Pan & Orbit keystrokes not working

[keithd]

I'm using Fusion 360 on a 5K iMac running El Capitan (Mac OS X 10.11). I have the standard Apple trackpad and Apple mouse that come with the iMac. Neither have middle buttons and Mac OS provides no means to get that functionality. (Hence the keyboard shortcut table that Autodesk provides for the Mac is useless without a third-party mouse.)

But with the Apple trackpad and mouse I can find absolutely no way to get Pan and Orbit to work, other than with the modal functionality provided on the menu, which is way, way, way too slow and cumbersome for useful CAD work. I have tried every possible combination of Command, Alt, Control, Shift, Click, Click-and-Drag, and two-finger swipes. Nothing. Two-finger swipes Zoom, but there seems to be no way to get Pan and Orbit.

I have tried all options (Fusion, Alias, Inventor, Solidworks) for the Pan, Zoom, Orbit Shortcuts in the Preferences. Nothing.

On my older (2011) Mac running Mavericks (Mac OS X 10.9) and using the older trackpad, there was a shortcut that worked for Pan and Orbit. I don't recall what it was off the top of my head, but I am certain there was a modifier-key/trackpad combination that worked.

Surely there is some way to get this functionality. 3D CAD is nearly impossible without it.

What am I missing or doing wrong?

Thanks,

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Keith

[LMD001 · Accepted solution]

Hello keithd,

I am on a similar setup and shift - 2 finger swipe is orbit without shift I have pan.

You can also check the Preferences if "Gesture-Based Navigation" is on.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Ludo

[keithd]

Okay, thanks. That fixed it for me.

So the trick is "Fusion" shortcuts, and "Use gesture-based view navigation" on, and restart Fusion for the preference changes to take effect.

Now mine seems to be working like yours. I'm sure I tried this combo at one point along the line but might not have restarted between preference changes. 

Thanks,

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Keith

[LMD001]

Hello Keith,

No problem, glad you got the navigation working OK.

Best regards,

Ludo

[Anonymous]

For me, I had my settings correct and did plenty of restarts, I posted this on another thread on Autodesk, but here is what fixed it for me running Mac OS X 10.12.5 on a touchbar mid 2017 MacBook Pro

"Not sure how this fixed it, but whenever it happens, open Mac system presences go to "Trackpad" settings, "Scroll and Zoom" tab, toggle the "Zoom in and Out"  to the other state, try your gestures in Fusion360, if that doesn't work, go back into system preferences, toggle it to where you had it before and then go back to fusion360 and gesture based navigation should work. No restart necessary."

[owen.smithyman]

Wow, thank you so much for this weird fix. I can confirm that unchecking "Zoom in or out" in OS X trackpad preferences fixes my inability to orbit.

[Anonymous]

I can confirm that this randomly stops working also, and the osx toggle zoom setting fixes it.

I lose all modifier trackpad controls, I can only pan.

Very odd and annoying ( fusion restart sometimes fixes it I think, but not usually )