Placing camera to look directly up?

[J_Lewis87]

Does anyone have a good way to place the camera so it's looking directly up vs forward?

[L.Maas]

Place camera in section. After that you can move the whole camera in a floor plan.

Cameras do not snap, therefore it is always approximate.

Otherwise you could try to use Dynamo to create a script that places (and rotates) the camera.

Then you might get accurate results

[martijn_pater]

Maybe in 3d view you could switch to bottom view and set this view as perspective view, if not with camera.

[hmunsell · Accepted solution]

• place the camera in Plan view
  • open the camera view
  • open a section
  • tile views (should have 3 views open).
• select the Camera view crop region and change to the section view
• you should see the Cone and Depth and Target Elevation grip
• select the elevation grip in section and drag it up.....

[syman2000]

Cut a section and add camera. Place where you want the camera to be and then point up the ceiling

Result is you get funky angles

[J_Lewis87]

Thanks, all. Your instructions worked.

[J_Lewis87]

The only problem is when I render my stair tower, the planes parallel with the floor are blurry. Any ideas why?