How to keep panning after cursor reaches screen edge.

[luis-pl]

Hello,

Back at the office I can pan the drawing past the screen edges, as if the screen was infinite (version 2013).

I can't do it at home, the panning stops when the cursor hits the edges, using version 2021.

How do I enable it?

Thanks

[pendean]

There is no edge in AutoCAD, 2021 or earlier: are you outside of a viewport bumping against that edge?
Or did someone decide to have fun with you by turning on LIMCHECK?

[imadHabash]

Hi,

i suggest before panning , to use Zoom command >> type V then enter . 

Command: Z ZOOM
Specify corner of window, enter a scale factor (nX or nXP), or
[All/Center/Dynamic/Extents/Previous/Scale/Window/Object] <real time>: v

Now try your Pan , any changes ? 

[luis-pl]

I dont know. It's a fairly old computer, running AC2013, but it works fine. The computer always had this infinite pan (and 3Dorbit) enabled, nobody really knows how to enable/disable. But it's useful and I like it, so I want to know how to enable it on other computers. This works in Modelspace. 

Right now when I pan in my personal 2021 version, it will only pan until the cursor hits the edge, and no further, the same with 3Dorbit.

I have no idea what LIMCHECK is, it's set to 0, and I don't use grids.

[luis-pl]

Ok, I tried it. It remains the same.

I'm just trying to not be limited by limits of the screen when panning, so I can quickly pan big leaps without having to pan 3 or four times with the middle mouse button, same with 3Dorbit.

[pendean]

Does this happen in ALL files, or just this one DWG file?
Do you need to REGENALL by chance before proceeding?
There is no 2021 pan or zoom limit as you are describing it that I can see in the last month of using it.

[imadHabash]

how about trying Ctrl+scroll wheel mouse button to make panning and you can control the speed . 

[luis-pl]

@pendean It's for all files and there is no need for Regenall. I don't use that computer anymore, so I can't go back there and tests things again. I just know that the pan worked like that.

@imadHabash Control-Scroll remains the same, it stops orbiting once the cursos hits the screen limit.

Thank you for trying to help. I really don't 

I found this thread, the guy seems to have the opposite problem, he wants to disable this infinite pan, but from there, I could not find any answer for myself (will try to contact the guy).

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/disable-off-screen-pan-realtime-wheelzoom/td-p/8324500

[ChicagoLooper]

This may seem like an obvious question but I'll ask anyway. How do you know the panning has stopped? What evidence is there that says, 'I have stopped panning, go to the forum and seek help.' Could it be you are panning and don't realize it? Just asking....

[luis-pl]

Wait, sorry, but what do you really mean?

It stops panning because i see it stop. It's like the cursor (mouse) is trapped inside a closed box, so when I begin panning, i click the scroll button, the cursor changes to a "grabbing hand", it grabs the screen, then I can "drag" the drawing around (pan), but when that hand (cursor) reaches the edge of autocad window, it hits the limit and it won't go further, hence, the panning stops.

So is this the normal thing, or is the normal thing to go beyond the screen limit and continue panning?

There is no info/support about this issue in the Autodesk Support page, neither do I find anything on the forums, so I'm seeking help myself.

[pendean]

You're not going to find anything online, your situation it weirdly unusual and unheard of in AutoCAD outside of what was stated so far.

Use this freebie to post a video of what is happening to you so we can see it: this tool records what you type and may be helpful https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/simplecontent/content/download-autodesk-screencast...

Otherwise I see a complete removal and reinstall of the application under a new Windows log-in in your near future, but who wants to do that.

TIA

[cadffm]

It stops not at the editor border, it stop at the program border? ,also if program window ist not maximized?

I guess it isn't an Autocad thing, but graphic card/setting.

It is for command: PAN and for mbuttonpan? (pressed mousewheel)

IF PAN works but the mouse-Pan not, it is a mouse issue?

Sorry, can not help.

[ChicagoLooper]

What is displayed on the command line when your panning hand can no longer pan like a panning hand can, understand?

[ChicagoLooper]

Have you tried this? Enter LIMIT on command line. Type in OFF=>ENTER.

[luis-pl]

So I tried reducing window size and panning again. The panning goes beyond Autocad Window, but it stops when I invisibly hit the Screen limits (Monitor). So maybe it is not an Autocad issue.

So I guess the norm is the infinite panning, which i'm having issues with.

LIMITS command turned OFF, but the problem persists.

I will try screencasting the problem tomorrow.

Thanks for the help.

[cadffm]

"So maybe it is not an Autocad issue."

Search in direction of Display/Desktop setting,

Autocad isn't involved.

[eadamson79P6B]

This absolutely IS an AutoCAD issue, related to Windows 11 and display resolutions. I have a similar issue but I want to turn the infinite panning off. I have two external monitors, one 1680x1050 vertical and one 1920x1080 horizontal. My laptop display is 2560x1600 and when I pan left or right to the point my mouse moves off the CAD display, the mouse is moved to a different relative position due to the pixel count difference. This causes my AutoCAD drawing to shift up or down depending on where I move off screen. This was not an issue with varying display resolutions using Windows 10 and AutoCAD 2016.

[pendean]

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@eadamson79P6B wrote:

This absolutely IS an AutoCAD issue, related to Windows 11 and display resolutions....

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Here are the ways to open a support case with Autodesk if you are on subscription to seek out Autodesk Support's help:
https://www.autodesk.com/support/account/manage/use/support#:~:text=com/plans.-,Contact%20support,-S... 

If you wish to report a bug...

https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback 

If you are using AutoCAD2022 at least ensure you have this addressed (restart your PC afterwards):

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-lifts-windows-11-update-block-for-some-aut....

[ChicagoLooper]

Hi @eadamson79P6B 

This sounds like a Windows Display Settings problem, not an AutoCAD issue. 

Go to your Desktop=>Right click a 'Blank' area=>Display Settings

I have three monitors, so I see this.

<<Monitor #2 is on the left, monitor #1 is on the right, and monitor #3 is in the middle.>>

If I like,  I can change my mind and rearrange my Samsung monitor (Monitor #2) by moving  it from the left to the middle.

Then, in Windows Display Settings I'll drag monitor #2 and drop it between #3 and #1. The drag-and-drop will make the Windows Display Settings consistent with the actual arrangement on my desk.

In the end, the Display Settings shows Mon #3 has been moved to the far left and Mon #2 is now in the middle. 

The new Display Settings allows my mouse to have new 'extents' which means it'll move to the far left edge of Monitor #3, but no further, and to the far right edge of Monitor #1, but no further. It's important to rearrange the monitors in Display Settings, otherwise the cursor will be whacky.

[Brock_Olly]

I have the same issue now too, not sure since when, but I'm on version 2025.1.2

I used to be able to pan a viewport past monitor 'edge' into infinity.
I remember I had this issue a few years back and I'm pretty sure it was a system variable that fixed it, not sure which one though.

This issue is for all panning, in model space and in viewport/paper space