Lock the workspace to 2 axes

[VahePaulman]

Hello. A similar thing has been asked here a while ago. Here’s an answer I provided back then.

Locking the Blue Axis

I work on the ground plane too, sometimes, when I do 2D design (parallel projection + top view). So, as I understand, you basically want the middle button to work as Pan instead of Orbit, so you don’t have to use Shift + MMB all the time, is that correct? If yes, then you should know, there is no direct way of achieving this in SketchUp. The Shortcuts tab doesn’t offer mouse click changes. But luckily there is a workaround I can offer. Have a look at [X-Mous Button Control] (X-Mouse Button Con…