How To Use Blender Without A Mouse
Now you can rotate by holding down alt and the left mouse button.
How to use blender without a mouse. To select an object press command apple mouse button. If you enable number pad emulation then you can select the different views from the number keys at the top of the keyboard and you can select the visible layers in the footer of the 3d view window. To rotate the view press option mouse button and drag. Command apple mouse button right mouse button. For discrete steps use the hotkeys ctrl numpad8 ctrl numpad2 ctrl numpad4 and ctrl numpad6 as with orbiting note.
If you want to try and emulate the mmb press down alt and the lmb. Alt lmb will emulate the mmb s view rotation function. Using blender without a 3 button mouse is not really recommended but sometimes you have to get by with the tools you have available. To pan the view hold down shift and drag mmb in the 3d viewport. To do that head over to your user preferences and explore the input section and choose emulate 3 button mouse.
This function appears to be well supported in blender in conjunction with modifier keys. In blender go to edit preferences. If you like thi. Using a trackpad in blender. But before we begin using it we ll need to tell blender that we don t actually have a regular three button mouse attached to the system.
How to use blender without a scroll wheel. You can replace ctrl with shift. Don t have a 3 button mouse or are you on a laptop. To pan the view press shift option mouse button and drag. Go to edit preferences input and enable enable 3 button mouse.
You can use blender without a number pad by either using the view menu or by enabling number pad emulation. The first thing we need to do is turn on 3 button mouse emulation. Moves the view up down left and right. It s a nice two hand operation hold down the alt and lmb with your left hand and use the touchpad with your right hand to navigate. Option mouse button middle mouse button.