diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
index 4bdde165..fbbb2359 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 //! - `ui.confirm {accept?}`: the Delete confirmation (without `accept`: what it lists)
 //! - `ui.shortcut {command, key?, replace?}`: a command's key, or bind one ("" clears)
 //! - `ui.help {item?: about|shortcuts|report}`: the Help menu; returns the version and diagnostics
-//! - `ui.prefs {...}`: the preferences (default_units, nav, zoom_reverse, orbit_cursor, msaa,
+//! - `ui.prefs {...}`: the preferences (default_units, nav, zoom_reverse, orbit_around, msaa,
 //!   length_decimals, angle_decimals); returns them all
 //! - `ui.capture {action?: capture|revert|cancel}`: the Capture Position question
 //! - `ui.agent_cursor {show?, speed?: 1–5 (times) | "instant", follow_camera?}`: the agent cursor
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs
index 3960fa22..21ab2a0a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs
@@ -236,6 +236,19 @@ impl NavigatorStyle {
     }
 }
 
+/// What an orbit turns around (Preferences: "Orbit around").
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum OrbitAround {
+    /// The world origin: the view turns about it and keeps it still on screen.
+    Origin,
+    /// The view's centre: what Pan moves and Fit frames (the default, as it always was).
+    #[default]
+    ViewCentre,
+    /// The model point under the cursor when the drag began.
+    Cursor,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Prefs {
@@ -249,7 +262,11 @@ pub struct Prefs {
     pub radial_context_menu: bool,
     /// The wheel zooms out when turned forward.
     pub zoom_reverse: bool,
-    /// Orbit around the point under the cursor (else around the view's centre).
+    /// What an orbit turns around.
+    pub orbit_around: OrbitAround,
+    /// The cursor preference as releases before the origin option saved it (`true` = the point
+    /// under the cursor). [`migrate`] folds it into `orbit_around` when saved preferences are
+    /// read, so an existing choice survives the upgrade; this version only writes `false`.
     pub orbit_cursor: bool,
     /// Whether a connected 3D mouse moves the view.
     pub space_mouse_enabled: bool,
@@ -346,6 +363,7 @@ impl Default for Prefs {
             navigator_style: NavigatorStyle::default(),
             radial_context_menu: false,
             zoom_reverse: false,
+            orbit_around: OrbitAround::default(),
             orbit_cursor: false,
             space_mouse_enabled: true,
             space_mouse_speed: 1.0,
@@ -482,6 +500,7 @@ fn defaults(app: &mut SolveApp, page: usize) {
             p.zoom_to_cursor = d.zoom_to_cursor;
             p.smooth_wheel_zoom = d.smooth_wheel_zoom;
             p.trackpad_pan = d.trackpad_pan;
+            p.orbit_around = d.orbit_around;
             p.orbit_cursor = d.orbit_cursor;
             p.space_mouse_enabled = d.space_mouse_enabled;
             p.space_mouse_speed = d.space_mouse_speed;
@@ -585,25 +604,36 @@ pub fn zoom_sign(app: &SolveApp) -> f64 {
     if app.preferences.zoom_reverse { -1.0 } else { 1.0 }
 }
 
-/// Orbit by pixel deltas: around the view's centre, or, with "orbit around the cursor", around
-/// the model point that was under the cursor when the drag began (kept still on screen). A drag
-/// that begins over empty space turns around the centre of the visible geometry instead, so the
-/// model never swings around a far-off point. The pivot is chosen once, when the drag begins.
+/// Orbit by pixel deltas about the configured centre: the view's centre (default), the world
+/// origin, or the model point that was under the cursor when the drag began. The origin and the
+/// cursor pivot are kept still on screen; a cursor drag that begins over empty space turns around
+/// the centre of the visible geometry instead, so the model never swings around a far-off point.
+/// The cursor pivot is chosen once, when the drag begins.
 pub fn orbit(app: &mut SolveApp, rect: egui::Rect, dx: f64, dy: f64, press: Option<Pos2>) {
-    if !app.preferences.orbit_cursor {
+    let pivot = match app.preferences.orbit_around {
+        OrbitAround::ViewCentre => None,
+        OrbitAround::Origin => Some(Vec3::ZERO),
+        OrbitAround::Cursor => Some(match app.viewport.orbit_pivot {
+            Some(p) => p,
+            None => {
+                let proj = crate::viewport::projection(app, rect);
+                let at = press.unwrap_or(rect.center());
+                let p = pivot_under(app, &proj, at);
+                app.viewport.orbit_pivot = Some(p);
+                p
+            }
+        }),
+    };
+    let Some(pivot) = pivot else {
         app.cam.orbit(dx, dy);
         return;
-    }
-    let pivot = match app.viewport.orbit_pivot {
-        Some(p) => p,
-        None => {
-            let proj = crate::viewport::projection(app, rect);
-            let at = press.unwrap_or(rect.center());
-            let p = pivot_under(app, &proj, at);
-            app.viewport.orbit_pivot = Some(p);
-            p
-        }
     };
+    orbit_about(app, rect, dx, dy, pivot);
+}
+
+/// Orbit by pixel deltas, keeping `pivot` still on screen: the camera turns about it and a pan
+/// correction puts it back where it was.
+fn orbit_about(app: &mut SolveApp, rect: egui::Rect, dx: f64, dy: f64, pivot: Vec3) {
     let before = crate::viewport::projection(app, rect).to_screen(pivot);
     app.cam.orbit(dx, dy);
     let after = crate::viewport::projection(app, rect).to_screen(pivot);
@@ -1050,9 +1080,11 @@ fn page(app: &mut SolveApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, t: &Tokens) {
             });
             ui.end_row();
             ui.label(crate::i18n::tr_label("Orbit around"));
-            ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-                ui.radio_value(&mut app.preferences.orbit_cursor, false, crate::i18n::tr_label("View centre"));
-                ui.radio_value(&mut app.preferences.orbit_cursor, true, crate::i18n::tr_label("Point under the cursor"));
+            // Wrapped: three choices, and German or Russian labels are long.
+            ui.horizontal_wrapped(|ui| {
+                ui.radio_value(&mut app.preferences.orbit_around, OrbitAround::Origin, crate::i18n::tr_label("Origin"));
+                ui.radio_value(&mut app.preferences.orbit_around, OrbitAround::ViewCentre, crate::i18n::tr_label("View centre"));
+                ui.radio_value(&mut app.preferences.orbit_around, OrbitAround::Cursor, crate::i18n::tr_label("Point under the cursor"));
             });
             ui.end_row();
             ui.label(crate::i18n::tr_label("Middle double-click"));
@@ -1312,12 +1344,22 @@ pub fn control(app: &mut SolveApp, p: &serde_json::Value) -> Result<serde_json::
     Ok(out)
 }
 
+/// Fold a setting an older release kept in its own field into the one this version reads.
+/// `orbit_cursor` (`true` = the point under the cursor) became `orbit_around`.
+pub fn migrate(mut p: Prefs) -> Prefs {
+    if p.orbit_cursor {
+        p.orbit_around = OrbitAround::Cursor;
+        p.orbit_cursor = false;
+    }
+    p
+}
+
 /// Saved preferences, keeping every one that still reads. A value this version doesn't
 /// understand (a setting a newer or older release saved differently, a hand edit) falls back to
 /// its default on its own instead of discarding all of them.
 pub fn lenient(saved: &serde_json::Value) -> Prefs {
     if let Ok(p) = serde_json::from_value::<Prefs>(saved.clone()) {
-        return p;
+        return migrate(p);
     }
     let Ok(mut cur) = serde_json::to_value(Prefs::default()) else { return Prefs::default() };
     if let (Some(o), Some(src)) = (cur.as_object_mut(), saved.as_object()) {
@@ -1331,7 +1373,7 @@ pub fn lenient(saved: &serde_json::Value) -> Prefs {
             }
         }
     }
-    serde_json::from_value(cur).unwrap_or_default()
+    serde_json::from_value(cur).map(migrate).unwrap_or_default()
 }
 
 /// Set preferences from JSON (control channel); returns them all.
@@ -1351,7 +1393,7 @@ pub fn set(app: &mut SolveApp, p: &serde_json::Value) -> Result<serde_json::Valu
     {
         return Err("`color_vision` must be off, protan, deutan or tritan".into());
     }
-    let new: Prefs = serde_json::from_value(cur).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    let new: Prefs = migrate(serde_json::from_value(cur).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?);
     if !UNITS.contains(&new.default_units.as_str()) {
         return Err(format!("units must be one of {}", UNITS.join(", ")));
     }
@@ -1832,11 +1874,47 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
     }
 
+    /// Orbiting about the world origin keeps the origin where it was drawn, even when Pan has
+    /// moved it off to the side.
+    #[test]
+    fn orbiting_around_the_origin_keeps_it_still() {
+        let mut app = SolveApp::new(solidcraft_engine::Session::default(), Default::default());
+        app.run("solid.box", json!({"length": 40, "width": 40, "height": 40})).unwrap();
+        let rect = egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::vec2(800.0, 600.0));
+        app.fit_view();
+        assert_eq!(app.preferences.orbit_around, OrbitAround::ViewCentre, "the view centre stays the default");
+        app.preferences.orbit_around = OrbitAround::Origin;
+        app.cam.pan(60.0, -25.0, 600.0);
+        let was = (app.cam.yaw, app.cam.pitch);
+        let before = crate::viewport::projection(&app, rect).to_screen(Vec3::ZERO).unwrap();
+        orbit(&mut app, rect, 40.0, 25.0, None);
+        let after = crate::viewport::projection(&app, rect).to_screen(Vec3::ZERO).unwrap();
+        assert!(after.distance(before) < 2.0, "{before:?} -> {after:?}");
+        assert_ne!((app.cam.yaw, app.cam.pitch), was, "the view must turn");
+    }
+
+    /// Preferences saved before the origin option had `orbit_cursor`: that choice survives, and
+    /// the control channel still accepts the old key.
+    #[test]
+    fn saved_cursor_preference_migrates_to_the_origin_option() {
+        assert_eq!(lenient(&json!({"orbit_cursor": true})).orbit_around, OrbitAround::Cursor);
+        assert_eq!(lenient(&json!({"orbit_cursor": false})).orbit_around, OrbitAround::ViewCentre);
+        assert_eq!(lenient(&json!({})).orbit_around, OrbitAround::ViewCentre);
+        assert_eq!(lenient(&json!({"orbit_around": "origin"})).orbit_around, OrbitAround::Origin);
+
+        let mut app = SolveApp::new(solidcraft_engine::Session::default(), Default::default());
+        set(&mut app, &json!({"orbit_around": "origin"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(app.preferences.orbit_around, OrbitAround::Origin);
+        set(&mut app, &json!({"orbit_cursor": true})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(app.preferences.orbit_around, OrbitAround::Cursor, "the old key still moves the choice");
+        assert!(!app.preferences.orbit_cursor, "and is folded away");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn orbiting_around_the_cursor_keeps_that_point_still() {
         let mut app = SolveApp::new(solidcraft_engine::Session::default(), Default::default());
         app.run("solid.box", json!({"length": 40, "width": 40, "height": 40})).unwrap();
-        app.preferences.orbit_cursor = true;
+        app.preferences.orbit_around = OrbitAround::Cursor;
         let rect = egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::vec2(800.0, 600.0));
         app.fit_view();
         let at = egui::pos2(500.0, 250.0);
@@ -1852,7 +1930,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn orbiting_from_empty_space_turns_around_the_visible_geometry() {
         let mut app = SolveApp::new(solidcraft_engine::Session::default(), Default::default());
         app.run("solid.box", json!({"length": 40, "width": 40, "height": 40})).unwrap();
-        app.preferences.orbit_cursor = true;
+        app.preferences.orbit_around = OrbitAround::Cursor;
         let rect = egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::vec2(800.0, 600.0));
         app.fit_view();
         let corner = egui::pos2(10.0, 10.0);
@@ -1865,7 +1943,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(app.viewport.orbit_pivot, Some(centre));
 
         let mut app = SolveApp::new(solidcraft_engine::Session::default(), Default::default());
-        app.preferences.orbit_cursor = true;
+        app.preferences.orbit_around = OrbitAround::Cursor;
         app.cam.target = solidcraft_engine::geom::Vec3::new(5.0, -3.0, 2.0);
         orbit(&mut app, rect, 40.0, 25.0, Some(corner));
         assert_eq!(app.viewport.orbit_pivot, Some(solidcraft_engine::geom::Vec3::new(5.0, -3.0, 2.0)));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs
index 9a060b2c..a09cf4aa 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs
@@ -2304,16 +2304,22 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut SolveApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     if let Some((mode, delta)) = motion {
         if delta != egui::Vec2::ZERO {
             let mut params = json!({"motion":if mode == NavMode::Pan {"pan"} else {"orbit"},"delta":[delta.x,delta.y]});
-            if mode == NavMode::Orbit && app.preferences.orbit_cursor {
-                let pivot = match app.viewport.orbit_pivot {
-                    Some(pivot) => pivot,
-                    None => {
-                        let pivot = crate::prefs::pivot_under(app, &projection(app, rect), hover.unwrap_or(rect.center()) - delta);
-                        app.viewport.orbit_pivot = Some(pivot);
-                        pivot
-                    }
+            if mode == NavMode::Orbit {
+                let pivot = match app.preferences.orbit_around {
+                    crate::prefs::OrbitAround::ViewCentre => None,
+                    crate::prefs::OrbitAround::Origin => Some(Vec3::ZERO),
+                    crate::prefs::OrbitAround::Cursor => Some(match app.viewport.orbit_pivot {
+                        Some(pivot) => pivot,
+                        None => {
+                            let pivot = crate::prefs::pivot_under(app, &projection(app, rect), hover.unwrap_or(rect.center()) - delta);
+                            app.viewport.orbit_pivot = Some(pivot);
+                            pivot
+                        }
+                    }),
                 };
-                params["pivot"] = json!(pivot);
+                if let Some(pivot) = pivot {
+                    params["pivot"] = json!(pivot);
+                }
             }
             camera_motion(app, rect, params);
         }
@@ -3345,7 +3351,17 @@ fn orbit_drag(app: &mut SolveApp, rect: Rect, dx: f64, dy: f64, press: Option<Po
                 target.pitch = previous.target.pitch;
             }
         }
-        let pivot = app.viewport.orbit_pivot.filter(|_| around_cursor).and_then(|p| {
+        // The cursor and origin pivots stay still while a snap eases in; the axis gizmo has no
+        // pivot (it orbits about the view centre, see `axis_view`).
+        let pivot = if around_cursor {
+            match app.preferences.orbit_around {
+                crate::prefs::OrbitAround::Origin => Some(Vec3::ZERO),
+                _ => app.viewport.orbit_pivot,
+            }
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+        .and_then(|p| {
             app.cam = displayed;
             projection(app, rect).to_screen(p).map(|at| (p, at))
         });
@@ -4429,7 +4445,7 @@ mod tests {
         let ctx = egui::Context::default();
         let mut app = hover_app(false);
         app.preferences.nav = "touchpad".into();
-        app.preferences.orbit_cursor = true;
+        app.preferences.orbit_around = crate::prefs::OrbitAround::Cursor;
         let p = pos2(350.0, 300.0);
         let alt = egui::Modifiers { alt: true, ..Default::default() };
         hover_frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(p)]);
@@ -5499,10 +5515,35 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The origin pivot holds through a Shift drag that snaps to an axis: the spring eases the
+    /// view round without letting the origin slide on screen.
+    #[test]
+    fn snapping_keeps_the_origin_still() {
+        let mut h = crate::scenario::Harness::new();
+        h.app.preferences.orbit_around = crate::prefs::OrbitAround::Origin;
+        h.app.run("solid.box", json!({"length":40,"width":40,"height":40})).unwrap();
+        h.app.fit_view();
+        let rect = h.app.viewport.rect.unwrap();
+        let at = rect.center() + vec2(50.0, -20.0);
+        orbit_drag(&mut h.app, rect, 0.0, 0.0, Some(at), true, true);
+        assert_eq!(
+            h.app.viewport.orbit_snap.as_ref().and_then(|s| s.pivot).map(|(p, _)| p),
+            Some(Vec3::ZERO),
+            "the origin is the pivot while snapping"
+        );
+        let before = projection(&h.app, rect).to_screen(Vec3::ZERO).unwrap();
+        for _ in 0..30 {
+            orbit_drag(&mut h.app, rect, 4.0, 2.0, Some(at), true, true);
+            step_orbit_snap(&mut h.app, rect, 1.0 / 60.0);
+            let after = projection(&h.app, rect).to_screen(Vec3::ZERO).unwrap();
+            assert!(after.distance(before) < 2.0, "{before:?} -> {after:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn shift_orbit_keeps_cursor_pivot_and_default_middle_pan() {
         let mut h = crate::scenario::Harness::new();
-        h.app.preferences.orbit_cursor = true;
+        h.app.preferences.orbit_around = crate::prefs::OrbitAround::Cursor;
         h.app.run("solid.box", json!({"length":40,"width":40,"height":40})).unwrap();
         h.app.fit_view();
         let rect = h.app.viewport.rect.unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/scenarios/alias_navigation_bindings.json b/crates/ui-egui/tests/scenarios/alias_navigation_bindings.json
index 28149244..edf94e3a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/scenarios/alias_navigation_bindings.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/scenarios/alias_navigation_bindings.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   {"note": "Alias preset (#304): Shift+Alt+left drag orbits, Shift+Alt+middle pans, Shift+Alt+right zooms (down: out, up: in). Other presets don't navigate with Shift+Alt+left."},
   {"call": "engine.execute", "params": {"command": "solid.box", "params": {"length": 20, "width": 10, "height": 5}}},
   {"call": "ui.prefs", "params": {"nav": "alias"}},
+  {"note": "The orbit centre is its own preference, and the origin and cursor pivots move the camera's target: pin the view centre (the default) here so `panned` measures the binding, not the pivot."},
+  {"call": "ui.prefs", "params": {"orbit_around": "view_centre"}},
   {"expect": {"prefs": {"nav": "alias"}}},
 
   {"note": "Orbit: like a right drag (from the drag threshold on), and Shift (part of the binding) doesn't snap."},
diff --git a/docs/control-protocol.md b/docs/control-protocol.md
index e1f815d1..b700c340 100644
--- a/docs/control-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/control-protocol.md
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ unit regardless of the design, pass an expression with one: `"value": "50 mm"` o
 | `ui.home` | `open?`: bool; `sample?`: index | the start page: show or hide it, open a built-in sample (once built); returns `open` and the recent designs |
 | `ui.shortcut` | `command`, `key?`, `replace?` | a command's key, or rebinds it (`""` clears; a key another command uses is refused unless `replace`) |
 | `ui.help` | `item?`: `about`, `shortcuts` (read only), `report` (opens a report draft for review), `crashes` (the Crash Reports window) | the version, commit, build date and diagnostic text |
-| `ui.prefs` | any of `default_units`, `nav` (`fusion`, `solidworks`, `inventor`, `alias`, `blender`, `tinkercad`, `openscad`, `touchpad`), `zoom_reverse`, `zoom_to_cursor`, `smooth_wheel_zoom` (default true), `trackpad_pan` (default true: two-finger scroll pans, except Touchpad always zooms; pinch zooms), `orbit_cursor`, `look_at_anim`, `look_at_speed`, `middle_double_click` (`home` (default), `fit`, `off`), `msaa`, `length_decimals`, `angle_decimals`, `theme` (`dark`, `light`, `system`), `language` (`en`, `ja`, `de`, `fr`, `ko`, `ru`, `uk`, `zh`; see [localization](localization.md)), `ui_scale`, `up_axis` (`z`, `y`), `offer_stand_up`, `color_vision` (`off` (default), `protan`, `deutan`, `tritan`: colour vision modes, #778), `check_updates` (default true; [updates](book/src/guide/updates.md)); `open` (a page: General, Navigation, Keyboard Shortcuts, Design, Graphics, Sketch, Selection) opens the Preferences dialog there; `button`: `ok`, `cancel`, `apply`, `defaults`; `stand_up: true` stands up a just-opened Y-up file | sets preferences (kept between runs), returns them all plus `dialog` (the open page or null), `dark` and `stand_up_offer` |
+| `ui.prefs` | any of `default_units`, `nav` (`fusion`, `solidworks`, `inventor`, `alias`, `blender`, `tinkercad`, `openscad`, `touchpad`), `zoom_reverse`, `zoom_to_cursor`, `smooth_wheel_zoom` (default true), `trackpad_pan` (default true: two-finger scroll pans, except Touchpad always zooms; pinch zooms), `orbit_around` (`view_centre` (default: what Pan moves and Fit frames), `origin` (the world origin stays still on screen), `cursor` (the model point under the pointer when the drag began); the older `orbit_cursor` boolean still sets `cursor` when true), `look_at_anim`, `look_at_speed`, `middle_double_click` (`home` (default), `fit`, `off`), `msaa`, `length_decimals`, `angle_decimals`, `theme` (`dark`, `light`, `system`), `language` (`en`, `ja`, `de`, `fr`, `ko`, `ru`, `uk`, `zh`; see [localization](localization.md)), `ui_scale`, `up_axis` (`z`, `y`), `offer_stand_up`, `color_vision` (`off` (default), `protan`, `deutan`, `tritan`: colour vision modes, #778), `check_updates` (default true; [updates](book/src/guide/updates.md)); `open` (a page: General, Navigation, Keyboard Shortcuts, Design, Graphics, Sketch, Selection) opens the Preferences dialog there; `button`: `ok`, `cancel`, `apply`, `defaults`; `stand_up: true` stands up a just-opened Y-up file | sets preferences (kept between runs), returns them all plus `dialog` (the open page or null), `dark` and `stand_up_offer` |
 | `ui.capture` | `action?`: `capture`, `revert`, `cancel` | answers the Capture Position question (asked when a command starts or the design is saved while components were moved without capturing); without `action`, what waits |
 | `ui.window` | `action`: minimize, maximize, restore, toggle, close | what the title bar's caption buttons do (on Windows and Linux the application bar is the title bar); close asks about unsaved designs first |
 | `ui.agent_cursor` | `show` (bool), `speed`: a number from 1 to 5 (times the normal speed) or `"instant"` (no animation: the command runs at once and the pointer jumps to where it acted), `follow_camera` (bool); all optional | the settings. While the cursor is shown, `engine.execute` first glides to the command's toolbar button and to each pick, then runs and replies; later requests wait their turn. `"animate": false` on a call skips it |
diff --git a/examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py b/examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py
index 586d1038..370be2e9 100644
--- a/examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py
+++ b/examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ def main():
     mcp.send("notifications/initialized", notify=True)
     d = Demo(a.port, mcp, open(a.log, "w") if a.log else None, a.speed, a.minimum_caption)
     # The pi story's camera moves orbit about the point under the pointer (Preferences > Navigation).
-    d.ui("ui.prefs", {"language": "en", "theme": "dark", "ui_scale": 1, "nav": "fusion", "orbit_cursor": a.story.startswith("pi"), "button": "apply"})
+    d.ui("ui.prefs", {"language": "en", "theme": "dark", "ui_scale": 1, "nav": "fusion", "orbit_around": "cursor" if a.story.startswith("pi") else "view_centre", "button": "apply"})
     d.ui("ui.resize", {"width": 1920, "height": 1080})
     d.ui("ui.home", {"open": False})
     d.ui("ui.documents", {"action": "new"})