AutoCAD Architecture 2016 - Keystroke assignement for Logitech mouse

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I can't get to work my Logitech mouse keystroke assignment (f8 for ortho). I have the following:

1. Logitech marathon mouse m705 connected thru a "unify" usb

2. Autocad architecture 2016

3. Windows 10

I have tried "tempoverides" and it still does not work. Please help....Thank you.

[ The subject line of this post has been edited for clarity by @handjonathan Original: Logitech mouse ]

[pendean]

Are you trying to assign F8 to a mouse button? If yes, does your mouse software let you do that? That's normally how it is done, not in AutoCAD.

[Anonymous]

Logitech has the software called Setpoint. This software allows keystroke assignments to the mouse buttons. 

I called Logitech and they said that its an AutoCAD issue because the keystrokes work on other apps.

[pendean]

A quick search around these forums would indicate you have to install this and not setpoint if you want it to work with AutoCAD http://support.logitech.com/en_us/software/options

Try it and find out. Good luck.

[Victoria.Studley]

Hi @Anonymous,

I'm just checking in to see if you need more help with this. Were you able to get @pendean's latest suggestion to work for your Logitech mouse?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[Anonymous]

Hi VStudley,

No. Pendean's suggestion did not help. I spoke to Logitech and it seems that this is a AutoCAD issue. 

When I use the assigned mouse buttons on the other programs, they seem to work.

Do you have any suggestions?

[Victoria.Studley]

Hi @Anonymous,

I'm sorry to hear you're still having trouble with this. I found another suggestion over in the Civil 3D forum, which seems to have helped a lot of users get their M705's custom buttons working.

Could you review this and try it out?

If it's still not working after this, you may want to test another mouse to rule out an issue with your mouse itself.

If one or more of these posts helped answer your question, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[Anonymous]

Hi Vstudley,

It didn't work. I also tried another mouse (Logitech Performance MX) with the same result. 

I must say that the production was much faster when the buttons were working. 

[WarrenGeissler]

That's odd. I have a M510 and I downloaded the new Logitech Options that @pendean mentioned and it works in my AutoCAD:

(Thanks a LOT Dean - now I'm up all night goofing around reprogramming my mouse!)

[pendean]

Anytime 🙂

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

My mouse is still not working. When I load the Logitech options, I get the following message: 

I bought my mouse about 2 years ago. Does anyone know if the hardware or internal software has changed for this mouse? I am so frustrated because I was more productive when I had the option to activate F8 on the mouse.

[WarrenGeissler]

Oh I got that too - just hit CONTINUE. It still works. 

[Anonymous]

Hi Warren,

I clicked next and it didn't work. The mouse does not appear as it did for your mouse.

[WarrenGeissler]

Dang - you're right. I just tried it with my 705 at home and it won't work. It DOES work with an M510 though - and they're ALMOST the same as the 705 (every action the same, just missing the button on top behind the wheel) - and they're pretty cheap ( got mine for under $20) 

[gotphish001]

Can you get any other F keys to work as mouse buttons on that mouse? If not then maybe something in that mouse driver that won't allow F keys. Try making a different short cut for ortho and putting that on the mouse button as a work around.

[Anonymous]

Hi gotphish001,

I downloaded the Logitech options app. I am trying to change the mouse functions now for different mouse ( Logitech performance mx). Inside the app I get the following screen: 

It does not detect the performance mx mouse. What am I doing wrong? 

[gotphish001]

I meant make ortho have a different short cut in autocad CUI (like "y" or some other key that isn't used as a shortcut) and then put that short cut on the mouse since you can't seem to get f8 to work. 

As far as it not seeing the device: I had a logitech set of headphones once that wouldn't get detected until I plugged them in and then restarted the computer with them plugged in. If they got plugged in after the computer was on they would work as headphones but it wouldn't let me change any of the options in logitech's software as it wouldn't see them. That was years ago so it might have been a bug that was fixed but it's a simple thing to try. 

I have mostly gotten away from logitech devices. They are nice and have lots of options with lots of software but I seemed to run into issues like you are having. The software says I can do something, you change the option right here in this box, and then it doesn't actually do what you changed. Like I said logitech makes nice stuff but after a couple of issue like yours, I thought I'd try some other manufacturers out.

[Anonymous]

Hi OMJDEWSIGN

I have the same problem with the same mouse! I found that all I have to do is just open the Setpoint program and my mouse then works with Autocad. Weird I know but, it works for me!

[Anonymous]

Logitech's SetPoint Settings worked for me with my Logitech M705 mouse for AutoCAD 2014 in Windows 7 and AutoCAD 2020 in Windows 10.

In SetPoint:

Button Settings - make button 3 to be Middle Button rather than zoom

Advanced Settings - Enable application-specific button settings - Configure

Add AutoCAD Application, if you haven't already, then select it

Buttons

1: Left Click - can't be changed

2: Right Click - set through AutoCAD's OPTIONS  dialog, not SetPoint. 

3: Middle button can't be changed in SetPoint's application-specific settings.  To use it for panning, AutoCAD's MBUTTONPAN system variable should be set to 1.

4 through 8: Use keystroke assignment to assign as you wish.  Make use if AutoCAD's CUI dialog to use or create shortcut keys that you can use with SetPoint.  I have mine set as follows:

4 CTRL+M (MOVE command)

5 CTRL+B (COPY command)

6 CTRL+T (TRIM command)

7 CTRL+E (EXTEND command)

8 F8 (toggle ortho mode)

[jlachapelle8B5VQ]

Its 2022 and I'm still having this problem. My keyboard assignments on my mouse work for other programs, but not AutoCAD. Tried everything. Does anyone have a fix for this yet? I'm running a M705 mouse. 

I've tried the following:

Resetting the mouse setting in setpoint (didn't work)

downloading Logitechs latest "options" and setting up keystroke assignments in there (didn't work)

tried adding AutoCAD as a program to "advanced settings" within setpoint (didn't work).

Christ this is annoying.