changing default preview direction

How can you change (permanently) the default view from perspective to z?

Approx line 3335 of ...../bin/axis (depends on your version, this was 2.7 I think)

Change commands.set_view_p() to commands.set_view_z() (or z2)

Axis sets to perspective by default and only reads the state of the toolbar buttons to set changes, so no external way of setting
except changing the code or clicking on Z when you start

regards

Alternatively, add the command to ~/.axisrc (instead of modifying the system file):
(Create the ~/.axisrc file if it doesn't exist)

Thanks for the replies!

Where would I look for the /.axisrc file? How do I create it if it doesn't exist? I believe that I am running ver2.5.

~/ is your home directory

If not present from a terminal

sudo echo "commands.set_view_z()" > ~/.axisrc

would be an all in one way

sudo echo "commands.set_view_z()" > ~/.axisrc

Thanks ArcEye, that worked!