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Doing it via the camera/position is preferred

Then you should move the camera instead of rotating the model.

The following code should give you a good start:

Code:
BMAP* bmp_view_button1 = "filename here";
...

void view_button(var num) {

	if(player) {

		switch(num) {
			
			case 1:
			vec_set(player.pan,vector(180,0,0)); // front
			break;
			
			case 2:
			vec_set(player.pan,vector(0,0,0)); // back
			break;
			
			case 3:
			vec_set(player.pan,vector(90,0,0)); // side
			break;
			
			case 4:
			vec_set(player.pan,vector(0,90,0)); // top
			break;
			
			case 5:
			vec_set(player.pan,vector(0,-90,0)); // bottom
			
		}

		
	}
}

PANEL* pnl_view_buttons = {
	
	button(0,0,bmp_view_button1,bmp_view_button1,bmp_view_button1,view_button,NULL,NULL);
	...
	button(0,4 * your button height,bmp_view_button5,bmp_view_button5,bmp_view_button5,view_button,NULL,NULL);
	
	flags = SHOW;
	
}

action rotate()
{
	player = me;
	mouse_mode = 1;
	while(1)
	{
		if (mouse_left){
			my.pan += mouse_force.x;	
			my.tilt += mouse_force.y;
		}
		
		vec_set(mouse_pos,mouse_cursor);
		
		wait(1);
	}
}


I've assumed that your camera is at 0,0,0 and your model is in front of the camera, that means its position is x,0,0 (in WED).

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