Mark McCay-Moran Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Is there a way to get the "v" key to select the zoom out tool as in previous versions of VW (and MC)? I can use command-2 but that doesn't work with the space bar to retain use of current tool. Inconvenient, plus I've spent so many years "double clicking" the v key to zoom out, its hard to break the habit! Cheers, mmm Quote Link to comment
MKingsley Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 You can add the zoom out tool to the basic tool set in the workspace editor and then assign it the V key. I missed it at first too, kept hitting the V key and nothing happened. In the meantime I've grown use to using a mouse wheel to zoom in and out and also using the wheel-click to pan the drawing is great. Quote Link to comment
GRC Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Michael, How do you get the wheel-click to pan the dwg? ------------- Ben Gravely VW12, Mac 2x2GHz G5 Quote Link to comment
MKingsley Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Click and hold the mouse wheel and the then move the mouse or trackball to the desired location. Quote Link to comment
GRC Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Michael, Clicking and holding the mouse wheel does nothing on my system. Do you have any particular setups? ---------------------------------------------------------- Ben Gravely Dual 2G G5, VW12, 10.4.4 Quote Link to comment
MKingsley Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I don't think I did anything in particular. I have the "Mouse wheel zooms" checked in the VW preferences. Does that work for you? I had a previous issue with a mouse and scroll wheel not working with SketchUp and the techies from SketchUp told me to uninstall the driver software that came with the mouse, Logitech in that case. They said with Macs you should be able to plug in the mouse right out of the box and have it work properly. I guess the drivers aren't compatable with what's in certain applications. There should be an uninstall option on the install disk that came with the mouse if it is a third party mouse. I use a Bluetake Bluetooth mini mouse and the wireless Logitech trackball in separate locations. HTH Quote Link to comment
Mark McCay-Moran Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Thanks for the reply. I had already added the zoom out tool to the basic tool set just needed to add the key command. Finally figured out that you simply need to hit the required key with the tool selected in the workspace editor to select. Easy to do but not all that intuitive (I'm surprised there was no "pop-up hint" they seem to be all over VW). Ah.... back to more productive work! Cheers, mmm Quote Link to comment
MKingsley Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Yeah, it's almost too intuitive...not to be snide, but often we are given to look for some dialog window to accomplish any bit of editing. Quote Link to comment
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