I’ve put up with this for some time but I thought I’d ask to see if anyone else has had this issue?
I started a model this morning at 9am, everything was fine except for the usual camera clipping thing. It’s now 11:12 and I just went to copy a line from within a group and it won’t constrain to the red axis its already on. I end up having to use a guide line to move it.
I run into this issue constantly and the only thing I’ve found to do is close SU and start it again.
Are you operating inside an open group or component that has a different axis than the global one. What happens if you press the right arrow on your keyboard, does it lock? Can you show us a screen shot at least or better post the model here so we can diagnose?
Which line are you working on? I see you are modeling with the camera set to parallel projection, this is well known to cause the clipping you mentioned. It’s best to model in perspective and use parallel projection only for standard views in documentation.
Understood. You might get used to it if you tried, it is in fact easier on our eyes and brains as it’s the way we naturally process the world. But you are of corse free to do what you like, just know this is why you are seeing clipping, next time you get clipping you can cure it by switching to perspective.
Now about the loss of axis, it’s not normal what you are describing and I can’t reproduce it. Let me understand the steps you are taking. You are moving a copy of a line with the move tool and the copy modifier key? Or are you copying and pasting and move the pasted line?
Switching to perspective will cure clipping but may not solve the problem you are describing. Next time it happens try forcing an axis lock using the arrow keys.
I find this the other way around, but to prevent clipping, you can better work in perspective, but set the Field of View to 5 or even 1, then. That way, you have your looks, but the camera won’t be moved to enormous distances what probably caused your issues in the first place.