Best 3D Mouse for Autodesk Inventor

What is the best mouse for Autodesk Inventor?

The best mouse for Inventor is really two: a 3D mouse in your left hand and a CAD mouse in your right. The SpaceMouse rotates, pans and zooms your parts and assemblies while your other hand selects and runs commands. It's especially handy during design reviews and interference checks on big assemblies.

Autodesk Inventor supports 3Dconnexion devices natively in parts, assemblies and drawings, so any SpaceMouse works as an Inventor mouse once the free driver is installed.

Which 3D mouse for Inventor should you pick?

Students & New UsersSpaceMouse 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.

Shop Wireless
All-Day InventorSpaceMouse Pro Wireless Bluetooth with programmable keysSpaceMouse Pro Wireless Bluetooth

15 programmable keys for commands like Extrude, Revolve or Dimension.

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

Inventor 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 Inventor, 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 Inventor 3D mouse

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

Common questions

Does a 3D mouse work in Inventor drawings?
Yes. It pans and zooms in drawings, and adds full rotation in parts and assemblies.

Does it work on Windows 11?
Yes. Grab the latest 3DxWare driver from 3Dconnexion for the best compatibility.

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

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