Looking at this mock: https://rreusser.github.io/plotly-mock-viewer/#gl3d_snowden_altered  Saving to PNG gives:  As one can see, the orientation was changed.
Looking at this mock: https://rreusser.github.io/plotly-mock-viewer/#gl3d_snowden_altered

Saving to PNG gives:

As one can see, the orientation was changed.