I’m trying to replicate my MoI workflow with Rhino and the first thing I ran into is the default trackpad actions on Magic Trackpad (MacBook & standalone devices). Specifically, I want the default two-finger swipe to pan, not rotate. It does so in the top/down/side views, but not in perspective, where it rotates slowly for some reason. The rotate once the two fingers are pressed works as expected (speed-wise).
I’m aware I can use shift/cmd/etc and swipe to initiate some of these actions, but I’m looking specifically for advice on how to remove the default rotate and swap it to pan instead to align with the other views.
As a bonus question: how can I disable the momentum/inertia applied to pans/rotates? That’s nice to have sometimes, but not as a default. I want the canvas - in whatever view - to “stick” to my fingers. The speed of any gesture in Rhino always seems a bit “off”.
Here’s a comparison:
One-handed precise navigation is pretty important to me as I usually have notes or objects in my left hand and can quickly navigate the scene to compare just with my right.
As you likely will have guessed, these defaults have been around for quite some time and are by design. Many users have ingrained muscle memory at this point, so changing them is fraught…and as with any thing like this, people have preferences.
It sounds like you are aware of holding down shift to get the Pan behavior in Perspective, but that doesn’t work for you. If I’m tracking you correctly , you’d like a user setting that does not require holding down the shift key. Do I have that right? If so, we can likely accomodate that and I can log an issue (though to be clear: we are not changing the default behavior).
Again, we’ll not be changing defaults, but I wonder if we can still accomodate your preferences. Let me make sure I understand them.
First, please try this:
Navigate to macOS’s System Settings
Find the Accessibility section, and then navigate to Pointer Control > Trackpad Options… > Use inertia when scrolling and disable it.
Go back to Rhino and test out the behavior in the Perspective viewport when using the Trackpad.
Is that any better? If you tweak the Scroll speed in that same dialog, you might be able to get closer to what you’re looking for.
PS: I can’t tell from the video, but I think you’re using Rhino 8 for Mac. Is that right?
As someone with a lot of accumulated Fusion muscle memory, I would also really love an option to switch the pan and orbit behaviour w.r.t. the shift key (i.e. two fingers pans, two fingers + shift orbits). Thanks!
This is a request that comes up with some regularity over at least the past 10 years. I think it’s captured in this request that’s been around for quite awhile:
RH-31346 Wish: UI Navigation Presets to mimic other software
There’s a lot of plumbing that needs to be done to accommodate this, so I want to calibrate expectations. I do think we’ve been heading in the right direction toward this though over the past couple releases…but we’re certainly not there yet.
, you’d like a user setting that does not require holding down the shift key. Do I have that right? If so, we can likely accomodate that and I can log an issue (though to be clear: we are not changing the default behavior).
(i.e. two fingers pans, two fingers + shift orbits). Thanks!