diff --git a/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts b/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts
index 349f6a83c..be6da17e7 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts
@@ -306,9 +306,10 @@ test('Can create sketches on all planes and their back sides', async ({
 
   const codeTemplate = (
     plane = 'XY',
-    rounded = false
+    rounded = false,
+    otherThing = '1'
   ) => `const part001 = startSketchOn('${plane}')
-  |> startProfileAt([28.91, -39${rounded ? '' : '.01'}], %)`
+  |> startProfileAt([28.9${otherThing}, -39${rounded ? '' : '.01'}], %)`
   await TestSinglePlane({
     viewCmd: camPos,
     expectedCode: codeTemplate('XY'),
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ test('Can create sketches on all planes and their back sides', async ({
   const camCmdBackSide: [number, number, number] = [-100, -100, -100]
   await TestSinglePlane({
     viewCmd: camCmdBackSide,
-    expectedCode: codeTemplate('-XY', true),
+    expectedCode: codeTemplate('-XY', false, '3'),
     clickCoords: { x: 601, y: 118 }, // back of red plane
   })
   await TestSinglePlane({
diff --git a/src/clientSideScene/sceneInfra.ts b/src/clientSideScene/sceneInfra.ts
index e3219cbbc..a8d4c345b 100644
--- a/src/clientSideScene/sceneInfra.ts
+++ b/src/clientSideScene/sceneInfra.ts
@@ -453,9 +453,27 @@ class SceneInfra {
     if (!this.isFovAnimationInProgress)
       this.renderer.render(this.scene, this.camera)
   }
-  tweenCameraToQuaternion(
+  async tweenCameraToQuaternion(
     targetQuaternion: Quaternion,
-    duration: number = 500
+    duration = 500,
+    toOrthographic = true
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const isVertical = isQuaternionVertical(targetQuaternion)
+    let _duration = duration
+    if (isVertical) {
+      _duration = duration * 0.6
+      await this._tweenCameraToQuaternion(new Quaternion(), _duration, false)
+    }
+    await this._tweenCameraToQuaternion(
+      targetQuaternion,
+      _duration,
+      toOrthographic
+    )
+  }
+  _tweenCameraToQuaternion(
+    targetQuaternion: Quaternion,
+    duration = 500,
+    toOrthographic = false
   ): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       const camera = this.camera
@@ -489,10 +507,10 @@ class SceneInfra {
       }
 
       const onComplete = async () => {
-        if (isReducedMotion()) {
+        if (isReducedMotion() && toOrthographic) {
           cameraAtTime(0.99)
           this.useOrthographicCamera()
-        } else {
+        } else if (toOrthographic) {
           await this.animateToOrthographic()
         }
         if (isVertical) cameraAtTime(1)
@@ -1056,6 +1074,24 @@ function calculateNearFarFromFOV(fov: number) {
   return { z_near: 0.1, z_far }
 }
 
+export function getSceneScale(
+  camera: PerspectiveCamera | OrthographicCamera,
+  target: Vector3
+): number {
+  const distance =
+    camera instanceof PerspectiveCamera
+      ? camera.position.distanceTo(target)
+      : 63.7942123 / camera.zoom
+
+  if (distance <= 20) return 0.1
+  else if (distance > 20 && distance <= 200) return 1
+  else if (distance > 200 && distance <= 2000) return 10
+  else if (distance > 2000 && distance <= 20000) return 100
+  else if (distance > 20000) return 1000
+
+  return 1
+}
+
 export function isQuaternionVertical(q: Quaternion) {
   const v = new Vector3(0, 0, 1).applyQuaternion(q)
   // no x or y components means it's vertical