How do I orbit during line command in Max?

[Morne]

Hi all

So during line creation I can pan using "i", but how do I orbit?

I don't know why max works so stupid, why can't you just pan, zoom and orbit the same way during a command, as you would if you're not in a command and exploring stuff in your viewport.

[plastic_]

Well, you can't. But do you really need to orbit while creating a spline?
I pan with the mousewheel, out and in at different locations.
No question that it sucks. It's a shame how bad splines in max are.

[chris-x//]

When drawing the line, you can always press "i" to recenter the view to you current vertex position while keeping the spline editable... No orbiting possible. But linework is a shame considering what you can do in autocad.. I agree...

[Morne]

I was drawing a spline over a sphere, had to orbit to see the correct vertex to snap to (zooming didnt help< just too many of them)
ended up drawing 3 different splines and just attaching them

Yes I cant understand how they decided to make it like that.