Camera won't penetrate Face?

SketchUp
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Don’t know why but I can’t orbit or zoom through any faces or objects anymore after downloading SketchUp 2016. I need to go into my model from the outside but even the select tool on scrolling with the mouse wheel will not take me inside any objects. It must be a camera position or focal plane. I just get the default color when trying to zoom through an object. Any direction as to camera view settings or means to overcome this situation would be greatly appreciated.

I installed Skalp extension in SketchUp Make 2015 when the phenomenon first took affect & though I have since uninstalled 2015 with Skalp the strange none penetrating camera persists in the upgrade to 2016.

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Switch the camera to Perspective.

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Thanks DaveR THAT WAS QUICK! Will try now.

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Worked a charm. Don’t remember switching from perspective view but I guess it was while using Skalp. Forgot that ‘J’ or one of the keys toggles those views.

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I try to avoid using Parallel Perspective except for when I need to zoom in close to inspect/fix/draw something that has tight details. It gives me a headache after like 5 minutes.

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I believe it’s used for other architectural applications like getting an aligned view for purely 2d graphics & dimensioning them for printing etc.

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Oh no doubt. I just know that for my personal applications it solved the issue of Perspective not letting me get up close and personal when drawing something small.

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It’s generally easier to model in Perspective and then set the camera to Parallel Projection for specific scenes when required.