Plotly.py: 3D camera 'up' setting doesn't do anything

[binaryfunt]

If I try to set the camera 'up' direction to y (or x), nothing actually happens.

layout = {
    'scene': {
        'camera': {
            'up': {'x': 0, 'y': 1, 'z': 0}
        }
    }
}
fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
iplot(fig)

the plot produced still has the default z-axis as the 'up' direction.

[binaryfunt]

I have noticed that during an animation or restyle, the graph sometimes briefly flips and obeys the camera 'up' direction, but then reverts to the default immediately

[miriamperkins]

I would also like to use the camera up attribute, but find it is not working. Can this issue be resolved?

[jonmmease]

To set the camera up direction you need to set the layout.scene.dragmode property to 'orbit', rather than the default value of 'turntable'. The turntable drag mode forces z to be up by definition, so this is overriding the specified up vector

layout = {
    'scene': {
        'camera': {
            'up': {'x': 0, 'y': 1, 'z': 0}
        },
        'dragmode': 'orbit'
    }
}
data = [go.Scatter3d(x=[0.5, 0.5], y=[1, 1], z=[0, 1])]
fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
iplot(fig)

[virgile-hogman]

Awesome @jonmmease thank you so much for this tip!
I've been searching for at least 2 hours the correct way to use this camera setup. So happy it now works so fine! :)

Btw not very clear also how the eye dict works. What are the units or what do they exactly refer to?

[ShapingView]

+1 regarding @virgile-hogman 's question: What are the units and what do they refer to?

I need a specific point of view in my 3D plot (with projection perspective). However, the units don't relate to the 3D coordinates, nor is center (0, 0, 0) the actual center.