AutoCAD Forums >AutoCAD >AutoCAD Beginners' Area >Having problem with zoom/pan. Problem, use zoom extents to go as far as it. Problem in AutoCAD.

Hi Why not scroll the wheel button to Zoom In & Out? (look as using ZoomFactor with this) Take a look at system variable MButtonPan. Have a good one, Mike Ok, let me rephrase my original problem: I understand how to use the wheel to zoom in and out.

What I'm having problems with is that the wheel onmy mouse (a ghetto Logitech Mouse) is so sensitive that it depresses accidentally and easily and zooms me out of where I am. I'm looking for a way to disable this feature so this doesn't happen to me until I get a better mouse. I haven't done it. But Redefining the Middlebutton. I believe would be done under the ACAD.mnu. Under AUX BUTTONS.

I've given this advise when asked about change shortcut menus via the middle button. Also when others wanted to change the F key function.

I've directed others to do it there. The editing of the ACAD.mnu worked for both situations. So I wonder if that would be your solution. I haven't done it.

But I've played with it for other purposes. Pretty much just follow the same format under whichever catagory you're going to play with. (And REMEMBER TO BACKUP before you modify any FILE):p.

Oh, I havn't experienced this yet. I rarely use the zoom tools now and rely on the realtime pan and zoom using the wheel button.So far this has been fine. I often get total lockups when using the 3d orbit command in certain predefined templates though. Matt 'andylewis' wrote in message news:f04c82e.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb.

Does anyone know if Autodesk has made any official proclamations as to a fix for the infamous fatal exception error/crash while panning and zooming with the wheel button in ACAD2000 and related products. My NT locked up all the time when I first installed 2000: Mouse and video card software updates fixed it, and now it only crashes once a week. -- Dean Saadallah www.pendean.com --- 'Jamie Duncan' wrote in message news:C703441D940CDB89AA6513E54B3EC601@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb.

>Which OS are you using. I've seen this in win ME but not NT or W2K. >>Jamie >andylewis wrote in message news:f04c82e.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >Does anyone know if Autodesk has made any official proclamations as to a fix for the infamous fatal exception error/crash while panning and zooming with the wheel button in ACAD2000 and related products.. Has anyone experienced problems with microsft wheelmice being somewhat sensitive to fast scrolls ie doing a zoom extents if you scroll the wheel too quickly?

Our logitech wheelmouse is much more stable. I tried to use the microsft troubleshooting the wheel option and got a minor improvement. Also is it possible to alter the zoom extents function to an intelligent zoom center? Ie if scrolling to zoom out as the last scroll do a (command '.zoom' 'c' ' '0.5x'), and if you were zooming in do a a (command '.zoom' 'c' ' '2x') for example? Just curious Jamie Duncan Dean Saadallah wrote in message news:9653139C524FAB9907C2F159D8F6281C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb.

>My NT locked up all the time when I first installed 2000: Mouse >and video card software updates fixed it, and now it only crashes >once a week. >>-- >Dean Saadallah >www.pendean.com >--- >'Jamie Duncan' wrote in message >news:C703441D940CDB89AA6513E54B3EC601@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >>Which OS are you using. I've seen this in win ME but not NT or >W2K. >>>>Jamie >>andylewis wrote in message >news:f04c82e.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >>Does anyone know if Autodesk has made any official >proclamations as to a fix for the infamous fatal exception >error/crash while panning and zooming with the wheel button in >ACAD2000 and related products. ZOOMFACTOR sets the speed of the zoom, higher the # the faster it zooms in/out.

If you double click on the middle button it zooms extents Steve Jamie Duncan wrote: >Has anyone experienced problems with microsft wheelmice being somewhat >sensitive to fast scrolls ie doing a zoom extents if you scroll the wheel >too quickly? Our logitech wheelmouse is much more stable. I tried to use the >microsft troubleshooting the wheel option and got a minor improvement. Also >is it possible to alter the zoom extents function to an intelligent zoom >center?

>>ie if scrolling to zoom out as the last scroll do a (command '.zoom' 'c' ' >'0.5x'), and if you were zooming in do a a (command '.zoom' 'c' ' '2x') for >example? >>Just curious >>Jamie Duncan >>Dean Saadallah wrote in message >news:9653139C524FAB9907C2F159D8F6281C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >>>My NT locked up all the time when I first installed 2000: Mouse >>and video card software updates fixed it, and now it only crashes >>once a week. >>>>-- >>Dean Saadallah >>www.pendean.com >>--- >>'Jamie Duncan' wrote in message >>news:C703441D940CDB89AA6513E54B3EC601@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >>>>>Which OS are you using.

I've seen this in win ME but not NT or >>>>W2K. >>>>>Jamie >>>andylewis wrote in message >>>>news:f04c82e.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >>>>>Does anyone know if Autodesk has made any official >>>>proclamations as to a fix for the infamous fatal exception >>error/crash while panning and zooming with the wheel button in >>ACAD2000 and related products. Yes, thank you Steve, that's what i wrote.

I was really wondering if that function could be disabled or changed, and how? Are you saying that it can't be changed? Alicia S Keys Vst Torrent Download here.

Jamie Steve P wrote in message news:3AFDB4CD.5090402@yahoo.com. >ZOOMFACTOR sets the speed of the zoom, higher the # the >faster it zooms in/out. >If you double click on the middle button it zooms extents >>Steve >>Jamie Duncan wrote: >>>Has anyone experienced problems with microsft wheelmice being somewhat >>sensitive to fast scrolls ie doing a zoom extents if you scroll the wheel >>too quickly? Our logitech wheelmouse is much more stable.

I tried to use the >>microsft troubleshooting the wheel option and got a minor improvement. Also >>is it possible to alter the zoom extents function to an intelligent zoom >>center? >>>>ie if scrolling to zoom out as the last scroll do a (command '.zoom' 'c' ' >>'0.5x'), and if you were zooming in do a a (command '.zoom' 'c' ' '2x') for >>example? >>>>Just curious >>>>Jamie Duncan >>>>Dean Saadallah wrote in message >>news:9653139C524FAB9907C2F159D8F6281C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >>>>>My NT locked up all the time when I first installed 2000: Mouse >>>and video card software updates fixed it, and now it only crashes >>>once a week. >>>>>>-- >>>Dean Saadallah >>>www.pendean.com >>>--- >>>'Jamie Duncan' wrote in message >>>news:C703441D940CDB89AA6513E54B3EC601@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb. >>>>>>>Which OS are you using.

I've seen this in win ME but not NT or >>>>>>W2K. >>>>>>>Jamie >>>>andylewis wrote in message >>>>>>news:f04c82e.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb.

>>>>>>>Does anyone know if Autodesk has made any official >>>>>>proclamations as to a fix for the infamous fatal exception >>>error/crash while panning and zooming with the wheel button in >>>ACAD2000 and related products.

Computer-Aided Design This is a place to talk about anything related to CAD. Share CAD related news, ask questions about CAD software, ask how to get into the business or show of your latest 3D model. Computer-Aided Design, or just CAD, describes the use of computer software to assist in the creation, modification, analysis or optimization of a design. CAD software is used for creating 3D models, technical drawings and documentation for manufacturing of a product, construction of a building or civil works. Ok, how do I get over this? I got this program almost a year ago and only recently it started saying this and being unusable.

Works fine on school computers too. From google results I see this problem has existed since 1999 at least, and no one has made a tutorial or anything how to solve it yet, seems hopeless.

I read from another reddit post a little about how the zooming works and all that, but no solution really. I just want to use the program like I used it on my laptop until now, and am still using it in school. I never had to 'regen' all the time or anything, so that is not going to be the real solution. To clarify the issue, basically the farthest I can zoom out is 150mm wide on the screen, using the mouse wheel that is. This same wireless USB-mouse used to work perfectly well up until now, I have also used 3 different USB-keyboards from time to time without problems.

Also used a generic USB PS3 controller earlier with x360ce, didn't cause problems. Now I've used a real PS3 controller connected to a USB port since June or something, I had to install Motioninjoy drivers and use Better DS3, and it only works through some of the USB ports, but that never caused problems before either. Just in case anyone wants to know, AutoCAD does have zoom limits. Both zooming out and in. Drawing coordinates are represented by floating point numbers in AutoCAD.

Those numbers give a very large drawing space (you can draw the solar system at millimeter scale). But if you get too far out or too far in the accuracy of those floating point numbers degrades.

It stops you from zooming before that happens. However, thats not what is happening in this case. This answer is the proper solution. Basically there is nothing to show so it doesn't want to do the math? Same basic thing happens if you want to zoom way in. At first you can't and then you regen and then you can't zoom all the way out again. Basically I think acad can keep track of a set number of pixels in memory, so at some point have to tell it what area you care about.

I'm sure there are better technical names for all that, but that's the idea. Because of the issue you are seeing I like start my drawings with something that is the order of magnitude of what I'm drawing. A long line 10inch, 10feet, 10miles, etc., or a scaled title block. I can always change it later but it seems to help.

At some point it is supposed to happen, but not at 150mm. As I explained, it wasn't like this before, and it isn't like this at school. I never have to type any zoom commands at school when I do the same drawings, it works just in the right range of zooming automatically there. My drawings are usually somewhere in the range of 2000x2000mm, and normally I can zoom all out and close enough in with the mouse wheel without any extra hassle.

Now on my laptop I can automatically zoom only 150mm wide out, when the drawing is 2000mm wide. I don't see it being hardware related either as my laptop is very likely more powerful than the school desktops, and it used to work the same way on my laptop. Some good suggestions in this thread, but none who actually adress your underlying problem. I'm guessing you are not american? Autocad is though, and is set to draw in inches. So when you draw in mm your model is much larger than the preset model space. Because 150 mm in 150 units is larger than 6 inches in 6 units.

Have you set your drawing limits? Go to format->drawing limits and enter a number larger than your model. I draw mostly residential houses, so I set my limits to 0 (20x30 meters). If your piece is about 150 mm, put in first lower left corner 0,0 and upper, right corner 200,300.

Then when you zoom extents by typing ze, enter it should zoom to your entire drawing.