I use Mionix , and it has four programmable buttons and a sensitivity switcher . I set the four buttons to ShowHide Hidden Geometry ShowHide Edges ShowHide Profiles Toggle Xray modeThis will save you a ton of time in itself . You can also use the Num Pad on your keyboard as shortcuts for the various orthographic views . You ' ll need one key that toggles the perspective from parallel to projected , and the rest of the keys for front , side , top , etc . As far as hardware goes , go big or go home . Upgrading your PC parts or grabbing a high resolution IPS monitor would not dissappoint you . You can also grab the developer release of the Microsoft Hololens , which can now run Sketchup . If you want , you could get a gamer keypad , and some are only like $ 10 . That would be creeping into gimmick territory though .