Hip tip: Zoom and Pan via mouse scroll
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Author | Eren Pala |
| Profession | Mechanical Engineer | |
| AutoCAD Specialist | ||
| Location | Istanbul, TURKEY | |
I am going to touch on two system variables in this article that will be useful for you. These are MBUTTONPAN and ZOOMFACTOR.
MBUTTONPAN: Autocad users mostly use the mouse scroll to pan or zoom. It zooms in when you spin the scroll towards you and zooms out when you spin it towards the monitor. Holding it pushed also enables the pan command. Yet, some computers have some trouble about these properties because of a small setting of Autocad. If your computer does not do the things mentioned above, set the system variable MBUTTONPAN to 1 by typing the command (mbuttonpan) into the command line. If it is “0” , Object Snap Menu will appear when you push the scroll.
ZOOMFACTOR: It is very practical using mouse scroll to zoom in or out. But sometimes it is very tiring as scrolling again and again to zoom in and out in detailed drawings. On the other hand, one scroll can be too much for simple drawings. To cope with this problem, you have to change the ZOOMFACTOR system variable. It is sufficient to type ‘zoomfactor’ into the command line and set a value between 3 and 100 which designates the zoom intervals.
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March 24th, 2008 03:39
Hi Eren your right its very usefull to learn all what you say you guys , its so simple sometimes just push on your mouseWeel and you can pan , i did not know this one but i like it , i am drawing for 8 years now , well ok i am new with AutoCad 2008 but the 3D terms stay the same , i’m a Rhino 3D user and the AutoCad 2008 is very powerfull thx for your help
p.s. sorry working on my new website you can see what i’have done after 2 weeks with AutoCad 2008 Ciao
March 24th, 2008 09:09
Hello Alain,
We’ll be very happy to introduce your new web site when finished. Thank you very much for your comment.
Ciao
April 1st, 2008 16:39
Hello… this may be a bit off topic but I am trying to find a way to make a modification to the middle mouse button behavior with AutoCAD 07. I use it side by side with SolidWorks quite often; however, the zoom features are opposite, scroll up equals zoom in on one and zoom out on the other. Its kinda confusing when quickly jumping back and forth. I also frequently use Unigraphics and some Pro-E which have the same zoom function as SolidWorks so I want to change the AutoCAD function to match. So…. Is there a registry setting that I can edit to make scroll down equal zoom in?
May 28th, 2008 07:37
hey..well i loved you..lol..until i went to try it..the zoom in and out with my mouse does work but the pressing of the wheel aint panning..lol..if thats a word..plz tell me what could it be ..just installed autocadd 2008 because before in previous autocadd it did do it..plz help me again..
thanks for sharing though..
June 19th, 2008 01:04
I use this function all the time, but in 2008 if you have the shift key held down while panning or zooming you enter the orbit function. Do you know of any work around?
June 23rd, 2008 20:18
I am working with autocad 2008 and I cannot get the scroll wheel to pan. I have tried everything mentioned. It performs the zoom function just fine. Any Ideas?? (I am using the a basic mouse that came with the computer)
July 22nd, 2008 10:27
Hello to all. I am only beginning to learn autocad 2008. I wonder if someone could help me build my library of furnitures and other architectural symbols? Where do i get them and how can i install it?
October 1st, 2008 12:45
Do you know how to do this same feature, with the zoomfactor, in Rhino or 3dsMax? It gets to a point sometimes where it won’t zoom in any further and it’s way too far out. Or it zooms in too much right past the model. Off-topic of AutoCAD, but thanks!