I'd like to be able to rotate my VIEW (not my model, not my camera either) around the Y-axis. This would allow me to select some vertices using a box selection. I fear it cannot be done, but I hope some one proves me wrong.
My research so far is little promising:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-981266.html
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_HotKeys/3D_View/Object_Mode
Q: How to rotate my view around the Y-axis?
I try to rotate the viewport around the global Y-axis. The answer is to use (on Mac, at least) CTRL + SHIFT + SCROLLWHEEL.
– Ideogram Mar 19 '15 at 15:08