Can you share your autoHotKey script ?

@Kenneth I use a 3D connection CAD Mouse (and CAD Mouse wireless) with Ai and have an 'AutoHotKey' Script setup so that when I use the middle mouse button in Ai it clicks L Mouse and Spacebar to active drag panning. Very helpful and might save you some clicks and moves.

I've worked with 3d modeling and vector design for 15 years, but I don't have much longer because I'm trashing my arm and wrist from scroll wheel zooming and panning. 3d connection has developed a mouse that is made to relieve this. The Cad mouse has a third button that replaces the resistance of the scroll wheel as a button for panning and has advanced zoom controls on the side buttons. In a addition, the space mouse 3d mouse could be used for pan and zoom with the left hand to relieve the right hand. Even though these job saving and health saving products have been on the market for years, Adobe still does not support 3dconnextion mice in illustrator. It's 2020, and each update to illustrator makes it more unstable ... Can we get some expanded mouse support at least?

yes please!!!

Dear Adobe,

Thank you for your interest in increasing the functionality of Illustrator.

Requests for 3D Connexion Space Mouse:
Pan, Zoom, and Rotate of objects (and View Port if possible)would be fantastic.

I vote for it ! It's could be really awesome to bring support of 3D Mouse

Please add this capability - major miss by not having.

Pan, zoom, and ROTATE page! I draw with Illustrator and that would be huge to have this functionality.

This would be outstanding! Just simple pan/zoom functionality is all that would be needed and would help increase my productivity and workflow tremendously.

dear god why is this not in already!!

Yes Yes Yes Please!! The mouse use in Illustrator has always put me off. It should at least be customisable, like most other creative software. Adding 3D Connexion functionality to just Zoom and Pan would really improve workflow, especially when working between CAD and Ai

Originally posted in the forums:

I am aware that this has been asked before, but I have not found an adequate answer.

I have always disliked the methods used by Illustrator for pan and zoom functions.

I have been using a program called X-Mouse Button Control to remap the functions of the mouse wheel and middle click to pan and zoom operations. For panning, this works well: Middle click to pan. In X-Mouse, the middle click is replaced with a macro that will hold the space key, and simulate a click/hold of the left mouse button. This allows panning in a way that is similar to many other programs I use daily.

The zoom, however, is a bit more difficult. By remapping the mouse-wheel-up/mouse-wheel-down to include holding the 'alt' key, I can zoom in and out. The issue appears when I hover over the Transform dimensions and/or position of an object. Since the 'alt' key is held, it copies the selected object at each click of the wheel. While this can make for some very interesting geometric designs, it is no quite what I'm after.

I've recently acquired a 3Dconnexion Space Navigator for AutoCAD work. It has improved my workflow tremendously in AutoCAD.

I reached out to 3Dconnexion about support for Illustrator, and they placed the ball squarely in your court, Adobe!

What say ye? Can we get simple Pan/Zoom control for our 3D devices?

/end rant

Thanks for listening.

Yes please! Adding this sort of functionality would greatly improve my workflow.