Ethan R. Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Hello all .. I see now that the 3dConnection CadMouse has support for OS X. Wondering if anyone is using it successfully with 2016? I have the SpaceNavigator as well - which is hit & miss. I'm still trying to get a good configuration (If anyone has one - love to import it!) thanks Ethan Quote Link to comment
Ethan R. Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Thank you Have you tried the CadMouse ? Quote Link to comment
digitalcarbon Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I'm sorry i thought you meant the 3dconnexion device shown below. as for a mouse i have used a track ball (show below) and i think they are the best. i use 2 screens and can flick spin my ball to send the cursor to the far end of the screen. i cannot see how a mouse can do that. too much arm movement. my arm never moves. so left hand is "joystick", right is track ball. Quote Link to comment
Ethan R. Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 HI I actually have the exact set-up you have depicted When I try to get the SpaceNavigator to emulate what you show on the youtube - everything is pinned to the origin - so I can't make the 3d translations ;( some other SpaceNavigator setting ? ie. dominant? You're set-up seems to work perfectly. Would you be so kind as to export it from the 3d Connection Pref pane and post here? I feel that I must be missing something. Maybe there is a VectorWorks a tool that must be active? thanks Ethan Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I'm also interested in this. Because of you, dm, I just bought one (actually 2) of these things. Any set up and configuration tips you have would be appreciated. thanks for the recommendation. mk Quote Link to comment
digitalcarbon Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 set up posted above Quote Link to comment
digitalcarbon Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 works best in perspective don't do isometric just perspective Quote Link to comment
digitalcarbon Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 learn how to work in perspective Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Just got it and starting using. Very cool. Do you use your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out? I can't find a way to make the 3Dconnexion gizmo to do it. thanks mk Quote Link to comment
digitalcarbon Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 yes scroll wheel zoom. the rest is the 3d nav Quote Link to comment
Gilbert Osmond Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) Bumping this thread -- I very much want to buy a 3DConnexion SpaceMouse (one of these, pictured below, to be clear -- their product names are very confusing.) How is support under VW2016 SP2? Specifically: - Can this be used effectively for 3D modeling, making edits & changes to the model with most or all major tools without excessive automatic/forced shifts in view mode? Or is it just mainly for display purposes in Walkthrough mode? - Are the various short-cut side buttons directly supported in VW? Are they configurable? If they are not directly supported, can they be effectively re-mapped either through the 3DConnexion driver or through a 3rd party driver like USBOverdrive? I called 3DConnexion tech support about this and got the impression that their Mac support is a bit of an afterthought so I am hesistant to jump in and buy. Thanks for your replies. Edited March 19, 2016 by Gilbert Osmond Quote Link to comment
digitalcarbon Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Gilbert. i do not know if all the buttons will work on the device you show above. what i can say is that i work in perspective/open GL view all the time (for the past several months) and the 3dconnexion nav is a must. i can now build things in perspective and assemble things in perspective. it has change my entire view of how i interact with the model. the old way was to vp to a sheet and review the vps then go back and edit the model then return to the vps, update, the inspect my work. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted March 22, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 22, 2016 I have had some users report problems with the more advanced models that have more features, but mainly the feedback is that we only support the features on the basic model, the axis control and 2 buttons. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Thank you Have you tried the CadMouse ? Yes. High Quality Mouse. Excellent movement tracking (without much disturbing acceleration on OS X !). Super for very precise movements. Ergonomic for larger Hands too. Real MMB is so cool > ALT+MMB VW Fly Over Tool. Mouse buttons work much too sensitive for me. Lots of accidental clicks. Quad Menu Button behind Scroll Wheel is hard to reach. Currently, with LMB, MMB and RMB, I can't decide which finger to use for scroll wheel or RMB, will need some more time. I bought it with the Enterprise Kit, but have to wait for OS X Support for Space Mouse. Hoped the normal keys from the keyboard would work so far, unfortunately not. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ethan R. Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ok - I had it working perfectly .. but now my 3dXware no longer links to my apps have a message into 3dConnextion support Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Because you updated to 10.4 driver recently ? As it works fine here with MS Enterprise and CADMouse. Just little problems that it awakens the Mac Pro from time to time. Since I configured Apps differently. Quote Link to comment
Ethan R. Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Not sure why I had it working great - then replaced a profile trying to get it working better now apps not seeing the 3dware profiles ? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted August 10, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 10, 2016 I would recommend completely uninstalling it, on Mac ApplCleaner is what I normally use when I want to make sure all the preferences are removed as well: [img:center]https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=16191&filename=Screen%20Shot%202016-08-10%20at%2010.38.41%20AM.png[/img] Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Not sure why I had it working great - then replaced a profile trying to get it working better Maybe. Hope you have backuped your tedious settings from before the import. Reminds my to backup mine. I recently noticed that 3DCon has a own forum. Looks like editing the 3DCon settings profile in user/library is not recommended at all. Different Devices use completly different settings and drivers aren't compatible. Generally it does not seem to be easy to keep drivers over OSs and Updates. Maybe you shoot your settings file, have to uninstall first and reinstall from scratch. Quote Link to comment
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