topic Re: 3D mouse now works in 2D drawings in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

3D mouse now works in 2D drawings

JulianGroeli — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:30:35 GMT

For @Anonymous @Anonymous @Anonymous @keqingsong @lonarome @matthew.maclennan @Anonymous @mxwrench @Anonymous @wrrichards @klose9S5AB @dsouzasujay , and anyone else interested in using their 3D mouse in Fusion 360's 2D drawings mode:

I've set up 3DxWare configuration files for the Spacemouse to send panning and zooming navigation commands to Fusion 360's 2D drawing mode using 2D mouse emulation. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a lot better than using just a regular mouse.

These config files are brand new, and have only been tested on Win10 x64. There may be bugs. Please have a look at the Readme.md before installation. That said, feel free to download and test them here:
https://github.com/jgroeli/F360-3DMouseIn2DDrawings

Thanks to jwick on the 3D Connexion blog, without whom this would not have been possible. For more info on how we got here, see: https://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=39216

Feedback and comments are most welcome!

Re: 3D mouse now works in 2D drawings

JulianGroeli — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:45:58 GMT

These config files are now updated for the latest 3DxWare driver 10.6.5. Other than the known issues described in the readme these are working well on Win10 x64.

Downloads are available here: https://github.com/jgroeli/F360-3DMouseIn2DDrawings/releases

If anyone sees any other issues, please let us know.

Thanks!

Re: 3D mouse now works in 2D drawings

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 06:04:02 GMT

That's great, thanks!

Will test these tonight when I'm at my desktop!

Re: 3D mouse now works in 2D drawings

JulianGroeli — Fri, 01 May 2020 20:57:26 GMT

After using this for a while it seemed to me that it'd be more intuitive to have the axis mappings match more closely to the other modeling workspaces, so I've created an updated release to implement that. Zooming is now mapped to the Y axis, and panning up and down is mapped to the Z axis.

Here's a link to the updated release:

https://github.com/jgroeli/F360-3DMouseIn2DDrawings/releases/tag/v0.1.2

As always, let me know if you have any issues with it.

Thanks!

Re: 3D mouse now works in 2D drawings

U316755 — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:53:40 GMT

Thank you for your effort, Julian.

I tried on Win 10 x64. It doesn't work. I tried Both versions. Stopped 3DXware, Stopped Fusion, copied all the files, started 3DXware and ran F360.

No change.

An yes, You could rotate in sketch mode before some update.

Thaler

Re: 3D mouse now works in 2D drawings

aleksei_ovsienko — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:49:56 GMT

This approach no longer works because Fusion has changed its architecture. But I have created an add-in that does the same thing. The only limitation is that the script essentially intercepts 3D Mouse input and injects it as mouse input thus momentarily hijacking the mouse. So you can't both zoom/pan and use the mouse at the same moment. There's no way around it. I tried injecting touch inputs but no. Fusion can only pan and zoom drawings with the mouse. So there's no going around it. But it's useable as it is and you can edit the sensitivity settings too.

https://github.com/ergilion-tech/Fusion-Gadgets/tree/main/SpaceMouseDrawingMode

I just wonder. If it took me who knows absolutely bugger all about coding and Claude Code all of 3 hours to create this - how hard can it be for mighty Autodesk in the course of many years?