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

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi Folks,

 

My laptop died recently and I had to get a new one then reinstall my AutoCAD 2010 software. Trouble is the mouse wheel no longer zooms or, when held down, pans any more. I have spent the last couple of hours trying to sort this but to no avail - nothing happens when I use the mousewheel at all. SO frustrating as I use this all the time!

 

Any tips on what to do to resolve this would be HUGELY appreciated - many thanks in advance. I run Windows 7 Pro OS and the mouse is a fairly basic HP model with two buttons and a wheel. (maybe I need to upgrade the thing...!)

 

Thanks, Dave

[ReMark]

MBUTTONPAN

 

Controls the behavior of the third button or wheel on the pointing device.

 

Check this out...http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=4499706&linkID=9240617

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi ReMark,

 

Thanks for your reply but tried that one - changing the value to both 1 and 0 - no effect at all. Its as if the mouse itself is dead but it works perfectly fine in every other respect. I will try the link though - many thanks.

[Davidbrittain11]

ReMark,

I have looked at the link you gave - relevent, thanks, but not helpful asthere is no drop down list when I go to the 'buttons' tab in the 'mouseproperties' dialogue, as it says there should be! So I went to the link at thebottom of the page, changed the MBUTTONPAN value to 0 as it said, then beneaththat it says:

'If the MBUTTONPAN system variable is set to 0, and the problem persists,try restoring a valid acad.mns menu file from the installation CD forthe Autodesk® product'.

Any idea what that means I need to do?? Some of these instructions assume weare all IT guru's I think. I have no idea what that means I need to try to dobut I will stick in the CD and see what I can make happen! Thanks again.

[ReMark]

Have you check your mouse properties in the Windows Control Panel? Is there a setting for "AutoScroll"?

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi,

 

There are no options to set 'autoscroll' in Windows 7 Pro. All I get under the 'wheel' tab when I am in 'mouse properties' is two options dealing with the amount that vertically scrolls, nothing else! It seems like everyone else has an autoscroll option which might resolve this.

 

I just think I'll have to try a newer mouse. Trying to get an updated driver for this old HP one to see if that might work has proved a challenge for the last 30 mins as well. Bang goes a mornings proper work....!

[SLW210]

Try X MOUSE BUTTON CONTROL it is free.

[oddbob]

Is this a non-branded / cheap-*** mouse by any chance?

Edited March 26, 2012 by SLW210

[f700es]

Do you use any 3rd party mouse software? If so disable/uninstall this and see if it helps.

Nice last name btw

[SLW210]

the mouse is a fairly basic HP model with two buttons and a wheel. (maybe I need to upgrade the thing...!)

 

Thanks, Dave

 

Is this a non-branded / cheap-*** mouse by any chance?

 

The brand of mouse is mentioned, was there a particular need to use foul language?

[Davidbrittain11]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Problem still persists but its weird - I take the mouse to work, plug it into my work Dell laptop which runs AutoCAD 2010 and it pans and zooms with the wheel no problem.

 

Then I bring it home, plug it into my home laptop (Dell again) running AutoCAD 2010 and the wheel is next to useless!

 

So its not that its a cheap **** mouse! Its something else that I can't work out. Frustrating. I will keep looking at solutions.

[Dadgad]

Check the value for your ZOOMFACTOR? Valid values are in the range of 3 to 100, with 100 being the highest value available.

Edited March 27, 2012 by Dadgad

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi,

 

Changing ZOOMFACTOR does nothing I'm afraid. Mousewheel still useless and I now had no idea how to get the damn thing panning and zooming. Why does it work when I plug it into my work laptop running the exact same AutoCAD version, but not on my home laptop??

 

The work laptop is running Windows XP Pro whereas I run Windows 7 Pro which might be the cause. But how to rectify that?? No idea - will keep looking!

 

Thanks

Dave

[SLW210]

It is your mouse driver maybe. Are you using 32-bit or 64-bit OS? Did you try the program I recommended?

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi SLW210,

 

Thanks for the reply - yes, I tried the mouse tool re. the link you posted but there is no option for choosing AutoCAD as the application with which to tailor the mouse button/wheel clicks so it's of no help.

 

I run Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit so I can only presume that's the problem here but when I try to download an updated mouse driver I get a message that the current driver is the most up to date and that everything is fine - which it is not!! Grrrrr

 

So back to square one. Very frustrating but par for the course with IT......!!

[SLW210]

I use X Mouse Button Control just for AutoCAD, are you following the instructions? You just click Add and browse to the application file (ACAD.exe).

[Davidbrittain11]

SLW210,

 

Many thanks but, as ever with IT, its not straighforward it seems. I clicked 'add' to try to browse to 'ACAD.exe' but there is no such file located in any of the folders under the AutoCAD 2010 folder in the C;Programs directory. I can see nothing with that file extension but it must be somewhere!! I have unhidden

 

So where is ACAD.exe located exactly so I can browse to it?? Sorry - not that up with this sort of stuff and its never as easy as it should be!

 

Thanks loads,

Dave

[f700es]

Hey David, did you ever check to see if your home laptop is running any 3rd party mouse software? I have seen this mess up AutoCAD before. I can almost bet that it is not Win7 doing this. I have a new Dell laptop running Win7 Home Prem 64-bit and my mouse works just fine. Honestly it should be plug and play. Did it ever work with this laptop? Have you tried another mouse just to eliminate a hardware problem? Sorry you are having just a time

[Davidbrittain11]

Hi F700ES,

 

Thanks for the post and your sympathies! This is doing my head I must admit. Yes it should be plug and play like everything else has been with my new Dell laptop and win 7 but not this issue. I tried plugging in a dell Mouse my wife uses which pans and zooms fine on her Acer machine when running the AutoCAD LT2008 vesion she has, but again, plug it into mine and - nothing.

[SLW210]

In AutoCAD commandline (findfile "acad.exe") should display the path.