Modifying Dimensions with the Scroll Wheel Simply click the scroll wheel over a file tab to close the document or a document window. The key here is if the component is highlighted, the Pathfinder scrolls, else the model zooms in/out. If the mouse pointer is inside the Pathfinder region but not on a component name, the model zooms in/out since this implies the mouse pointer is in the graphics area. If the mouse pointer is right on a component name, the Pathfinder scrolls. Be careful with the mouse pointer location. Turn the mouse wheel over the Assembly Pathfinder to scroll the components. So this is a nice lazy way to access a tab without having to actually turn your wrist and click a ribbon tab Give it a try today! Scrolling the mouse wheel with the cursor over the ribbon bar or the Solid Edge title bar or the Quick Access Toolbar changes the active tab on the ribbon bar. Alt + wheel drag window is Zoom Area in the Draft environment too.Keeping the Control Key pressed, scroll wheel press-and-drag Zooms In/Out the sheet.

Keep the Control key pressed and double-click the wheel in the Draft environment to Zoom Fit only the background sheet as shown below: Keep the Shift key pressed and double-click the wheel in the Draft environment to Zoom Fit only the drawing objects and drawing views without any consideration for the background sheet as shown below: Note: The option to reverse the zoom direction is available in the Draft environment too.Дouble-clicking the scroll wheel Zoom Fits in the Draft environment as well and here the background sheet plays an important role.Д«y default, double-clicking the scroll wheel will Zoom Fit the Background sheet and the drawing objects or drawing views placed outside the sheet boundaries as shown in the image below: The view will then pan instead of zooming on turning the mouse wheel. In the Draft environment, scrolling the mouse wheel will zoom in and out but this behavior can be changed by enabling the scroll bars from the Options dialog. This is significant compared to the View Overrides dialog which allows only 3 presets. Keep the Control and Shift keys pressed together and turn the scroll wheel to get a perspective added to your view with 12 levels of fine tuning. Keep the Alt key pressed and press-and-drag the wheel to start the Zoom Area command.ДЄdditionally keeping the Control key pressed allows zooming in an area centered around the drag start point.ДЇinally, double-clicking the scroll wheel will Zoom Fit the view. Keep the Control key pressed and press-and-drag the wheel to zoom in a much smoother way as opposed to the jerky or incremental zoom with each tick of the scroll wheel. Keep the Shift key pressed and press-and-drag the wheel to Pan Scroll wheel press-and-drag rotates the view This setting can be toggled in the Options dialog under the View tab: So perhaps to accommodate such users migrating from other CAD systems, a setting was introduced where the default scroll wheel behavior could be reversed. For some of them, turning the scroll wheel ahead or вЂupвЂ™ gives a sense of getting up-close with the model which is zooming in to the view.

Not many other CAD programs have the same notion. In the process of turning the wheel ahead the finger moves вЂawayвЂ™ giving the feeling that the model too is moving away, which in reality is simply zooming out of the view. In any of the 3D environments вЂ“ Part, Assembly or Sheetmetal вЂ“ turning the scroll wheel zooms the model. If you are using the scroll wheel on the mouse in Solid Edge for merely zooming or rotating the view then this article is for you.Д®ven if you know a few more uses of the scroll wheel in Solid Edge, you will still be amazed to discover how much more the tiny wheel can accomplish.

Mouse wheel zooms instead of scrolls