dara Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 how can i setup vectorworks 11 on mac osx to emulate autocads zooming and panning method with the mouse wheel. i.e. zoom in and out with the wheel and pan by holding the wheel down and dragging. is there a way that the mouse wheel moving could trigger the interactive zoom mode rather than the zooming by increments. if there is no easy way to do this is there a script out there that could do it? could this type of functionality be scripted? [ 08-26-2004, 09:16 AM: Message edited by: dara ] Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Hold down the control key while scrolling the mouse to zoom in and out. To pan, hold down the space bar and drag the mouse around. Quote Link to comment
Speedy Gonzales Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 If your mouse is programmable, you can go into the preferences dialogue and set the key commands that are equivalent to the interactive zoom mode. Ditto for the pan mode. I use a Microsoft mouse and can make program preference settings specific to VectorWorks. If you are on the Mac, by the way, this won't work if you are using OS X, 10.3.x (Panther). Quote Link to comment
dara Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 i want it excatly as it is in autocad. i dont want the hassle of holding keys.... is it possible? Quote Link to comment
dara Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 thanks, but i'm using mac... @katie, i'm starting to warm to to space bar panning its certainly a vast imrovement over the last version i was using (8.5), thanks for the tip... Quote Link to comment
klaus Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 All I get when I hold the controll key down while scrolling the mouse is a small dialogue box with paste, select all, document preffs and pallets in it ..... the space bar works but not the zoom in and out .... am I missing something Quote Link to comment
dara Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 do you have a three button mouse? it only works on three button or wheel mice.... you use the middle button/wheel and control... Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Do you have the caps lock key on? Quote Link to comment
patman Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 For a Mac you need to use the Option Key, not the Control Key for zooming with the scroll wheel. (Now we all know what Katie is using!! : ) Patrick Quote Link to comment
Chris D Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Pan/Zoom like AutoCAD has been raised many times. The VW method is two-handed and inefficient. NNA seemed to have recoginised this and implied that they would implement single-handed pan/zoom. How's progress Katie? Quote Link to comment
patman Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 My keyboard has a scroll wheel and and option key right next to each other. So it is a one handed operation for me...to zoom. Patrick Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 i have noticed that photoshop zooming and panning is identical to VW zooming and panning, it requires two hands. I wonder, if you change the scoll wheel to zoon in and out, how do you scroll up and down, or left and right? surely then you would need a modifier key to make it change. Would that be called "inefficient"? Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I've been using ACad a little recently, and (like many things ACad) I find it's zoom and pan inefficient. 90% of the drafting I do is done with Keyboard commands and my left hand rarely leaves the bottom left of the keyboard. Consequently, I don't "notice" using modifier keys for zooming and panning anymore than I notice using the clutch to change gears in the car. After a little practice your body "does it by itself" You might consider using modifier keys "inefficient" if your left hand was needed to do something in the middle of panning or zooming, but offhand, I can't think what that might be. I for one, would be dissappointed if the current arrangement was taken away. just my 2c N. Quote Link to comment
dara Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 i'm not asking for it to be changed, i just want the option to set it up the way that works best for me. why do you people feel the need to defend the inadequacies in this program? i find the zooming in photoshop quite irritating btw... Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 I was looking at a program called Concepts Unlimited. This program has the ability to choose what happens when you scroll the mouse wheel. I think that when he clicked the wheel button the he got access to the pan function. I would be in favour of giving users the ability to control these functions. I don't think there is any wrong, but it would be better if we could make changes to suit the way we wanted to work. Quote Link to comment
Chris D Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Quite happy for NNA to give you guys the option of keeping two-handed pan/zoom, if that's what you are used to. Propstuff...you DO need your other hand in the middle of pan/zoom...try using ALT to copy, while also using it to zoom...or not to accidentally copy, when you just wanted to zoom...and so on. As for using the mouse wheel to scroll...I never do...it's very jerky. Arrow keys are great though...if only AutoCAD had them....!! Quote Link to comment
Chris D Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Oh, it's not just AutoCAD that uses one handed pan/zoom - so do Revit and ArchiCAD - all these users can't be wrong! Quote Link to comment
flamejob Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 I'm with dara.. PLEASE make the pan/zoom work with the wheel. It makes things so much more efficient. Quote Link to comment
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