# Is it possible to rotate the skybox?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781 "2020-11-12T15:36:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![Lukasz](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/lukasz/32/5392_2.png) [@Lukasz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lukasz)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/1 "2020-11-12T15:36:22Z")

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It seems that Y-axis is the default vertical axis for sky box hdri images. Is there a way to rotate the skybox images so that for example Z-axis is the vertical one? Or do I have transform my models into the skybox coordinate system?

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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: [November 12, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/2 "2020-11-12T17:37:17Z")

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@LfxPaul

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### Author: ![LfxPaul](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/lfxpaul/32/3703_2.png) [@LfxPaul](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/LfxPaul)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/3 "2020-11-13T09:25:56Z")

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Hi Lukasz,

This feature is not yet implemented in ParaView but should come later. You can indeed transform all your scene to choose your skybox orientation

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### Author: ![Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/dave_demarle/32/27_2.png) [@Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dave_DeMarle)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/4 "2020-11-13T13:02:28Z")

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When we do implement it, for consistency we should tie it to the environmental background orientation widgets that are currently in the ray tracing section and promote them out of there.

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### Author: ![PhilPole](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/philpole/32/7127_2.png) [@PhilPole](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PhilPole)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/5 "2021-07-12T10:23:04Z")

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Any news on this? Has the feature already implemented?

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### Author: ![LfxPaul](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/lfxpaul/32/3703_2.png) [@LfxPaul](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/LfxPaul)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/6 "2021-09-16T07:34:07Z")

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HI @PhilPole ,

Sorry about the delay! This feature is implemented and you can now rotate the skybox using CTRL+LeftClick 🙂

See [4. Displaying data — ParaView Documentation 5.8.1 documentation](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/UsersGuide/displayingData.html?highlight=Skybox#interactions)

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### Author: ![John\_Johnson](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/john_johnson/32/5155_2.png) [@John\_Johnson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/John_Johnson)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/7 "2021-10-14T02:05:51Z")

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Hi!

@LfxPaul @mwestphal  
I’ve tried using this feature in 5.8.1, 5.9.0, 5.9.1 and in 5.10.0-RC1 (all on Windows).  
In 5.8.1, 5.9.0, 5.9.1 it’s just absent. I’ve tried assigning skybox rotation it to CTRL+LeftClick in Edit-\>Settings-\>Camera. The option “SkyboxRotate” is absent in dropdown lists.

In 5.10.0-RC1 it’s present in settings, but it doesn’t seem to work properly. When I hold CTRL+LeftClick, the skybox seems to move only about Y axis (while in my case I need rotation around X)

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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: [October 14, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/8 "2021-10-14T07:47:21Z")

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This is the expected behavior I believe.

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### Author: ![Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andy_bauer/32/5442_2.png) [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-rotate-the-skybox/5781/9 "2022-05-26T20:21:26Z")

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Note that with `Enable Ray Casting` checked you can play around with the `Environment North` and `Environment East` settings to rotate the skybox beyond just the Y axis. I agree that being able to rotate beyond just the Y axis is helpful because some simulation conventions have the Z axis as “up” while other simulation conventions have the Y axis as “up”.

FYI: I’m using PV v5.10. I’m not sure when all of these features were introduced.