Help Please - How can I get my mouse wheel to zoom and pan in ACAD 2010? Thanks

[f700es]

OK does it pan when you press down on the wheel in ACad? Let's start there. I see you tried the AutoDesk support forum as well, good idea. Maybe between the 2 we can find a solution.

Sean

[Davidbrittain11]

SLW210,

When I type

findfile "acad.exe"

At the ACAD command line it just comes back as 'unknown command'. I tried just typing 'findfile' and also just 'acad.exe' but again - unknown command. Are you sure I need to type these words into the ACAD command line??

I have tried typing acad.exe into the file search box that comes up just above the start menu button when you click it, to see if it can show me where the acad.exe file is but that doesn't work either. Thanks anyway, but still stuck!

Hi F700es,

No - nothing happens at all when I press down on the wheel - it should turn into a pan hand but it doesn't. When I turn the wheel the drawing scrolls slowly up or down when it should zoom. So I know the wheel is doing something, just not what I need it to do.

Thanks for the post. I will keep scouring the net for an answer and will be sure to post it on here if I ever get one!

[RobDraw]

Does the scroll/middle button function work in other programs?

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi Rob,

Yes it does. It even pans and zooms fine when I plug it into other computers running ACAD. Just my one it doesn't and I can't find out why!

[RobDraw]

Here's something for you to check.

Mouse.png

Make sure the HP mouse is selected. Or, maybe try disabling the mouse on your laptop.

[SLW210]

SLW210,

When I type

findfile "acad.exe"

At the ACAD command line it just comes back as 'unknown command'. I tried just typing 'findfile' and also just 'acad.exe' but again - unknown command. Are you sure I need to type these words into the ACAD command line??

I have tried typing acad.exe into the file search box that comes up just above the start menu button when you click it, to see if it can show me where the acad.exe file is but that doesn't work either. Thanks anyway, but still stuck!

Hi F700es,

No - nothing happens at all when I press down on the wheel - it should turn into a pan hand but it doesn't. When I turn the wheel the drawing scrolls slowly up or down when it should zoom. So I know the wheel is doing something, just not what I need it to do.

Thanks for the post. I will keep scouring the net for an answer and will be sure to post it on here if I ever get one!

You need the parenthesis... (findfile "acad.exe")

[Davidbrittain11]

SLW210,

OK - many thanks. I have succesfully founf the ACAD.exe location and added it to the list in X Mouse Control. I have checked to see that something is working as I tried disabling the scroll function under the 'Scrolling and Navigation' tab and it worked. But - how do I now make the mouse wheel zoom and pan in ACAD? There are no boxes to tick that specifically mention zoom and pan commands so I have no idea what to tick to make it do these functions.

Under the 'Layer 1 (Default) tab, I have looked at the options that appear when I click the pull down menu next to 'Wheel Up'. I was expecting to see a 'zoom in' option which would have been exactly what I need - but that is not there! Instead there are about 50 other options none of which indicate that rolling the mouse wheel up would zoom in. Same for 'wheel down' - no option that would 'zoom out'.

So any help you can give me on configuring the X Mouse Button settings for pan and zoom would be greatly appreciated - many thanks!

[SLW210]

I have mouse wheel up and mouse wheel down. My MBUTTONPAN=0 in AutoCAD.

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi SLW210,

Sorry for delay in getting back to this forum - been away with work and other stuff. BUT - my damn mouse STILL doesn't work with AutoCAD 2010. I tried doing what you said in X Mouse Button but nothing changed at all when using the mouse in AutoCAD - still exactly the same. The wheel is useless - doesn't pan or zoom and its now really affecting my productivity! See the screen grab below - I have set it up exactly as you said but its done no good at all I'm afraid. I am going to reinstall AutoCAD and probably buy a better mouse which I can customize but my fear is it will turn out to be TOO customizable and therefore an impenatrable maze which wonlt give me what I need. I have seemingly tried everything else now and nothing works.

X Mouse button setup.jpg

[RobDraw]

Here's something for you to check.

Attachment 33900

Make sure the HP mouse is selected. Or, maybe try disabling the mouse on your laptop.

Before you do the reinstall, have you checked this?