Zoom/Pan with scroll wheel?

[Archimac]

I have noticed that when I pan or zoom with the mouse scroll wheel it is slow to regenerate and jerky. When I pick the zoom icon and pan/zoom with the wheel it is smooth as silk. I can also pan and zoom with the wheel in autocad even smoother, so I don't think it is a hardware problem.

I really depend on the scroll wheel since I have a notebook. Can anyone offer advice?

Aq

[Scott D Davis]

Ctrl and click and hold the scroll wheel plus move the mouse provides the smoothest, quickest zooming in my opinion. I rarely zoom by 'rolling' the scroll wheel.

[Mr Spot]

I found the easiest method for me in zooming is with the zoom shortcut keys: zz, zx, zc. And then i just hold the roller button down to pan. But i guess its a personal thing...

[JamesVan]

Using my laptop, I have become accustomed to the F8, Shift (spin) and F8, Ctrl (pan) for navigating my Revit models. It's quite easy to navigate with my IBM TrackPoint and this combination, but when I'm docked I use my wheel mouse without any trouble.

[Archimac]

For Me it is just easy to roll the wheel to zoom and press/move to pan. There is no need to press icons or keys. We all have unique preferences which is good.

However, my question is why rolling the wheel would be jerky, but first clicking the icon or key causes it to be smooth. I wonder if the direct entry from the mouse gets translated in a different way. Try just using the mouse and see if performance is degraded. If no one has problems it could be the mouse, but like I said, this is not a problem in autocad. So, probably not a hardware issue.

Aq

[JamesVan]

So you're saying that using the wheel-zoom in Autocad is equally as smooth as using Real-Time Zoom? Hmmm. Maybe your ZOOMFACTOR setting is extremely low. Try this, export a 3D DWG from one of your Revit projects in which wheel zoom is choppy. Then open that file in Autocad and try wheel zoom again. Maybe it's just a matter of how much stuff you are regenerating.

[Archimac]

James Van, I was saying that even in Revit the pan/zoom with the wheel is smooth if I first issue a keyboard command or press the zoom icon. If I just use the wheel directly it is jerky.

[Archimac]

I think I found the problem. I had too many views open and I guess it takes up too much memory.
If true, it would be nice to have an Icon next to the views to show which ones are open. An item for the wish list.

Is there a way to not cashe the views and have them close automatically or limit the number?

Aq

[Scott D Davis]

No, but there is a "Close Hidden Windows" in the Window pull-down, which will close any window thats not currently displayed.

[Archimac]

Thanks, that will save time. Maybe they will add an idication of which views are open later.
It is easy to forget you have so many open.

Stan