# Having free, 6DOF camera movement instead of orbit system

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-free-6dof-camera-movement-instead-of-orbit-system/10291
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 12, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-free-6dof-camera-movement-instead-of-orbit-system/10291 "2022-09-12T01:03:28Z")
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### Author: ![crimic](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@crimic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/crimic)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-free-6dof-camera-movement-instead-of-orbit-system/10291/1 "2022-09-12T01:03:29Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to configure ParaView so that you can use keys for moving forwards/backwards, sideways, up/down, and rotate the view, and am having difficulty.

For example, you can move the camera forward by zooming in, however there’s a limit to how far forward you can move with this approach, related to the center of rotation. I’d like to allow the user to keep moving forward indefinitely if they’d like.

Perhaps there’s a python script that can assist with this, or is there some built-in way?

Thank you for any assistance.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-free-6dof-camera-movement-instead-of-orbit-system/10291/2 "2022-09-12T05:04:36Z")

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Hi @crimic

I’m afraid ParaView cant really be configured this way.  
The best way would be to create your own view/representation in a plugin and then implement your own vtkInteractor.

Best,