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I am editing an object, use local transform orientation.

Here it is

local transform orientation

Why is not Z, the blue arrow pointing "screen upwards"?

That would make life so my easier!

Anders Lindén
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  • As it's seen on the screenshot you probably rolled the viewport with everything there, see https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15049/how-to-roll-the-viewport. In this case Z could be pointing upwards but you will see like it doesn't. Generally it is useful to use Normal transform orientation or create a custom one and move along them. – Mr Zak Jun 21 '17 at 21:48

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World Transform and Local Transform exists for reasons.

You can reset/apply your object's transform to make your Local Z axis pointing upward. But there is no way to lock Z axis to point upward. What you can try is to move/rotate your object's mesh in Edit mode, in there, your rotation/move operations won't change the local axis's orientation.

TeaCrab
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  • Wow, that is depressing. The rotation contains information that I just dont want to change. I do not want to rotate the object in edit mode, because I do not want to rotate the object! Just to edit it with a locked axis. – Anders Lindén Jun 21 '17 at 21:20
  • I'm not sure if I actually understood your question correctly. Were you asking about whether it's normal to have the 3Dview Grids and Z pointing at that direction as your image showed, or are you actually asking about the Local Z axis aligning with the world Z axis. The world Z always points upward. Unless you rotate your view in a weird way. – TeaCrab Jun 21 '17 at 23:00
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    You can align the view's orientation so that it matches that of your objects local coordinates. Select the object and press shift+numpad 1, 3, or 7 –  Jun 22 '17 at 00:04
  • I need to edit my object having Z pointing upwards. Else, I feel very clumsy. – Anders Lindén Jun 22 '17 at 06:31
  • Define upward... Z, always point upward IMHO, difference is one that is global, one is local. Z is the upward/downward direction for local transformation. – TeaCrab Jun 22 '17 at 09:47
  • I have written "screen upwards" in the question. – Anders Lindén Jun 22 '17 at 11:37
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    I'm amused I even got 4 upvotes then. My answer is completely irrelevant to what you are asking after all. Facepalm. – TeaCrab Jun 22 '17 at 13:45