diff --git a/src/app/update.rs b/src/app/update.rs
index 8b62ff302..d6759e3a9 100644
--- a/src/app/update.rs
+++ b/src/app/update.rs
@@ -3265,8 +3265,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                             let aspect = if vh > 0.0 { vw / vh } else { 1.0 };
                             let half_h = cam.ortho_size();
                             let half_w = half_h * aspect;
-                            let tx = cam.target.x;
-                            let ty = cam.target.y;
+                            let tx = cam.target.x as f32;
+                            let ty = cam.target.y as f32;
                             drop(cam);
                             find_hit_grip_paper(
                                 p,
@@ -8259,8 +8259,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             let aspect = if vh > 0.0 { vw / vh } else { 1.0 };
             let half_h = cam.ortho_size();
             let half_w = half_h * aspect;
-            let tx = cam.target.x;
-            let ty = cam.target.y;
+            let tx = cam.target.x as f32;
+            let ty = cam.target.y as f32;
             drop(cam);
             find_hit_grip_paper(
                 p,
diff --git a/src/app/view.rs b/src/app/view.rs
index 5f21d3a90..a53cbc00f 100644
--- a/src/app/view.rs
+++ b/src/app/view.rs
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         let aspect = if vh > 0.0 { vw / vh } else { 1.0 };
                         let half_h = cam.ortho_size();
                         let half_w = half_h * aspect;
-                        let tx = cam.target.x;
-                        let ty = cam.target.y;
+                        let tx = cam.target.x as f32;
+                        let ty = cam.target.y as f32;
                         drop(cam);
                         grips_to_screen_paper(&tab.selected_grips, tx, ty, half_w, half_h, bounds)
                     } else {
diff --git a/src/scene/mod.rs b/src/scene/mod.rs
index 381ea617b..d27743d76 100644
--- a/src/scene/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scene/mod.rs
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ fn view_cull_aabb(cam: &Camera, aspect: f32, margin: f32) -> Option<[f32; 4]> {
     let w = h * aspect.max(0.01);
     let right = cam.rotation * glam::Vec3::X;
     let up = cam.rotation * glam::Vec3::Y;
-    let c = cam.target;
+    let c = cam.target.as_vec3();
     let (mut min_x, mut min_y) = (f32::INFINITY, f32::INFINITY);
     let (mut max_x, mut max_y) = (f32::NEG_INFINITY, f32::NEG_INFINITY);
     for (sw, sh) in [(-w, -h), (w, -h), (-w, h), (w, h)] {
@@ -1012,8 +1012,8 @@ impl Scene {
         // `cam.target` is in the same local f32 space as emitted wire points
         // (fit_to_bounds populates it from local wire coords). No further
         // `world_offset` subtraction is needed.
-        let cx = cam.target.x;
-        let cy = cam.target.y;
+        let cx = cam.target.x as f32;
+        let cy = cam.target.y as f32;
         Some([
             cx - w * margin,
             cy - h * margin,
@@ -5948,11 +5948,7 @@ impl Scene {
         use glam::Vec3;
         let cam = &mut *self.camera.borrow_mut();
         // view.target is the look-at point; view.direction is eye→target direction.
-        cam.target = Vec3::new(
-            view.target.x as f32,
-            view.target.y as f32,
-            view.target.z as f32,
-        );
+        cam.target = glam::DVec3::new(view.target.x, view.target.y, view.target.z);
         // direction in acadrust = from-target-to-eye (same as AutoCAD convention).
         let eye_dir = Vec3::new(
             view.direction.x as f32,
@@ -6162,7 +6158,7 @@ impl Scene {
         let fov_y = 45.0_f32.to_radians();
         let distance = ((view_height as f32 / 2.0) / (fov_y * 0.5).tan()).max(0.001);
         Some(Camera {
-            target,
+            target: target.as_dvec3(),
             rotation,
             distance,
             fov_y,
@@ -7358,8 +7354,8 @@ impl Scene {
         let aspect = canvas_w / canvas_h;
         let half_h = cam.ortho_size();
         let half_w = half_h * aspect;
-        let tx = cam.target.x;
-        let ty = cam.target.y;
+        let tx = cam.target.x as f32;
+        let ty = cam.target.y as f32;
         drop(cam);
 
         // Top-down ortho mapping matching the GPU sheet viewport's camera.
diff --git a/src/scene/view/camera.rs b/src/scene/view/camera.rs
index 435c7590c..c9cedae58 100644
--- a/src/scene/view/camera.rs
+++ b/src/scene/view/camera.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 //
 // Coordinate convention: Z-up world space (same as the rest of OpenCADStudio).
 
-use glam::{vec3, Mat4, Quat, Vec3};
+use glam::{vec3, DVec3, Mat4, Quat, Vec3};
 use iced::{Point, Rectangle};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ pub enum Projection {
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Camera {
-    /// World-space pivot point the camera orbits around.
-    pub target: Vec3,
+    /// World-space pivot point the camera orbits around. Kept in f64 so a far
+    /// pan (large offset-relative coordinate) doesn't lose precision in the
+    /// pivot itself — the eventual relative-to-eye render path needs an exact
+    /// eye, which derives from this target.
+    pub target: DVec3,
     /// Arcball rotation: maps canonical pose to current orientation.
     pub rotation: Quat,
     /// Distance from eye to target.
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ impl Default for Camera {
         let yaw = 0.0_f32;
         let pitch = std::f32::consts::FRAC_PI_2;
         Self {
-            target: Vec3::ZERO,
+            target: DVec3::ZERO,
             rotation: yaw_pitch_to_quat(yaw, pitch, 0.0),
             distance: 60.36,
             fov_y: 45.0_f32.to_radians(),
@@ -70,7 +73,16 @@ impl Camera {
         // The canonical eye direction is +Z (looking at origin from above).
         // The rotation maps that canonical pose to the current orientation.
         let eye_dir = self.rotation * Vec3::Z;
-        self.target + eye_dir * self.distance
+        self.target.as_vec3() + eye_dir * self.distance
+    }
+
+    /// Eye position in full f64 precision (offset-relative world space). Used
+    /// by the relative-to-eye render path; the f32 [`eye`] stays for ray/pick
+    /// math that operates at human scale.
+    #[allow(dead_code)] // consumed by the relative-to-eye uniform (next phase)
+    pub fn eye_f64(&self) -> DVec3 {
+        let eye_dir = (self.rotation * Vec3::Z).as_dvec3();
+        self.target + eye_dir * self.distance as f64
     }
 
     /// Half-height of the orthographic frustum in world units.
@@ -89,7 +101,7 @@ impl Camera {
         // in the current camera frame.
         let up_dir = self.rotation * Vec3::Y;
 
-        let view = Mat4::look_at_rh(self.eye(), self.target, up_dir);
+        let view = Mat4::look_at_rh(self.eye(), self.target.as_vec3(), up_dir);
         let proj = match self.projection {
             Projection::Perspective => Mat4::perspective_rh(self.fov_y, aspect, near, far),
             Projection::Orthographic => {
@@ -126,7 +138,7 @@ impl Camera {
             }
             Projection::Orthographic => {
                 let origin = inv.project_point3(Vec3::new(ndc_x, ndc_y, 0.0));
-                let forward = (self.target - self.eye()).normalize();
+                let forward = (self.target.as_vec3() - self.eye()).normalize();
                 (origin, forward)
             }
         };
@@ -149,24 +161,26 @@ impl Camera {
 
         match self.projection {
             Projection::Perspective => {
+                let target = self.target.as_vec3();
                 let near_pt = inv.project_point3(Vec3::new(ndc_x, ndc_y, 0.0));
                 let far_pt = inv.project_point3(Vec3::new(ndc_x, ndc_y, 1.0));
                 let dir = (far_pt - near_pt).normalize();
-                let forward = (self.target - self.eye()).normalize();
+                let forward = (target - self.eye()).normalize();
                 let denom = dir.dot(forward);
                 if denom.abs() < 1e-6 {
-                    return self.target;
+                    return target;
                 }
-                let t = (self.target - near_pt).dot(forward) / denom;
+                let t = (target - near_pt).dot(forward) / denom;
                 if t < 0.0 {
-                    return self.target;
+                    return target;
                 }
                 near_pt + dir * t
             }
             Projection::Orthographic => {
+                let target = self.target.as_vec3();
                 let ray_origin = inv.project_point3(Vec3::new(ndc_x, ndc_y, 0.0));
-                let forward = (self.target - self.eye()).normalize();
-                let t = (self.target - ray_origin).dot(forward) / forward.dot(forward);
+                let forward = (target - self.eye()).normalize();
+                let t = (target - ray_origin).dot(forward) / forward.dot(forward);
                 ray_origin + forward * t
             }
         }
@@ -243,7 +257,7 @@ impl Camera {
         let before = self.pick_on_target_plane(screen, bounds);
         self.zoom(delta);
         let after = self.pick_on_target_plane(screen, bounds);
-        self.target += before - after;
+        self.target += (before - after).as_dvec3();
     }
 
     /// Pan so the world point under the cursor tracks it: screen pixels are
@@ -258,12 +272,12 @@ impl Camera {
         };
         let cam_right = self.rotation * Vec3::X;
         let cam_up = self.rotation * Vec3::Y;
-        self.target -= cam_right * delta_x * wpp;
-        self.target += cam_up * delta_y * wpp;
+        self.target -= (cam_right * delta_x * wpp).as_dvec3();
+        self.target += (cam_up * delta_y * wpp).as_dvec3();
     }
 
     pub fn fit_to_bounds(&mut self, min: Vec3, max: Vec3) {
-        self.target = (min + max) * 0.5;
+        self.target = ((min + max) * 0.5).as_dvec3();
         let size = (max - min).length();
         self.distance = size * 1.5;
     }