topic Re: Space mouse not working in 2D drawing environment in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Space mouse not working in 2D drawing environment

patmat2350 — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:10:18 GMT

In Drawings, I can zoom with my space mouse (pushing knob fore/aft), but there's no pan function equivalent to MMB/drag.

In the Design environment, I have full control with the space mouse...

Any way to fix that on my end?

Re: Space mouse not working in 2D drawing environment

g-andresen — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:35:31 GMT

Hi,

@patmat2350 wrote:

In Drawings, I can zoom with my space mouse (pushing knob fore/aft), but there's no pan function equivalent to MMB/drag.

Any way to fix that on my end?

I don't think so, but have a look here.

günther

Re: Space mouse not working in 2D drawing environment

patmat2350 — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:28:46 GMT

Thanks, but sad that this is being ignored by the Fusion team.

Re: Space mouse not working in 2D drawing environment

g-andresen — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:52:54 GMT

Hi,

Why don't you just use the middle mouse button or the scroll wheel?

Günther

Re: Space mouse not working in 2D drawing environment

patmat2350 — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:55:53 GMT

Well, I do because there isn't a choice, eh?
But why should I have to change my interface mode when I change from design to drawing environment?

Re: Space mouse not working in 2D drawing environment

aleksei_ovsienko — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:49:44 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?