Spacepilot by 3dconnexion (Logitech)

Has anyone used a spacepilot. A product made by the same people as
Spaceball. How does it work with ProE.

Dale

 

I've been using a 3D Connexion (3DX), SpacePilot with ProE Wildfire for a
few days now and it works great! It performs equally well in model,
analysis, sketch & detail modes. I was concerned that the SpacePilot would
not have the precise motion control & feel as I have become accustom to with
the SpaceMouse Classic or SpaceMouse Plus, but not so. In fact, I think I
like the control/feel even better with the SpacePilot. The sleek base is
very stable during use (unlike other non-SpaceMouse controllers I've used).
Button programming is easy. If you can create a map-key in ProE, you can
easily program the SpacePilot. The LCD display and 6 associated buttons are
very useful additions. With the "config" key you can page through multiple
sets of ProE commands (stored user configurations) with each command & it's
respective button listed in a table on the LCD. If you don't want to create
map keys there are plenty of preset ProE commands provided. I can't believe
that 3DX has added all that value & functionality to the SpacePilot and
still kept their selling price at the same level as the SpaceMouse Plus.

 

I've been using mine for a few days now as well and can only agree with
what md1 has said. I previouly used the spacemouse plus and was very
impressed with that, but the addtion of the LCD to the space pilot has
made it even better for customisation.

The inclusion of the standard keys (Ctrl, Shift, etc, 3D lock, fit etc)
also adds to the functionality and I find the sensitivity adjustment
very useful. However, these were basically all the keys I had dialled
in to the preset buttons on the spacemouse plus so I'm a bit at a loss
as to what else to program in (any suggestions appreciated).

Overall, I think its a great step on from the spacemouse plus and at
the price I think its a great addition to the daily ProE user (I now
find it difficult going back to not using one on another persons
machine)

Cheers
Nick