Tom Crawford Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I normally use an Apple Magic Mouse, however, it does not have the normal 'Wheel' button that many other mice have. Is any one here using the more traditional mouse with a wheel button and if so does it work in SketchUp on a Mac to Orbit and Pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boelkers Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I don't use a Mac, but being in the IT profession I can tell you that you can get any computer mouse and use it on a Mac and the buttons will function like they do on a Windows system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I have a Logitech that I use with my Mac that I am pretty happy with. It's wireless, it has a dongle that you slide into one of your USB ports. I think the model # is M310. I got it at Office Depot for around $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Try out a regular PC mouse on the Mac to see if the scroll wheel works. Of course you will not have any gesture control (pinching etc) with such an input device.I have a Macbook and only ever use its trackpad even with Sketchup. I have many pcs too and use the scroll wheel as you have suggested on Sketchup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I also use a track pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lang Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I've tried to use the Mac mice, and watched numerous people struggle with SketchUp trying to use them. When I teach SketchUp, the first lesson people on Macs get is to buy a 3-button scroll wheel mouse. It doesn't need to be fancy (bells and whistles can create more problems), you can get a nice one almost anywhere for around $20.The mouse is the key to working efficiently in SketchUp. The scroll wheel is the easiest way to zoom and orbit, something you need to do with almost everything you do. Right-clcking (foreign to a lot of Mac users) brings up context menus that contain options that are otherwise tedious to get to. I could go on and on, and in fact I already have. Here is a blog post about navigating with the mouse and here is one about the different types of clicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I have a Mac and use a Bluetooth Microsoft branded mouse and it works just fine... I don't use it with Sketchup as I use my desktop windows pc for that. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Crawford Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Thanks all! I'm off to get one tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanPatterson Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I use a Logitech MX Master. It is the best of both worlds because you can configure all of the buttons to function in a similar way to the magic mouse as well as adding the buttons to make CAD drawing and navigating a 3D environment easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Crawford Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Thanks Jordan, I did buy a Logitech but not that one. However that thumb button does look interesting. I'm going to put this one on a wish list. The scroll wheel on the one I bought is somewhat 'jumpy'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 On December 6, 2015 at 0:35 PM, Chet K. said: I have a Logitech that I use with my Mac that I am pretty happy with. It's wireless, it has a dongle that you slide into one of your USB ports. I think the model # is M310. I got it at Office Depot for around $20. I have this same mouse and really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I'm not one to typically buy "cheap" but I couldn't resist trying this Amazon branded mouse when I needed a replacement for my laptop sketchup sessions. You really can't beat it for the price: http://amzn.to/1T1bYGu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I won't tolerate using a corded mouse any more. How am I supposed to iron my clothes while surfing the inter webs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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