Scroll wheel sketchUp or CAD zoom in/out

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Scroll wheel sketchUp or CAD zoom in/out

I use several CAD or CAD-like programs that are browser-based applications. In the world of CAD one zooms closer to or farther from an object they are designing, normally using the mouse scroll wheel. This the first time I have tried these functions on an iPad with BT mouse. The iPad recognizes the mouse scroll wheel in a browser page like this website, and it moves the view up and down. But when working in the browser window for SketchUp (the browser based CAD app I’m using today) mouse scroll wheel does nothing.

Anyone experienced this? Is there a setting either in iOS or Safari that will allow me to zoom in and out of the view, instead of just up and down a webpage?

ps: When just generally using my mouse scroll wheel in iOS it works backwards, i.e. scrolls down when the wheel I rolled back, up when the wheel goes forward. The is usually adjustable somewhere, like the driver, or specific apps, but I can’t find a control for it anywhere.

iPad (9th generation)

Posted on Jun 15, 2023 6:09 PM

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jksh25 Author

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Jun 15, 2023 6:47 PM in response to jksh25

And just loaded up Chrome and the zoom and out works perfectly for SketchUp in Chrome. So Now I will look for a setting in Safari, so that it will mimic the functionality in Chrome.

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jksh25 Author

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Jun 15, 2023 6:26 PM in response to jksh25

Okay, for native iOS function of the scroll wheel Apple have decided that some scrolling is “natural” (wheel forward, scroll down), and apparently I am unnatural. Solution found here: Change mouse settings on iPad - Apple Support

This DOES NOT resolve the first problem of zooming in and out of CAD view window with the scroll wheel. Still working on that.

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jksh25 Author

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Jun 15, 2023 7:05 PM in response to jksh25

The answer is that SketchUp users need to use Chrome to use mouse scroll wheel zoom in/out function until Safari gets an improvement.

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MichelPM

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Jun 15, 2023 6:31 PM in response to jksh25

Mouse features are limited on iPad.

Mouse scroll wheel on iPad may not support zoom and pan on iPad.

Sorry.

Again iPads are not a laptop/desktop computers.

iPads have limitations.

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MichelPM

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Jun 15, 2023 6:16 PM in response to jksh25

You can't use the pinch to zoom feature of an iPad to zoom the screen?

Other drawing apps for iPad use pinching fingers inward or outward to zoom the image.

Try it on a Web browser page.

Then, use your finger to pan around the screen.

iPads are not a laptop or desktop computer. iPads are touch screen devices.

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jksh25 Author

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Jun 15, 2023 6:35 PM in response to MichelPM

Ah, thanks mate. Pinch works.

I didn’t know (sarcasm) an iPad wasn’t a desktop or laptop. iPads ARE NOT merely touchscreen devices any longer. We’re moving forward. Expanding functionality to grasp more uses and users.

I want to use it my way. iPads use mice now. They are replacing laptops every day. So if a company wants to replace another technology they offer users the ability to do something the “Apple” way, or the “Customer” way. Either/or, not one way only. (Apple added pen like WACOM. Added mouse, like rest of the computing world.)

If you make tablets and you only want customers who limit themselves to using touch screens forever (obviously not), don’t make them mouse compatible, or for that matter PEN compatible.

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