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  • Opinions on 3D Connexion mice and 3DS Max ?

    Hi Guys,

    Just wanted to see what peoples thoughts on 3D mice are for use in 3dsmax? I know they are very useful for engineering packages but was wondering if the case is the same for 3dsmax?

    Thanks for any help

  • #2
    Had one years ago. It was not very usefull for 3dsMax, because it is way slower then navigating with a mouse.
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    • #3
      I love the navigation but constantly switching to the mouse and keyboard shortcuts makes it kind of hard to use..
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      • #4
        Yeah, I have tried it several times, but ended up putting it into the gimmick pile.
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        • #5
          You must have a very expensive gimmick pile
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          • #6
            Thanks for the input guys, I figured as much about switching back to the keyboard a lot. I can see it being really useful for the likes of inventor and other parametric softwares but i wasn't so sure for 3dsmax

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            • #7
              Same here, gimmick pile. Although I only have and tried the lower end one.

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              • #8
                I have the expensive version with a lot of buttons and plan on mapping important keyboard ones on there, even ctrl and shift. Maybe I can make it work. But it takes time to experiment, which I barely have.
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                • #9
                  I tried one at my previous job of a colleague. It slowed my process by 200%. Horrible experience. I know it takes a while to get used to but I only have 2 hands and the continuous switching between mouse keyboard and 3D mouse is just too cumbersome. Plus I feel I was more precise with my mouse and Orbit around point of interest enabled.
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                  • #10
                    It's nice if you want to move about a lot in 3d space, but otherwise it didn't add anything. We received an expensive one as a gift with a bunch of Autodesk licenses (to use in Revit). Tried it and moving around a project (whether max or revit) was a lot better. Stopped using it after a couple of days at it just gets in the way switching from mouse and back. Left me with an error message for a year when I uninstalled it after doing all kinds to remove the software / reg edits / etc.....New workstation / complete pc harddrive wipe solved it. :S

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