# How do I reset Camera View in the free version? **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp for Web\ **Created:** [February 20, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598 "2023-02-20T22:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/1 "2023-02-20T22:26:49Z")
I have a problem that is described in this thread [Perspective and Camera View Gone Wrong](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/perspective-and-camera-view-gone-wrong/50418) i.e. the perspective has gone wrong. No idea how I managed to do this The solution is to set the Camera/Field of View back to 35. However in the free version I can find no way of doing this. How do I correct this please. ---
**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/2 "2023-02-20T22:34:58Z")
> [@cle](#): > > How do I correct this please. Lower icon on the left \> then select the ‘Zoom’ icon etc… Or hit [Z] to get the the ‘Zoom’ cursor \> slide the icon up or down on screen with the left mouse button pressed and while holding down [Shift] to change the ‘Field of View’. Or then just type 35deg and hit [Enter] ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/3 "2023-02-21T08:14:10Z")
Thanks for the help. However I cannot make this work. On selecting the zoom tool I can zoom in and out with left mouse button and moving up and down. However holding down shift does not change anything, and typing 35 does nothing too. ---
**Author:** ![mihai.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mihai.s/32/202022_2.png) [@mihai.s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mihai.s)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/4 "2023-02-21T08:22:58Z")
Select Zoom Type 35 Hit Enter [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/e/3ebc94822618827a34b0cc048cd5cb717a181d0d.mp4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/e/3ebc94822618827a34b0cc048cd5cb717a181d0d.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/5 "2023-02-21T09:22:50Z")
Hi again. Thank you very much for your comprehensive efforts to help. However it is still not working for me. When I select the zoom tool the field bottom right still says “measurements”, I notice on your video clip that it changes to “field of view” for you. I am using Sketch up for web in Chrome, which I understand is recommended. However something is not working correctly ---
**Author:** ![mihai.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mihai.s/32/202022_2.png) [@mihai.s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mihai.s)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/6 "2023-02-21T09:27:55Z")
Did you really select Zoom (Z) and not Zoom Window? [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/1/1/11b2c2e6f9619ddd565559b23a06839cc33755da.mp4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/1/1/11b2c2e6f9619ddd565559b23a06839cc33755da.mp4) SketchUp for Web in Firefox [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/5/755e3346d91c4c164976d3095087aa4016eed12d.mp4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/5/755e3346d91c4c164976d3095087aa4016eed12d.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/7 "2023-02-21T09:29:34Z")
I have managed to get around it with a bit of a cludge. Ctrl A, copy, Open new model, paste, delete old model, save new one. … far from ideal! ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/8 "2023-02-21T09:32:25Z")
Just tried it again, and yes, I am most certainly selecting Zoom, not Zoom window ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/9 "2023-02-21T09:41:07Z")
Just tried it again with my new model created by cut and paste from the old one, as described above, and … guess what … it now works, i.e. zoom tool gives me angle of view bottom right (now that I do not need it!) Seems like this may be a bug, i.e. angle of view for some reason changed without me doing it, then does not provide a method for me put it back to 35 ---
**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/10 "2023-02-21T10:33:44Z")
> [@cle](#): > > Ctrl A, copy, Open new model, paste, delete old model, save new one. … far from ideal! How do you copy \> paste in a new SketchUp model instance if tat is not possible in SketchUp web free? _(Assuming that you are using SketchUp for web free as posted in this forum section)_ ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/11 "2023-02-21T11:37:19Z")
Hmmm, another mystery! Yes I am using SketchUp web free, and yes it is possible because I have just done it ??? I could give you links to my before and after models if that would help diagnose the issue? ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/12 "2023-02-21T11:45:54Z")
This is the model with the screwed up field of view that I cannot set back to 35 [SketchUp](https://app.sketchup.com/share/tc/europe/beZRQa-nXb4?stoken=f55g6f-FKmpTV0AbDJG-k66xoOkEnkQXWMBgRv5vZdoCVf0Q8aRAmn3ZfqMqIGTS&source=web) This is the same model cut and pasted to create a new model that has the correct perspective, and in which I can change the field of view angle using the zoom tool [SketchUp](https://app.sketchup.com/share/tc/europe/zZ2pVxQ2R30?stoken=7DqySHn07jAiugF9zKoQwTExFboCrhIXsTOfyvBHZPo9djYsN75soRUggyhKy_Dy&source=web) ---
**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/13 "2023-02-21T13:08:33Z")
> [@cle](#): > > Yes I am using SketchUp web free … I see no toolbar on the left. This looks like the SU viewer to me. ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/14 "2023-02-21T13:45:03Z")
Those links appear to use SU viewer. Here is a screen shot with the model in SketchUp web free with the zoom tool selected (but you tool cursor does not show on the screenshot) ![Screenshot 2023-02-21 13.40.10](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/a/ca77c3bc76b4f035a0537a062632bfdc551317d2.png) ---
**Author:** ![mihai.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mihai.s/32/202022_2.png) [@mihai.s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mihai.s)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/15 "2023-02-21T13:56:29Z")
In the image you shared now, the zoom icon is the one for Zoom Extents. I asked you before, are you really sure you are using Zoom and not Zoom Extents? [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/9/1/9122bd8a07962d8e6b5f5d1912fa29fa0c01353b.mp4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/9/1/9122bd8a07962d8e6b5f5d1912fa29fa0c01353b.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/16 "2023-02-21T14:06:04Z")
Yes, I assure you that I am using the zoom tool. It works correctly with the second model, but not with the one posted. Tell me how I record a video like yours and I will post it to show you that I am using the correct tool ---
**Author:** ![mihai.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mihai.s/32/202022_2.png) [@mihai.s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mihai.s)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/17 "2023-02-21T14:06:55Z")
[Licecap](https://www.cockos.com/licecap/) for capture desktop. If you use Zoom Extents in the problem file, do you still see the model? ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/18 "2023-02-21T14:09:34Z")
What happens if you use the scroll wheel on the mouse for zooming? Then you don’t need to select that tool off the toolbar at all. ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/19 "2023-02-21T14:18:04Z")
I always use the scroll wheel to zoom. Only using the zoom tool to try to correct the field of view angle that has somehow got screwed up ---
**Author:** ![cle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598/20 "2023-02-21T14:24:07Z")
Here is a video clip of me trying to use the zoom tool to correct the field of view angle to 35 - it just does not work with this model, but it does work with other models that I do not need to adjust anyway [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/0/e/0e4a74dca1c5792e786f0d572339a56b04449361.mp4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/0/e/0e4a74dca1c5792e786f0d572339a56b04449361.mp4) [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-reset-camera-view-in-the-free-version/220598.md?page=2)