Can you scale the scope of the Proportional Editing without a 3 button mouse?

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Im trying to use Proportional Editing. I don't have a 3 button mouse. Is there a way to modify the field of influence without having a scroll wheel? I already have "emulate 3 button mouse" and "emulate num pad" turned on.

Update: Turns out, the Apple Magic Mouse that Im using does allow a scroll function if you swipe it down the middle. So I am able to get the functionality I am after. Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

Im on a macbook air, and the trackpad just work like spected with 2 fingers gesture.
Also, if you have a wacom with touch you can also do the gesture of the 2 fingers. — tyoc213, Jun 12 '15 at 04:31

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 10 '15 at 01:03

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Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to adjust the circle of influence.

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answered Mar 10 '15 at 01:03

J Sargent

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Im using a Mac with the small keyboard. (Makes most key commands a little challenging with 3D apps. : ) ) Unfortunately, there are no Page Up Page Down keys on this keyboard. I did however discover that the Apple Magic Mouse that Im using does allow a scroll wheel type of function if you swipe it down it's middle. So I think Im all set. Thanks. – Thomas Bricker Mar 10 '15 at 13:33
@ThomasBricker Could you please click the check mark under the voting arrows to show this as the correct solution? – J Sargent Apr 14 '15 at 18:10
@ThomasBricker fn right and fn left are your page up/down keys. – Wildcard May 10 '19 at 23:41
What worked for me here in Blender 3.4.1 is Fn and the up/down arrow keys – mcneela86 Jan 05 '23 at 08:08

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '15 at 01:04

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There is a workaround, but it isn't terribly convenient:

After you've completed the action, in the tool operator, which can be found in the tool bar T or by hitting F6, you can change the Proportional size.

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answered Mar 10 '15 at 01:04

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 02 '20 at 20:49

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Using a magic mouse and you can not change the circle of influence? Well this works for me:

Select the points.
Activate the proportional editing button.
Press G.
Use two fingers to scroll up or down in your magic mouse.

edited Apr 02 '20 at 20:49

Ray Mairlot

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answered Apr 02 '20 at 19:33

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 14 '20 at 10:10

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You can hit Alt and the + or - key on the numpad if you have a full sized keyboard to increases or decrease the circle size in Proportional Editing mode

edited Apr 14 '20 at 10:10

Duarte Farrajota Ramos

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answered Apr 14 '20 at 09:04

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 09 '22 at 12:51

I'm using blender 2.79. None of the above worked for me, here's what did:

Select the vertex/vertices you want to edit, left click and drag until proportional circle appears (if you can't see it you should see a line on the top left screen showing the proportional editing values).

Keep left button held down and scroll up or down (or click FN + ⬆ Page Up/⬇ Page Down).

Also note that under user preferences I had emulate 3 button mouse selected.

score -2 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 26 '23 at 22:48

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After choosing proportional followed by S, G etc use ⇧ Shift 1/2 to resize influence size

edited Jan 26 '23 at 22:48

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answered Jan 26 '23 at 20:58

Stephen B

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What is "Shift + 1/2"? – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Jan 26 '23 at 22:50

Can you scale the scope of the Proportional Editing without a 3 button mouse?

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