topic Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit) in Installation & update

Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:30:10 GMT

When I am viewing my model in 3d it initally opens with the cursor as the "arrow" tool. This works fine and I can select and delete or modify parts of my building as normal. I can also then switch to "orbit" and rotate around my building. The problem comes when I try to return to the "arrow" tool. My cursor seems to stick on "orbit" tool and will not allow me to return to arrow mode until I leave 3D view and return to it again.

Anyone else having this issue or could help me out at all?

Thanks.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Thomas Holm — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:43:03 GMT

If you don't like clicking, one "Esc" should get you out of the orbit mode.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

__archiben — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:13:28 GMT

fireatwill76 wrote:
When I am viewing my model in 3d it initally opens with the cursor as the "arrow" tool. This works fine and I can select and delete or modify parts of my building as normal. I can also then switch to "orbit" and rotate around my building. The problem comes when I try to return to the "arrow" tool. My cursor seems to stick on "orbit" tool and will not allow me to return to arrow mode until I leave 3D view and return to it again.

rather than switch to orbit mode, just hold down SHIFT - this temporarily enables orbit mode. release SHIFT and you're back to editing mode.

~/archiben

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:33:51 GMT

Or click on the Orbit icon again, toggles it off.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Link — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:56:03 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
rather than switch to orbit mode, just hold down SHIFT - this temporarily enables orbit mode. release SHIFT and you're back to editing mode.

Is it just shift on a Mac? On a PC, it's shift + holding scroll wheel down.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:28:43 GMT

Shift and scroll button down on Mac for orbit. And Scroll button down by itself is pan.

Thanks for bringing these to my attention, fellas.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Link — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:43:59 GMT

And double click mouse wheel to zoom extents (but that works in any window).

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

James Murray — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:30:34 GMT

Link wrote:
And double click mouse wheel to zoom extents (but that works in any window).

That sounds cool, but I'm not getting it on the Mac. I tried Mighty and regular mice. Anybody else?

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:33:03 GMT

James wrote:
Link wrote:
And double click mouse wheel to zoom extents (but that works in any window).
That sounds cool, but I'm not getting it on the Mac. I tried Mighty and regular mice. Anybody else?

Same, nothin'.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

__archiben — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:41:30 GMT

James wrote:
Link wrote:
And double click mouse wheel to zoom extents (but that works in any window).
That sounds cool, but I'm not getting it on the Mac. I tried Mighty and regular mice. Anybody else?

it's never worked on the mac - it's always been a windows-only feature.

~/ben

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

__archiben — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:05:32 GMT

Link wrote:
Is it just shift on a Mac? On a PC, it's shift + holding scroll wheel down.

to invoke it it's just SHIFT fellas. the scroll wheel button is the orbit function, just as the left-button is the orbit function when the orbit command is fully invoked. just semantics.

~/ben

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Link — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:26:06 GMT

And I thought the shift tool merely toggles to arrow tool temporarily while another tool is active.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

__archiben — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:33:44 GMT

Link wrote:
And I thought the shift tool merely toggles to arrow tool temporarily while another tool is active.

you're thinking of all the other times you hold the SHIFT key.

Re: Arrow tool in 3D mode (stuck on Orbit)

Link — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:16:37 GMT

Maybe we'll have to submit a bug report and have GS re-word the Keyboard Shortcut list then?

Cheers,
Link.