create line and pan

keyboard cowboy · February 15th, 2005

does any1 know, for the love of god, how to pan while creating a line in max?
seems like everytime i try to pan the line breaks off and i really want to create a line over a distance greater than i can see on my screen.

thanx! K.C.

STRAT · February 15th, 2005

dunno. just as easily, why not just zoom in/out with your middle mouse wheel?

JamesTaylor · February 15th, 2005

always been a problem, max doesn't seem to like panning when in a command. like Strat suggested use zoom instead.

3dfreelancer · February 15th, 2005

C'mon. Surely a Keyboard Cowboy would know this

Try pressing keyboard "i" - will center view where mousepointer is, even during linecreation. If this doesn't work, your keyboard shortcuts may be set up differently. Lookup the command in your manual or the help menu. Its called "Pan viewport".

(All of this applies at least to max6)

3dfreelancer

Gabriella_A · February 15th, 2005

Don't use the "pan" button...

type "i" on the keyboard and that's all... (while dragging the mouse)
in this way you can scroll in max while drawing...

hope it helped

Gabriella

radii · February 15th, 2005

Coming from AutoCAD and Rhino, I have also been fighting the poor paning abilities in max.
Would anybody know if using a Spaceball 5000 would be the answer to the dilema ? Can that device override the default max setting of "Pan" stoping any operation in progress ?
500 $ is a bit much though :-(

MegaPixel · February 15th, 2005

Perhaps there is a way to Bind the "i" shortcut to your middle mouse button (scroller) so that paning will work the same as it does in AutoCad?

Uh Oh... I think I hear yet another request for AutoCad like functionality in MAX...

February 15th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
keyboard cowboy Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: tel aviv Posts: 17 Name: yaniv ophir	create line and pan does any1 know, for the love of god, how to pan while creating a line in max? seems like everytime i try to pan the line breaks off and i really want to create a line over a distance greater than i can see on my screen. thanx! K.C.

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STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,501 Name: Stephen Leworthy	Re: create line and pan dunno. just as easily, why not just zoom in/out with your middle mouse wheel?

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JamesTaylor Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bradford Age: 27 Posts: 1,280 Name: James Taylor	Re: create line and pan always been a problem, max doesn't seem to like panning when in a command. like Strat suggested use zoom instead.

February 15th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
3dfreelancer Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK Age: 39 Posts: 17 Name: Michael Nielsen	Re: create line and pan C'mon. Surely a Keyboard Cowboy would know this Try pressing keyboard "i" - will center view where mousepointer is, even during linecreation. If this doesn't work, your keyboard shortcuts may be set up differently. Lookup the command in your manual or the help menu. Its called "Pan viewport". (All of this applies at least to max6) 3dfreelancer

February 15th, 2005	#5 (permalink)
Gabriella_A Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Milan/Naples Age: 34 Posts: 64 Name: Gabriella Anzalone	Re: create line and pan Don't use the "pan" button... type "i" on the keyboard and that's all... (while dragging the mouse) in this way you can scroll in max while drawing... hope it helped Gabriella

February 15th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
radii Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 31 Name: Jean-Pierre Mutti	Re: create line and pan Coming from AutoCAD and Rhino, I have also been fighting the poor paning abilities in max. Would anybody know if using a Spaceball 5000 would be the answer to the dilema ? Can that device override the default max setting of "Pan" stoping any operation in progress ? 500 $ is a bit much though :-(

February 15th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
MegaPixel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 397 Name: Super Dave Osborne	Re: create line and pan Perhaps there is a way to Bind the "i" shortcut to your middle mouse button (scroller) so that paning will work the same as it does in AutoCad? Uh Oh... I think I hear yet another request for AutoCad like functionality in MAX...

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