How do I fix the rotation behavior?

padcom

Check this out:

https://youtu.be/6sIN9joZNPQ

My brain is completely incompatible with what is being considered default behavior for view manipulation. The only app that does it right is Tinkercad. How can I make Onshape behave like Tinkercad? Above all, how can I make the part not run away when I want to look at it from a different angle? It's so extremely frustrating....

Matt_Shields

Rotation in different programs always takes a little getting used to.  In Onshape, you definitely want to be cognizant of where your mouse is before you click and drag.  That makes a big difference.  See below.

Personally, I'm glad Onshape doesn't behave like Tinkercad

padcom

Matt, that’s great you like it. Doesn't mean it is the same for everybody. For me it is a blocker that I will not be able to overcome. So I guess it's the end for me since you like it the way it is now. Brilliant. That's what I was looking for. 

bryan_lagrange

You can change the mouse controls under preferences in My Account. There is no TinkerCAD related controls but maybe one of the other non default settings could work better.

sebastian_treu

rotating on onshape is madness… Proof of that is that doing the same gesture you end up in a different place everytime… it's sick

rick_randall

Have you filed an "improvement request" to add tinkercad movement to the list of defaults? If it gets enough votes then the devs might add it to the list, this is the only way it will happen. Having said that, I agree with @Matt_Shields - it really doesn't take that long for default onshape movement to become an intuitive reflex, if you will just give it a short time (it does get easier - and I know it's probably not what you want to hear).

NeilCooke

@sebastian_treu that is the same behaviour for SolidWorks/Inventor/Creo/CATIA/NX et al. We are never going to have a TinkerCAD setting, but you can emulate it by setting your preferences to "Set default rotation behavior to constrained rotate"