# SU keeps jumping back to one point when I orbit or zoom out very fast

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [August 11, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734 "2019-08-11T11:53:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![hendrickx.helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hendrickx.helena](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hendrickx.helena)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/1 "2019-08-11T11:53:33Z")

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every time i use orbit it keeps jumping back to one specific point in my model completly zoomed in, if i then zoom out to fast it will jump back to that point.

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**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/2 "2019-08-11T12:18:54Z")

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We could solve the problem more readily by working with the model.  
Please upload the SKP model file if possible (7th icon to the right.)

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**Author:** ![hendrickx.helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hendrickx.helena](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hendrickx.helena)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/3 "2019-08-11T12:27:41Z")

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The file is too big. I will try to use mediafire.

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**Author:** ![hendrickx.helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hendrickx.helena](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hendrickx.helena)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/4 "2019-08-11T12:29:42Z")

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> **[2de zit 0908](https://www.mediafire.com/file/dgkzqakfwx9r68i/2de_zit_0908.skp/file)**
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> MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

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**Author:** ![john\_drivenupthewall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@john\_drivenupthewall](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_drivenupthewall)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/5 "2019-08-11T13:03:15Z")

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the text is the main culprit, delete it our reset it using a fixed height, rather than a view based font size…

john

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**Author:** ![hendrickx.helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@hendrickx.helena](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hendrickx.helena)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/6 "2019-08-11T14:23:20Z")

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Deleted all text but it still has the same problem. In the top left corner it tells me ‘top’. Could it be that the model is just stuck in the top view? As if i activated some kind of preset?

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**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/7 "2019-08-11T14:49:17Z")

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See this topic.  
There, copy @TIG’s code into the Ruby console … hit Enter … and all is well.

> [@Need Help to fix my SKP file!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-to-fix-my-skp-file/97651/19):
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> Here’s a fuller version of @eneroth3 's code. It checks for rogue Text in both the model’s entities and all definitions. It also switches any problem-text’s layer and visibility ‘on’, then moves the Text to the ORIGIN [0,0,0]. It also tries to force the model to zoom-extents after the text is relocated… Finally it selects the problem-text [in the Model] and allows the user to press Delete to erase it if desired. model = Sketchup.active\_model model.start\_operation("TextCheck", false) ss = mo…

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**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/8 "2019-08-11T15:03:17Z")

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> [@Geo](#):
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> Please upload the SKP model file if possible (7th icon to the right.)

> [@hendrickx.helena](#):
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> The file is too big. I will try to use mediafire.

Purge before uploading …  
[2de zit 0908\_Text Fixed.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/LoEAR4y4Nc8W4mjThPAf568aBL.skp) (1.3 MB)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/su-keeps-jumping-back-to-one-point-when-i-orbit-or-zoom-out-very-fast/100734/9 "2020-02-13T12:03:46Z")

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