Mouse Control Zoom 2

[FredGarvin]

I have always had a problem with the scroll wheel in MDT. MDT should start and use the scroll wheel as the zoom function (which I like very much). However, quite often, after a short period of time, it reverts back to the up and down scroll. Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone have any idea on how to get it to revert back to the zoom instead of the scroll? I know it has to be a kind of snafu between the standard windows mouse set up and MDT's settings, but it didn't used to be an issue.

Thanks!

 

I have just found this site and have exactly the same problem whit the intellimouse zoom that you have been experiencing. Unfortunately I do not have any answers but you are not alone.

Great feature but annoyingly glichy. I tend to save, close then reopen the drawing. That usually fixes it but is an unsatisafactory solution.

 

An easy solution to that problem: Take your mouse into the gray area outside of the modeling space. Push the wheel back and forth rapidly as you would if you were zooming in and out very quickly. After a few moments of up and down, the wheel will revert back to in and out zooming.

Now for my question...is this in and out feature only for intellimouse? If not, how do you activate it??

 

[FredGarvin]

Thanks for the idea cheez. I'll give it a try.

I believe it is for any type of wheeled mouse, not necissarily intellimouse. I have a Logitech at home and it does the zoom just fine (with the exception of the glitch).

 

[danielbatt]

I was having this same problem and have finally found a solution from another web site.

If you disable the scroll bars in autoCAD the "scroll problem" will disappear.

To do this go to "tools" then click on "options" click on the "display" tab, then uncheck the "Display scroll bars in drawing window" box, then click on OK.

I have not had the "scroll problem" reappear since I did this.

 

[FredGarvin]

That's a good idea. I never thought of that.

The trick that Cheez recommended works like a charm too.