how to customize right mouse button drop down menu

[pquenzi]

I am using Inventor 2021. Clicking the right mouse button brings up the dropdown menu with "place component" "create component" "measure" and a whole bunch of other items. I would like to add "orbit" to this dropdown menu or possibly replace one of the other items with "orbit". Is there a way to do that? Thank you.

[Frederick_Law]

Don't think you can change the drop down but you can change the Marking Menu.

The one around the cursor.

[CGBenner · Accepted solution]

@pquenzi 

@Frederick_Law is right.  The menus that you can customize are the Ribbon and the Marking Menu, also your keyboard shortcuts.  The tool to do all of these is on Tools\Customize.

[pquenzi]

My goal is to be able to access the orbit command simply by clicking a mouse button rather than sliding the mouse cursor to a menu at the top or side of the screen.

I previously used a Microsoft Intellimouse in which I programmed one of the buttons for orbit. I liked that a lot, but eventually I wore out two and could not find that model anymore. I bought a similar mouse from 3d Connexion which did allow the same functionality, but it had the annoying habit of zooming to infinity with no input from me. I never could get it to work right so switched back to a regular mouse.

[CGBenner]

@pquenzi 

F4 activates the Orbitcommand... the catch is you have to hold it down while you rotate the model.

[Frederick_Law]

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@pquenzi wrote:

I previously used a Microsoft Intellimouse in which I programmed one of the buttons for orbit.

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I'm using 15 button gaming mouse which is discontinued.  Also 3DConnexion Space Navigator.

The zoom to infinity is because of wrong focus.  Click on the part you want to orbit around before you move the 3D mouse.

[pquenzi]

Thanks, but in my case, the 3d Connexion mouse will unexpectedly zoom to infinity even when I am not moving the mouse and it also does it in idw files where there is not even an orbit command.

[pquenzi]

Thanks. I am aware of F4/orbit and I have also made a keyboard shortcut which both work well but not as convenient as clicking a mouse button to get to orbit.

Thanks for all the replies. My question is answered just not what I wanted to hear.

[Frederick_Law]

Maybe it need calibration if its "moving" on it's own.

[pquenzi]

My 3d Connexion Cadmouse pro wireless does not have all those advance settings. It only has:

Mouse motion>enable acceleration

Mouse wheel speed

Polling rate

Smart scrolling

I've played with them all to no avail.

[chadley47CAD]

it looks like you are using chrome, not everyone uses same computers.

the settings are in the Inventor software & not computer settings. see attached image.

[pquenzi]

Thanks. I am aware of that and have played with it some. What I finally ended up doing and which works pretty well for me is to right click in the ribbon area and click on "customize user commands" then click on "marking menu". That is the menu that comes up when you right click anywhere on the computer screen when in Inventor. I then changed the command on top of that menu to "orbit". I did that in part and assembly files and then any time I right click I see "orbit" right at the top of that mouse menu. That way I don't need to hold down any keyboard shortcut keys. Not quite as nice as the Intellimouse was, but not bad.

Phil

[Frederick_Law]

The middle button Orbit is a nice come back.  Don't know why they removed it.