From 8ffb67689f1bad786a0c187a88787855a2f024af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gpt-engineer-app[bot]"
 <159125892+gpt-engineer-app[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 20:26:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Changes

Co-authored-by: Reifonas <211114984+Reifonas@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/components/three/viewCubeBus.ts | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/three/viewCubeBus.ts b/src/components/three/viewCubeBus.ts
index 643247f..cf9e3b8 100644
--- a/src/components/three/viewCubeBus.ts
+++ b/src/components/three/viewCubeBus.ts
@@ -128,9 +128,31 @@ export function pushCubeFace(dirWorld: THREE.Vector3) {
   } else {
     return;
   }
+  // Auto-rotate the main camera to look straight at the picked cube face
+  // so the user sees the corresponding model face head-on (especially helpful
+  // in orthographic mode where this guarantees a perpendicular click).
+  try { requestView(dirWorld.clone()); } catch {}
   notify();
 }
 
+/** Snap a unit vector to the nearest principal axis (±X/±Y/±Z) when within
+ *  `maxDeg` degrees of it. Returns the snapped vector or the input unchanged. */
+function snapToPrincipalAxis(v: THREE.Vector3, maxDeg = 12): THREE.Vector3 {
+  const cosT = Math.cos(THREE.MathUtils.degToRad(maxDeg));
+  const axes = [
+    new THREE.Vector3(1, 0, 0), new THREE.Vector3(-1, 0, 0),
+    new THREE.Vector3(0, 1, 0), new THREE.Vector3(0, -1, 0),
+    new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 1), new THREE.Vector3(0, 0,-1),
+  ];
+  let best = v;
+  let bestDot = cosT;
+  for (const a of axes) {
+    const d = v.dot(a);
+    if (d > bestDot) { bestDot = d; best = a.clone(); }
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
 /**
  * Called when user clicks a model face during calibration.
  * @param normalWorld world-space face normal of the clicked face