martinfdc Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Hi all, When using Vectorworks and a mouse that has a middle mouse button one can hit ctrl + middle mouse button to invoke the ORBIT TOOL. If one simply hits the middle mouse button than one can PAN. Here's my question. I'd like to hit space bar + the middle mouse button and invoke the ORBIT TOOL. Is there a preference somewhere that one can change in order to do this? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Looks like it is hard coded and no way to change these (quite important) view navigation button assignments ... Quote Link to comment
martinfdc Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Many thanks for your answer @zoomer. It's a real pity one can't change this. It's much more comfortable to reach the space bar (it's larger and more centered on the keyboard) than the ctrl key. If I wouldn't have a three button mouse and only a two button mouse, I would leave the space bar to pan, but, when you have a three button mouse what I do is that when I pan I don't press the spacebar, I simply press my middle mouse button. So with a three button mouse it makes more sense ergonomically to press the space bar an not the ctrl key to temporarily invoke the orbit tool. I hope this preference gets implemented somewhere in Vectorworks Preferences in the future! Either in a service pack or in a future release of VW. Quote Link to comment
martinfdc Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Does any body else think like me or am I the only one? 😅 I hope many of you also wish to use the space bar (instead of the ctrl key) as a way to temporarily invoke the orbit tool in a 3 button mouse! Quote Link to comment
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