How do I center the camera in the VAB?

[Waymer]

Been trying to figure this out for a while now and it makes me want to pull my hair out.

If I create a new craft, the camera centers around its center of mass. If I load an existing one, the camera is centered around a point in space, not the craft.

This makes editing the craft really awkward and nearly impossible, since if I need to do anything that requires a different angle I have to move the camera and the craft in some vain attempt to get a better point of view.

Can someone help me out here?

[DisarmingBaton5]

I believe it centers around the craft, actually. It appears to be centered to the side of the craft due to the craft not being in the center of the screen; the camera is centered around a point on the right of the screen so the parts menu does not block your view.

I really wish there were a setting to center the camera to the screen, though because I tend to find this disorienting and annoying.

[epima09]

I hold down middle mouse button and scroll up and down to get the angle.

Did you tried that method?

[FlamedSteak]

I quite like being centre around the CoG, it usually lets you know you've had a major malfunction before things start to go really wrong. At least enough time to scramble for the abort button.

That being said I wish there was a way to lock the camera to the rotation of the craft when docking. I pretty well much ignore what is happening on screen and dock purely on instrumentation, only ever looking at the screen to judge my distance from target.

[Thogapotomus]

You can always select the whole craft with shift+click or clicking the capsule and move it around as you see fit.

And if you're docking, hit V a couple times to get the chase camera. It locks your view to the craft.

[FlamedSteak]

You sir, are my new hero.

[MrDave]

If you press and hold the mouse wheel, you can adjust the camera in the VAB.

[FITorion]

As far as I'm aware the VAB camera is always centered on the center of the VAB regardless of what craft you have...

[Ringkeeper]

there should be a free camera, that you can move around like you want... for some parts the camera atm is soooo bad , you dont see anything.

[Thogapotomus]

Yeah, in the VAB you can only zoom in and out, scroll up and down, and spin the camera. The hanger does all that, plus allows you to move the camera with shift+right click. I'm not sure why they don't allow it in the VAB even though it's smaller horizontally.