X Mouse Button Control
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:18 am
Problem: you are working on a large floor plan and need to scrutinize the entire perimeter of the exterior wall.
Worse: Using the pan tool via the middle mouse button you repeatedly click+drag click+drag click+drag all while holding down the wheel as you pan around the model. Pretty soon you have repetitive stress injury.
Better: You keystroke Shift+W to activate the navigation wheel, and the pan tool is suddenly a continuous smooth operation. However the need to keystroke Shift+W before and after is clunky and you never integrate it into workflow.
Best: You use X Mouse button control to map any mouse button to {SHIFT}W{LMB}. Now when you click that button and drag, you can pan all over continuously.
Pro: You have a trackball that lets you spin the ball infinitely from one end of the model to the other.
Worse: Using the pan tool via the middle mouse button you repeatedly click+drag click+drag click+drag all while holding down the wheel as you pan around the model. Pretty soon you have repetitive stress injury.
Better: You keystroke Shift+W to activate the navigation wheel, and the pan tool is suddenly a continuous smooth operation. However the need to keystroke Shift+W before and after is clunky and you never integrate it into workflow.
Best: You use X Mouse button control to map any mouse button to {SHIFT}W{LMB}. Now when you click that button and drag, you can pan all over continuously.
Pro: You have a trackball that lets you spin the ball infinitely from one end of the model to the other.