topic Re: Automatic View Centreing in Inventor Forum

Automatic View Centreing

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 08:39:03 GMT

Hello,

I'm using a space navigator.

When i centre on an object i want to focus on and rotate around it i might rotate another part of the assembly in front of it by mistake.

If i stop rotating for a fraction of a second, then start rotating in the opposite direction to get back to my object, the view has automatically centred on the other part in the foreground. So now my focus is on the wrong part.

When constraining small items such as bolts this can be very frustrating.

Has anyone seen this and, beter still, found a way to disable this?

Thanks

David Richardson

Re: Automatic View Centreing

mcgyvr — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:19:30 GMT

Do you have "dominant" option on? (if so turn it off)

How long have you been using the space navigator?

It can take a while to get used to.

I never have a problem with it rotating around a specific component because I can easily just move the puck to the side or up or whatever while rotating to change that..

I constrain small fasteners ALL the time.. and am never bothered by a rotational center because its so easy to change it on the fly.

For what its worth.. Here is how I have mine configured for Inventor..

And people in my office will just sit behind me as I'm modeling just watching how fast I can move around in 3d space.. Its like watching a movie to them..

Re: Automatic View Centreing

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:05:56 GMT

Thanks mcgyvr

I've also been using them for a long while now. They are great for doing flythoughs of plants etc. And i do find it so much faster when doing lots of connections. Settings below FYI.

Please see the video attached for a better explanation. As you can see, i don't use the mouse of F4 to change the centre, it just changes when i stop rotating. it's not a problem on a small assembly, but with a large assembly it can be infuriating. I noticed the change when we started using 2016 (which we are still using.....).

http://autode.sk/2wJT2o3

Hopefully by the time you read this the video will have uploaded.

Thanks

David

Re: Automatic View Centreing

-niels- — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:31:37 GMT

I can confirm the behavior, it's even more clear if you keep the rotate function active so you can see the crosshair in the center of your screen.

If you stop rotating with the 3DConnexion device it will re-center on a part that the crosshair is on.

I'm wondering if this is actually something with Inventor though, because this behavior does not happen when using rotate/movement commands.

(F2,F3,F4 or actual activated commands)

Did the behavior start when you upgraded the 3DConnexion drivers to the latest version and, if so, which version were you using before?

There have been all sorts of little changes since 3DXWare10 came out of the beta, might be this is one of them.

Re: Automatic View Centreing

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:31:10 GMT

@-niels- wrote:
Did the behavior start when you upgraded the 3DConnexion drivers to the latest version

That's a good question. I'm not sure. I only noticed it after the Inventor upgrade (from 2013 to 2016 (don't ask!!!)).

I might try to install from the old cd to see if that helps. I've looked on their forum and haven't found anything like this but i should post on there too i guess.

mcygvr, does your system show the same behaviour? have you got version 10 of the 3dx software?

Re: Automatic View Centreing

Jon.Dean — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:01:26 GMT

Hi David,

The 3DConnexion driver is a 3rd party product, so Autodesk have no influence on how the driver works.

I would check the 3DConnexion website and download the latest driver.

One thing you could try, is to turn off Enhanced Highlighting from Application Options / Color tab.

Cheers

Jon.

Re: Automatic View Centreing

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:44:50 GMT

Just got this on the 3dc forums.

Re: View Centring

by UtaSH » Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:56 am

Hello David Richardson,

the navigation with the 3D mouse in Inventor had been implemented by Autodesk. Please address this issue with their Support Team. Thanks.

edit: I do have the latest drivers and I don't use Enhanced highlighting. (it doesn't work well with large assemblies)

Re: Automatic View Centreing

Jon.Dean — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:07:39 GMT

Hi David,

I will ask development to take a look at this issue.

Cheers

Jon.