My buddy Josh, he of Solidsmack fame (infamy?), has lost it. He managed to put vomit, 3D CAD, Windows7 and a SpacePilot Pro all into the same post and make it work, mostly. The best part of the whole thing is if you can convince the contest fairies your response is the best, you can [...]
Dec
23
May
11
SpacePilot Pro – New Drivers, New Look, New Review
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 [...]
Apr
21
Dear SolidWorks & 3Dconnexion,
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. [...]
Apr
16
3Dconnexion’s Newest offering
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 [...]