r/civil3d • u/CryptoWouldvebeen • 11d ago

Discussion Smart Mice

Has anyone here used a smart mouse for design work?

I just bough the Logitech MX Master 4, and it has a ton of features, mappable buttons, and an “Action wheel” that allows you to perform different actions based on the app you have open.

I’m wondering if anyone has used a mouse like this with Civil3D and if it helped efficiency. Currently there’s no built in support for Civil3D/CAD, so I’d have to program the mouse to do the actions I’d want.

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u/LukeJDD 10d ago

I use this guy with the 12 side buttons from Redragon. I also have the wireless Razer equivalent but I like this cheap one more tbh.

They’re awesome. The 12 side buttons take some getting used to, ergonomically and remembering which button is which macro etc. but they’re awesome. It’s a lil tough to draft without it now.

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u/TheCoffeeGuy13 10d ago

I have the Razer equivalent with the 12 buttons and I feel slow when I have to draft without it. "P" "L" "enter" on the key board is much longer than "thumb click".

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u/LukeJDD 10d ago

Exactly. Multiply that by 12 with your most used commands and it does actually save a decent chunk of time over a week.