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3DConnexion steps it up

Jeff Mirisola — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:14:20 +0000

I’m a few days behind on this, but 3DConnexion has improved the driver for their 3D mice (mouses?) by automatically determining the optical center of rotation. I was part of the beta testing of this driver and I really like what they’ve done. Rather than defaulting to the origin, or having to select a particular …

SpacePilot Pro – New Drivers, New Look, New Review

Jeff Mirisola — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:28:05 +0000

When 3DConnexions’s SpacePilot PRO came out, I, like so many others, jumped on the bandwagon and regurgitated the info from 3DConnexion’s marketing people. I then received a physical specimen to try out and ended up writing an open letter to SolidWorks and 3DConnexion because the drivers were messed up. My settings weren’t being saved, preset …

Dear SolidWorks & 3Dconnexion,

Jeff Mirisola — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:30:46 +0000

Can you guys please get together and fix the issue I’m having with my SpacePilots? The need to have the tool I want to map to my buttons on an active toolbar is ridiculous. One of my favorite things in SolidWorks is the fact that I don’t need to clog my graphics area with toolbars. …

3Dconnexion’s Newest offering

Jeff Mirisola — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:00:24 +0000

3Dconnexion has a new controller, one that makes my SpacePilot� seem like last year’s technology (actually, it’s about 4 years old). The SpacePilot� PRO is, basically, a SpacePilot on steroids. 3Dconnexion took input from their customer base and have squeezed all sorts of new goodies into the SpacePilot� PRO. The main features they’re touting: Larger …