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a tool not working IN 3DS MAX

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:02:17 GMT

Hello,

When I press alt and the medium button of the mouse, it is supposed to rotate. But nothing happens.

Even when I just press the mouse button alone, nothing happens. Why?

I have recently installed max2016.

Thank you

Re: a tool not working IN 3DS MAX

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:52:52 GMT

Hello @Anonymous,

I'd like to help you with your mouse issue. This problem usually comes from 2 places.

1) the middle mouse button has been reassigned in windows or a 3rd party mouse software like Logitech Setpoint. The Middle Mouse Button (MMB) needs to be set to the generic MMB settings. Some programs will let you map that button to a different function, such as Copy or Alt-W.

2) You may be running on a Mac. Bootcamp and Parallels both seem to have issues with Windows 10 and 3ds Max.

Can you expand a little bit on your issue? Do you have any 3rd party mouse drivers or are you using bootcamp or parallels?

Best Regards,

Re: a tool not working IN 3DS MAX

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 23:18:55 GMT

Hello Alfred.DeFlaminis,

Well, thank you for being so polite to explain me the reasons why that may
happens.
In the meanwhile, talking with a friend, I realized that although the MMB
was rolling, it had stopped working when pressing it. That was the
problem... So I changed the mouse and everything is OK!

Thanks a lot for answering me, your advice was helpful!
--

*When nothing goes right... go left.*

Re: a tool not working IN 3DS MAX

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 23:39:05 GMT

Hello @Anonymous,

Ah, yes of course. I now have a 3rd thing to add to my list in the future. Thanks for the update!

Best Regards,