Trackball mouse

[Alina]

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone uses Elecom HUGE Trackball mouse in Revit? I have had a terrible wrist pain with regular mouse and after trying a handful of different mice, this one seems to work for me. I am trying to figure out what buttons are best to setup to do Orbiting and Panning? Currently it is Right click+ Shift but I do not find it the most convenient combination.
Thank you for your input!

[cadbob]

Use what ever is comfortable for you.
   One of the great things is Customization, in CAD/Revit What works for you may not work for the person next to you and Vise Versa.
    I still use Tool Bars and Menu's and PGP Keys, and Lisp, Lynn Allen once referred to me as the Ribbon Rebel! LOL

Sorry probably was not much help to your question but was more kinda some advise I guess.

I tried Track Balls many years ago and could never get them to feel right, plus was always sliding them LOL
But I think they are a good devise, just has to be good for the individual.

[lsm_drafter]

I did not care much for the trackball either. I have been using a tapered memory foam mouse pad that is 1/2" on the short side and 7/8" on the high side for quite some time now. Occasionally I will get some wrist pain from the constant "attack angle" of the wrist, in which case I can rotate the mouse pad 180 degrees that will usually change the wrist angle just enough to relieve the strain. This is not a mouse pad with a "wrist rest" on one end, but a uniformly tapered pad from one end to the other. If I can find a link I'll post it.

Sorry I couldn't help with the Elecom trackball. I would imagine that eventually the same repetitive motion, or in the case of a trackball's near stationary wrist position, may eventually see the pain return. Once the pain starts it can be a slow road to recovery depending on the severity. Hope you are able to find some relief.