topic Keyboard Commands for Pan, Fit in Window, etc. in Modeling

Keyboard Commands for Pan, Fit in Window, etc.

John Dunham — Fri, 26 May 2023 12:48:32 GMT

Is there any way of adding keyboard commands for any of the buttons in the lower left hand corner of the window (ie. pan, fit in window, etc.)? I can zoom in / out with the mouse but i would love to be able to access the other buttons...

Re: Keyboard Commands for Pan, Fit in Window, etc.

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:23:09 GMT

I don't know specifically if you can use a keyboard command for zooming, but the place to look is in 'Options' 'Work Environment' then Keyboard shortcuts.

Have you tried experimenting with the middle button wheel on the mouse perhaps?

As well as scrolling in and out by rolling the wheel backwards and forwards, holding it down and dragging activates the pan function, and double-clicking zooms to extents. You may find them easier than using the keyboard.

Hope that helps!

Re: Keyboard Commands for Pan, Fit in Window, etc.

__archiben — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:25:20 GMT

John wrote:
Is there any way of adding keyboard commands for any of the buttons in the lower left hand corner of the window (ie. pan, fit in window, etc.)? I can zoom in / out with the mouse but i would love to be able to access the other buttons...

john - if you have your mouse set up as shown in the attached screenshot you should be able to pan as peter suggests by holding down the scroll wheel (middle button) and dragging.

note, though, that double-clicking the middle button does not zoom extents ('Fit In Window') on a mac: for some obscure reason best known to graphisoft that is a PC only function.

cheers
~/archiben

Re: Keyboard Commands for Pan, Fit in Window, etc.

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:55:17 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
...note, though, that double-clicking the middle button does not zoom extents ('Fit In Window') on a mac:...

Sorry, didn't notice he was on a mac!

Re: Keyboard Commands for Pan, Fit in Window, etc.

John Dunham — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:23:27 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
john - if you have your mouse set up as shown in the attached screenshot you should be able to pan as peter suggests by holding down the scroll wheel (middle button) and dragging...
cheers
~/archiben

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! i just couldn't figure out how to do this. I've been limping along missing one of my most used features from other CAD programs. I should have asked a long time ago! One less thing to be p'd off about...

Re: Keyboard Commands for Pan, Fit in Window, etc.

John Dunham — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:09:18 GMT

Peter wrote:
I don't know specifically if you can use a keyboard command for zooming, but the place to look is in 'Options' 'Work Environment' then Keyboard shortcuts....
Hope that helps!

Thanks Peter. I have the zooming and panning down now with the mouse. I need to spend some serious time looking at the Work Environment/Keyboard Shortcuts but have avoided it to date. I work with both ArchiCAD and VectorWorks and inevitably keeping hitting the wrong keys in both programs! I'm just not sure which one to change at this point. Having these core commands on the mouse helps me to avoid having to make that decision...