Actually us the AxisNames enum since we have it.

src/clientSideScene/CameraControls.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
+import { CameraDragInteractionType_type } from '@kittycad/lib/dist/types/src/models'
+import { CameraProjectionType } from '@rust/kcl-lib/bindings/CameraProjectionType'
+import * as TWEEN from '@tweenjs/tween.js'
+import { EngineCommand } from 'lang/std/artifactGraph'
+import {
+  EngineCommandManager,
+  Subscription,
+  UnreliableSubscription,
+} from 'lang/std/engineConnection'
 import { cameraMouseDragGuards, MouseGuard } from 'lib/cameraControls'
+import { AxisNames } from 'lib/constants'
+import { reportRejection } from 'lib/trap'
+import { isReducedMotion, roundOff, throttle, toSync, uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
+import { deg2Rad } from 'lib/utils2d'
 import {
   Euler,
   MathUtils,
@@ -10,26 +23,13 @@ import {
   Vector2,
   Vector3,
 } from 'three'
+import { isQuaternionVertical } from './helpers'
 import {
   DEBUG_SHOW_INTERSECTION_PLANE,
   INTERSECTION_PLANE_LAYER,
   SKETCH_LAYER,
   ZOOM_MAGIC_NUMBER,
 } from './sceneInfra'
-import {
-  Subscription,
-  EngineCommandManager,
-  UnreliableSubscription,
-} from 'lang/std/engineConnection'
-import { EngineCommand } from 'lang/std/artifactGraph'
-import { toSync, uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
-import { deg2Rad } from 'lib/utils2d'
-import { isReducedMotion, roundOff, throttle } from 'lib/utils'
-import * as TWEEN from '@tweenjs/tween.js'
-import { isQuaternionVertical } from './helpers'
-import { reportRejection } from 'lib/trap'
-import { CameraProjectionType } from '@rust/kcl-lib/bindings/CameraProjectionType'
-import { CameraDragInteractionType_type } from '@kittycad/lib/dist/types/src/models'
 
 const ORTHOGRAPHIC_CAMERA_SIZE = 20
 const FRAMES_TO_ANIMATE_IN = 30
@@ -865,28 +865,38 @@ export class CameraControls {
     })
   }
 
-  async updateCameraToAxis(
+  async updateCameraToAxis(axis: AxisNames): Promise<void> {
-    axis: 'x' | 'y' | 'z' | '-x' | '-y' | '-z'
-  ): Promise<void> {
     const distance = this.camera.position.distanceTo(this.target)
-
     const vantage = this.target.clone()
-    let up = { x: 0, y: 0, z: 1 }
 
-    if (axis === 'x') {
+    // Default to Z-up.
-      vantage.x += distance
+    const unitZ = { x: 0, y: 0, z: 1 }
-    } else if (axis === 'y') {
+    const unitY = { x: 0, y: 1, z: 0 }
-      vantage.y += distance
+    let up = unitZ
-    } else if (axis === 'z') {
+
-      vantage.z += distance
+    switch (axis) {
-      up = { x: -1, y: 0, z: 0 }
+      case AxisNames.X:
-    } else if (axis === '-x') {
+        vantage.x += distance
-      vantage.x -= distance
+        break
-    } else if (axis === '-y') {
+      case AxisNames.NEG_X:
-      vantage.y -= distance
+        vantage.x -= distance
-    } else if (axis === '-z') {
+        break
-      vantage.z -= distance
+      case AxisNames.Y:
-      up = { x: -1, y: 0, z: 0 }
+        vantage.y += distance
+        break
+      case AxisNames.NEG_Y:
+        vantage.y -= distance
+        break
+      case AxisNames.Z:
+        // Looking from top-down, so X positive to the right, Y positive up.
+        vantage.z += distance
+        up = unitY
+        break
+      case AxisNames.NEG_Z:
+        // Looking from bottom-up, so X positive to the left, Y positive up.
+        vantage.z -= distance
+        up = unitY
+        break
     }
 
     await this.engineCommandManager.sendSceneCommand({