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I wanted to know how to rotate around an object without moving up or down. Like the rotation in the demo. I haven't figured out how to do that. Actually what I am saying is how do you make an object such as earth spin around in front of you?

Also...how do you move to the top of an object or bottom without having to go to a different object then back again?

I hope someone can help.

Perhaps you are running the program in "real time" mode. Try using the K or L keys to speed up or slow down time in the program. Remeber it takes about 24 hours for the Earth to spin on her axis.
As far as your other question, I'm not sure that I understand what it is you are wanting to do exactly... ”¬.¬”

You can right drag the mouse to move rotate around an object. And as EzFlow mentioned, you can also use to time acceleration keys K and L and watch a planet rotate in front of you.

--Chris