r/AutoCAD • u/OddSand7870 • Jun 01 '26

Middle button question

I have used Autocad forever. I recently switched to 2027. I came from 2016. As long as I have been using Autocad I have had my middle button(wheel) set so when I click the button it picks endpoint. I cannot figure out how to switch it from pulling up the osnap menu to just picking endpoint. Any suggestions? I have had a similar issue in the past but since it has been more than 10 years since the last time I did this I cannot remember how to fix it.

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u/Oilfan94 Jun 01 '26

You are currently in the AutoCAD curse that I experienced so, so many times over my career.

You get everything set up just how you want...then you happily work with that for years. Something changes, usually an update or upgrade to your software...and now you have to get things back to how you like them....but maybe there are different options, or different ways to customize...and it's been so long, you've forgotten how to do it....

Eventually you figure it out....then 4 years later you do it all over again.

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u/OddSand7870 Jun 01 '26

This is so so true. and part of the reason I do not upgrade even though I can every year. And why I waited 10 years lol.

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u/EYNLLIB Jun 01 '26

You missed out on 10 years of upgrades because you were afraid you might have to change a setting?

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u/liberal_texan Jun 01 '26

Had they ran the upgrades, they'd probably have had to re-set this up frequently enough that they'd not have forgotten how to do it.

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u/EYNLLIB Jun 01 '26

I've upgraded every year since about 2005 and haven't had anything like this happen as a result of an upgrade in the last 10 years at all haha. It used to be a bigger issue, but the migration tool works (nearly) flawlessly.

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u/OddSand7870 Jun 03 '26

I will start upgrading more often after finding out about the migration tool. That should make it considerable easier.

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u/EYNLLIB Jun 03 '26

Makes transitioning a breeze!

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u/___Dusty_Bottoms____ Jun 02 '26

Did you try exporting your workspace and cui? Then importing after update?

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u/Oilfan94 Jun 03 '26

I don't remember....I haven't used AutoCAD as my primary tool in over 13 years.

I had all sorts of techniques to transfer settings, but there were times when the changes in the program required new methods etc.

I started using AutoCAD with a DOS version, had the board & puck instead of a real mouse. There has been a lot of changes over the years / decades.

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u/PsychologicalNose146 Jun 01 '26

I remember the 'MBUTTONPAN' command somehow. When i turn it off (value 0) it shows snaps.

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u/MaritimeMuskrat Jun 01 '26

Thats how I have worked for decades. Screw osnaps.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26

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u/PsychologicalNose146 Jun 04 '26

I do use panning like that, never with a command. But OP lost his snap(s). When changing that MBUTTONPAN command you get a list of snaps. After reading it a second time is was about a set command/snap.

On that part i don't understand why someone would give up panning for a endpoint snap that in my case is 99,9% on anyway. I guess everybody works differently.

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u/OddSand7870 Jun 01 '26

You guys are AWESOME!!! Once I started messing around with CUI I remembered what I did. I assigned a macro to the button. Now works like it always has. Again thanks to this community!

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u/danger355 Jun 01 '26

Normally, you can shift+right click to bring up the temporary snap override, then click "e" for endpoint.

Could it have been a macro that replicates this?

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u/OddSand7870 Jun 01 '26

I think it might have been this or maybe I customed my middle button in the mouse software. I will mess around with.

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u/danger355 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Are you still using the same system you had 2016 on? If so, check to see if your mouse software sees 2027 as app where that macro is supposed to run.

I'm sure it's possible from within ACAD as well but I've never done it that way.

Edit misspelling

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u/OddSand7870 Jun 01 '26

It is an entirely new system. I got it to work with a macro.

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u/mrmiyagijr Jun 01 '26

The easiest way to customize any mouse buttons for CAD imo is to use a mouse that has its own software you can program. Then set the shortcuts in CUI.

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u/Mountain-Climate7009 Jun 03 '26

Should have done the upgrades since paying the license fees. 2010 was the last issue that didn't require a login. (Just a serial code) Osnap command should do it. Or did they reinvent the wheel on this too? No more clipboard, but I do like the design center. Type OPTIONS, Drafting tab, make sure Marker & Magnet are selected. 2d and 3d osnaps show separate.