Reset orientation of 3D scene with new 3D controls??

Only the Active view will render. None of the custom views will render and only a custom view would respond by resetting the 3D view.

If you have no layer selected and there is no camera you don't get any tools that will change the rotation or orientation of anything. I'm assuming from the original post that one of the custom views is selected in the timeline and that the new tools were used to re-orient the custom view. This can be helpful in setting up a 3D scene, but I'll say it again, you cannot render a custom view. You can preview it, but you cannot render it.