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Re-Center Graphics Window to Mouse Tip on Scroll Zoom

Re-Center Graphics Window to Mouse Tip on Scroll Zoom

Add a preference selection button for navigation that allows the user to enable re-centering of the graphics window to the mouse tip when zooming with the scroll wheel. This will allow simultaneous pan and zoom moves with just the scroll wheel. This is a common navigation technique in other CAD platforms. Its absence is driving me crazy. 

 

Works like this:

Need to pan to the right to re-focus on a different object, move the mouse to the right part of screen, scroll out. Window re-centers with each scroll click, and effectively pans while zooming out. Once object of interest is on screen, locate mouse tip on object and start scrolling in, object of interest moves to center screen, adjust mouse to follow object, continue scrolling until desired zoom is reached. 

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NeuroDynamics
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This is driving me crazy as well.

 

Having to pan and zoom independently is slow, old school, it requires the keyboard, and it's inefficient. This is not just a workflow preference, it really is better, it allows full navigational control with just the mouse.

 

Solidworks has the best mouse navigation out there:

 

  • The rotation is more controlled and smooth, unlike fusion's which is too fast and thus requires higher skill.
  • Autocentering zoom is fantastic and speeds up object manipulation more than anything because it removes the need to pan independently, and allows full navigation with the mouse.

The problem with features like this is that humans are very adaptable so for most people these issues are non-existent. But to power users that have experienced the better solutions they are so apparent as to drive us crazy. I hope some people on the Fusion 360 team can take a look and get feedback from high level professionals from other platforms.

 

In my opinion Fusion 360 still carries a few old and inefficient GUI idyosincracies which could be better updated to current modern GUI/object manipulation paradigms. Just a few, but enough to drive one crazy.

 

 

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