Logitech setpoint mouse smartmove4/11/2024 ![]() Showing a warning when your batteries are low.Setpoint has several other handy functions and notifications, such as: The up and down arrows can also be changed. I have bounced around a lot on the functions of these keys and tend to change it up from time to time. Right now I have them assigned to “W” for walls and “P” for planes. Sometimes I have them set for harder to remember shortcuts since “W” and “P” are so easy to hit on the keyboard already. All of these keys can be used for anything you want. If you are already big on shortcut keys you know the time that can be saved when you aren’t on a button hunt all the time.The wheel on top can also be moved left and right and those functions are customizable. For me pushing the button left opens the Elevation View in Structure and Splicing in Engineering. The right turns on and off “view cut” in Structure and opens the “modify bearings” screen in Engineering. ![]() The wheel on top is used for zooming in and out in the MiTek software and for scrolling up in down in documents and text.Moving on to the top of the mouse, I have not changed the functions of the left and right click. They seem pretty important to the mouse for obvious reasons.The third thumb button I have made “Ctrl-A”. I love this function because it is used as “Select All” in most text boxes, it is used to analyze trusses in engineering, and I have set “Ctrl-A” as the shortcut for the tape measure tool in Structure. This allows me to open and close the tape measure very easily without having to scroll back and forth for the button. These three buttons can be customized to anything you would like.The center thumb button is “F7”. This is the standard ‘zoom all” command for MiTek Structure and Engineering. With a slight move of my thumb I can quickly zoom out.My first thumb button is assigned to the enter key. I don’t know how many times I hit the enter key in a day, but it is one of the most used commands for many programs.What can be done with your mouse? I will tell you how I setup the buttons and you can let your imagination run wild with the possibilities! If you are using a standard two or three button mouse you are missing out on a lot of functions that can be quickly done with your mouse hand. I currently use a mouse with 10 customizable buttons. It is wireless and rechargeable so I never have to replace batteries. A good quality mouse may seem expensive but look at the cost over the life of the mouse. I use the MX Laser from Logitech. I have used the same mouse for over eight years, I haven’t bought the first battery and I have used it 40+ hours a week to design literally millions of dollars of trusses. ![]()
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