How to set the center of rotation when viewing a 3D PDF file
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When navigating a 3D PDF, there may be times when you want to change the center of rotation for the Rotate tool. For example, when navigating around an assembly, you may want to isolate and rotate around a particular part or face. There are a couple of ways to do this in the Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, but it is not always intuitive.
The easiest way to change the center of rotation is to select a part in the 3D Window or in the model tree, then right click and select Part Options -> Zoom to Part:
This centers the camera on the centroid of the selected part.
An alternative to this is to use the Camera Properties dialog for finer control when setting the the center of rotation. You can activate the Camera Properties dialog by either selecting the button on the 3D Toolbar:
Or by right clicking in the 3D window, then selecting Tools -> Camera Properties:
The Camera Properties dialog box will appear:
The Alignment section of the dialog box allows you to easily set the center of rotation. You can select a Part, Face or 3 points to define your center of rotation. Check the Camera and Target button and your center of rotation will be changed.