Best 3D Mouse for Fusion 360

What is the best mouse for Fusion 360?

The best mouse for Fusion 360 is really two: a 3D mouse in your left hand and a regular or CAD mouse in your right. The SpaceMouse orbits, pans and zooms your model while your other hand sketches, selects and runs commands. It's great for spinning a part while you review CAM toolpaths too.

Fusion 360 supports 3Dconnexion devices natively across its workspaces, including Design, Manufacture and Simulation, so any SpaceMouse works as a Fusion 360 mouse once the free driver is installed.

Which 3D mouse for Fusion 360 should you pick?

Makers & StudentsSpaceMouse Compact 3D mouseSpaceMouse Compact

Small, simple and the easiest place to start.

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WirelessSpaceMouse Wireless Bluetooth with carry caseSpaceMouse Wireless Bluetooth

Same feel, no cable, up to a month per charge.

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All-Day Fusion 360SpaceMouse Pro Wireless Bluetooth with programmable keysSpaceMouse Pro Wireless Bluetooth

15 programmable keys for commands like Extrude, Fillet or Create Sketch.

Shop Pro Wireless
Large AssembliesSpaceMouse Enterprise with colour displaySpaceMouse Enterprise

31 programmable keys and a colour display that shows what each key does.

Shop Enterprise

Prefer a cable? Get the SpaceMouse Pro Wired.

Pair it with a CAD mouse

Fusion 360 pans with the middle button, and Shift plus the middle button orbits. Pressing down on a scroll wheel for that all day is hard on your hand, and a CAD mouse with a dedicated middle button fixes it.

CadMouse Pro Wireless CAD mouse with dedicated middle button
CadMouse Pro Wireless

A dedicated middle button for panning and orbiting in Fusion 360, plus Smart Scroll and radial menus.

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Want both? The SpaceMouse Wireless Kit 2 bundles a SpaceMouse with a CadMouse Compact Wireless.

Setting up your Fusion 360 3D mouse

  1. Download the free 3DxWare driver from 3Dconnexion.
  2. Plug in your SpaceMouse, or pair it over Bluetooth.
  3. Open Fusion 360. It detects the device automatically, and you can assign your favourite commands to the buttons.

Common questions

Does a SpaceMouse work with Fusion 360 on a Mac?
Yes. Fusion 360 supports the SpaceMouse on both Mac and Windows with the 3DxWare driver installed.

Do I still need a regular mouse?
Yes. The 3D mouse moves the view, and your regular mouse or CadMouse selects and sketches. That two-handed setup is where the speed comes from.

Why buy from 3DMouse.ca

We've been an authorized 3Dconnexion dealer since 2013, run by OptimumARC, a Toronto engineering firm. Every order ships from Canada, so no duties or border surprises. Not sure which mouse fits your Fusion 360 work? Call us at 416-848-0308. We're CAD users too.