Mouse Configuration, Rotation, View

3D Design Volume Model
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Hi all

 

So it's all in the title: how can I set my mouse in SolidWorks to rotate around a part/assembly ?

I recently switched to a SW 2013 SP2 version; However, I used to just have to press the central wheel and move my mouse to be able to turn my component in all directions. But now nothing, nothing happens when I press it, my piece remains as still as Chuck Norris' life bar!

 

I looked in the settings, the customizable configs, I haven't found anything for now....

 

Is there a charitable soul?

 

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Good evening

I had a similar problem with my MX Revolution and I just reinstalled the drivers

In fact, my third button had disappeared in the hardware properties of my mouse

With a little luck it's the same for you

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Hello
 
Functions of the middle mouse button
Three-button mouse
Use the middle button for the following display controls:
Ordering Procedure
Rotate the view
(parts and assemblies
only)
To rotate the model view:
Drag with the middle mouse button.
To rotate around a vertex, edge, or face:
Click a vertex, edge, or face using the middle button of
mouse and drag.
Hold down the Ctrl key and drag the middle button on the
mouse. (In an active drawing, you don't need to hold
the Ctrl key pressed.)
Zoom in/out Hold down the Shift key and drag the middle button on the
mouse.
Mouse on wheels
Use the caster for the following display controls:
Ordering Procedure
Rotation of
The view
(exhibits and
Assemblies
only)
To rotate the model view:
Hold down the caster and turn it to rotate.
To rotate around a vertex, edge, or face:
Click on a vertex, edge, or face using the wheel, then drag
by holding it down.
Zoom
Front/Rear
To zoom in on the pointer's position:
Turn the caster forward or backward. When you spin the roulette wheel
of the mouse, keep the pointer in the area you want to maximize. (If the pointer is outside
in the graphics area, the zoom is applied to the center of the model.) To zoom in on the
Pointer position: Turn the caster forward or backward. When you
Spin the mouse wheel, keep the pointer in the area you want to enlarge. (If the
pointer is outside the graphics area, the zoom is applied to the center of the
model.)
To zoom in on the center of the screen:
Click View > Change > Zoom around the center of the screen, then turn the
Casters forward and then backward.
To change the direction of the mouse wheel when zooming in/out,
select Reverse Mouse Zoom Direction from the
Rotate view/zoom.
You can zoom in the window below the pointer using the wheel without
select the window (for example, by having multiple viewports or a PropertyManager
open).
In many cases, the caster settings override those of the SolidWorks software.
To avoid this, SolidWorks recommends disabling the caster when using the
software. You can do this through the Windows Control Panel for the
mouse. If this fails, ask the manufacturer for a new driver or ask about the
Possible problems with mouse drivers
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Hello

Does the central button work for other functions or not (zoom, translation, etc...)?

If it doesn't work at all, you have to look at SEPM's solution. Gerald. And if it works, then it must be an SW parameter.

Thomas

 

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@Gt22: so that's a paté!! Laughing out loud

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Hello

There is no mouse setting for this in Solidworks.

So you have to set the wheel as the middle button in the Windows configuration panel.

After seeing if it's a 3-button class mouse or not. If it's a classic microsoft 3-button mouse, just uninstall it and plug it back in and it will use the default drivers of windows that already have this setting.

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I'll lean towards a reinstallation of the mouse drivers too 

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Hello

If, despite the solutions proposed above, you still have problems, it may be the profgrammation of the mouse movements. This customization appeared with the SW2010 version and is therefore a little dated. Here is a little video that we posted on the tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEZMuJhG9qo

 

Kind regards

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Buy a 3D mouse you won't be able to do without it lol.

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And the touch screen in addition to put fingerprints everywhere

 

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@SEPM. Gerald No, you have to buy tactile gloves so that no more fingerprints.

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and not a white glove for touch screen

 

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Well finally I changed my mouse and now I have no more problems! Thank you for your recommendations.

 

@bastien-vogel it just lacks the budget for but thank you:)

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@bastien.vogel

This is what we call working with mittens.....

 

I tried with a 24' IIyama screen, a 3D space conclusion .... I'm staying with my logitech mouse at 90€ lol

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Hi, if you have a mouse with several other buttons you just have to click right button on your icon bar in Solidworks ; " personalize " ; tab " Keyboard ", then add a keyboard shortcut behind " Rotation " (for me Ctrl+D), then you apply this shortcut in the settings of your mouse on the key that seems best placed to you. Personal thumb touch (1) rotate (2) translate and (3) zoom extended. Otherwise for your wheel you have to put Universal Scroll

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I have a 3d mouse from 3DConnexions and I can't do without  it 99€ base model.

To try it is to adopt it