5 Replies Latest reply on Sep 21, 2011 10:13 AM by John Sweeney

Preventing pitch when rotating with mouse

Neeraj Bhagat Sep 21, 2011 8:31 AM

When I rotate parts it seems like no matter how horizontal my mouse movement is, the part that I rotate keeps pitching down. I was trying to find options to disable pitch but havn't found anything. Does anyone else have this problem and would like to share a solution?

Thanks

Re: Preventing pitch when rotating with mouse

Greg Hynd Sep 21, 2011 8:44 AM (in response to Neeraj Bhagat)

Get a 3D mouse?
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  Neeraj Bhagat Sep 21, 2011 9:00 AM (in response to Greg Hynd)
  
  I would love to but I'm not prepared for another learning curve.
  
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    Scott McFadden Sep 21, 2011 9:05 AM (in response to Neeraj Bhagat)
    
    Have you tried looking at the setup options for the mouse to
    adjust the sensitivity?
    
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Re: Preventing pitch when rotating with mouse

Wayne Tiffany Sep 21, 2011 9:09 AM (in response to Neeraj Bhagat)

One option is that when you want to rotate only in one direction, use the arrow keys. In the Options area you can set the amount of rotation per keypress. Another option is to MMB on a vertical line, move off that line, and then rotate with the MMB. At that point the model will rotate about that line only. You can pick any edge to use.

WT
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- Re: Preventing pitch when rotating with mouse
  
  John Sweeney Sep 21, 2011 10:13 AM (in response to Wayne Tiffany)
  
  You can also rotate the view by clicking one of the colored axes in the lower-left corner of your part or assembly document. Clicking an axis will orient the model so that the selected axis is normal to the screen. Shift+click will rotate the model about the selected axis, and Ctrl+Shift+Click will rotate in the opposite direction about the selected axis.
  
  -John
  
  P.S. - for a complete overview of view manipulation, check out Jim's blog post: https://forum.solidworks.com/community/solidworks/user_interface/blog/2009/11/13/how-do-i-manipulate-my-model-view-let-me-count-the-ways
  
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