Canvas rotation shortcut for free view and camera view

Rotate canvas

Blender addon - Canvas rotation shortcut for both free and camera view

Since Blender 2.91, Rotate canvas is integrated in official addon Grease Pencil Tools bundled in the software. you just have to activate it.

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Description

demo canvas rotate gif

Customise shortcut in addons preferences, Default ctrl + alt + right-Click.
Shortcut changed are refreshed upon modifications.

preferences canvas rotate gif

Use Hud: Show angle value and lines.

Reset view (free navigation only): Click and release immediately without rotation to reset (up view point to world Z).

Original base script by Jum on stackexchange, Heavily modified to work in both view and camera with rotate axis method suggested by Christophe Seux.

Changelog:

1.0.5:

  • feat: add reset rotation shortcut in camera

1.0.4:

  • fix keymap register

1.0.3:

  • Added addon-prefs option to enable HUD
  • demo gifs and images

1.0.2:

  • Added free view reset (up point to world Z) on quick clic and release.
  • Hud turned Off

1.0.1:

  • First working version without ortho bugs