Windows touchpad settings for rotation

Windows touchpad settings for rotation

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Windows touchpad settings for rotation

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Hi, I am struggling to find a good way to use a Windows 10 laptop touchpad for rotating the view. To use the default keys I have to hold the shift key with my left little finger, hold both two mouse buttons with my right hand (to give middle click), and use my left thumb stretched across to the touchpad to rotate. Not ideal. I can't find how to modify shortcut or mouse bindings.

 

If I change to the Solidworks mouse settings I get orbit with the two button (middle click) + touchpad drag, but lose the panning without similar pain.

 

Currently the only workable solution I have is to use the default fusion mouse settings, and either click on the orbit icon at the bottom of the screen (but annoyingly have to press escape or right click ok to exit from orbit), or to use the view cube at top right to rotate. I find myself sometimes moving between the fusion and solidworks mouse settings if I need to pan more than orbit.

 

On other programs I can pan, zoom and rotate just using the touchpad and its buttons, not requiring any keyboard presses, so I think I must be missing an obvious setup option or feature. Alternatively being able to press a key to initiate orbit, and exit again would be useful. Any suggestions would be most welcome as I'm finding this quite a hindrance at using the program naturally.

 

Thanks, Peter.

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Anonymous
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Just found that enter also exits the orbit function which is less hand movement than the escape key. This is more workable.

 

Peter.

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Another helpful observation, if I use the orbit icon at bottom to initiate a rotate, a middle button pan (both buttons with touchpad drag) ends the orbit which means I don't need to press a key to exit the orbit. Much easier.

 

Peter.

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