Touch Options

You can work on models using the touch gestures and perform actions like a finger drag to rotate and a two finger drag to pan. Also, you can use Pan, Roll, and Zoom In/Out actions concurrently.

To open this dialog box:

Click Options (Standard toolbar) or Tools > Options > Touch.

Reset Restores factory defaults for all system options or only for options on this page.

Touch Mode

Change where touch menus appear on the screen by indicating which hand you use for writing.

Available on computers with the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system.

Right Hand

Displays menus on the left side of the window.

Left Hand

Displays menus on the right side of the window.

Automatically pop up Selection tool while hunting for precise location While sketching an entity, hold your finger on the screen for some time to display the Selection tool around your finger.

Rotate and Pan

All options refer to the motion of two fingers moving together in unison. Depending on the initial distance between the two fingers, this gesture is interpreted as panning or rotation. Modify the distances in these options to differentiate the pan and rotate gestures.

Rotate width slider

Available only on computers with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.

  • Off interprets the two-finger gesture starting any distance apart as Pan.
  • As you drag the slider to the right, increases the maximum initial distance interpreted as Rotate.
Rotate versus pan threshold slider

Available only on computers with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.

  • Off interprets any initial two-finger distance wider than the Rotate width as Pan.
  • When your setting is added to the Rotate width, this sum interprets the two-finger distance as Rotate or Pan:
    • When the distance is less than the sum and greater than the Rotate width, SOLIDWORKS does not respond to the gesture.
    • When the distance is greater than the sum, Pan is interpreted.
    • When the distance is less than the Rotate width, Rotate is interpreted.