How to get SpaceMouse Pro to work in maya?

[Shatarpi]

As the title pretty much implies, the spacemouse works fine in other programs such as blender for example were you just plug it in and go.
Now I have googled a bit on how to make it work with maya but have not found anything useful, so I turned to this forum for some help.
I am using the latest drivers (3.15.5) for my windows vista 32 bit nad maya 2012 but that doesn't seem to be enough, and I haven't found any addons or something if that is the case?
So all in all, what do I need to do to make it work?

Thanks

[Barbara]

Hi Shatarpi -

The Maya 2012 add-in installs automatically as long as Maya 2012 is present and is closed when the 3Dconnexion driver is installed. When Maya opens with the 3DxMaya add-in installed the 3DMouse News window opens inside Maya. 3DMouse News shows the pop-up with Maya options that opens from the Menu button on your SpaceMouse Pro.

If you are not seeing the 3DMouse News window when you start Maya, you can run the 3Dconnexion installation again or use the Repair function in Add|Remove Software to install the add-in.

Once the add-in is present, if your SpaceMouse Pro is not yet working in Maya, type "MagellanStartup" [without the quotes] at the Maya command prompt.
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Barbara

[Shatarpi]

Thank you for your quick response, but unfortunatly it didn't work all the way.
So I reinstalled the drivers and started up maya. Once in maya I got the 3Dmouse news window but could not do anything. So I tried typing "MagellanStartup" in the 'MEL'bar (if that is the correct one?) but still nothing happened. Not even an error message.

What to do now?

Thanks again

[Barbara]

Hi Shatarpi -

Yes, the MEL prompt is correct . The 3DMouse News window indicates the add-in is installed - permissions may be keeping it from being available.

If Maya is installed as administrator, the 3Dconnexion software requires the same privileges. To add administrator privileges:

1. Stop the driver [Start --> All Programs --> 3Dconnexion --> Driver --> Stop Driver] and close Maya.

2. Locate 3dxsrv.exe and add the permission. C:\Program Files\3Dconnexion\3Dconnexion 3DxSoftware\3DxWare\3dxsrv.exe

Right click on 3dxsrv.exe --> Choose Properties --> select the Compatibility tab --> select only 'Run as administrator'

3. Start the driver [Start --> All Programs --> 3Dconnexion --> Driver --> Start Driver]

4. Restart Maya

The 3DxMaya add-in depends on the command MagellanStartup being executed by the usersetup.mel - this is why using MagellanStartup at the MEL prompt works. Maya will only load the first usersetup.mel it finds. When another script or add-in such as Maya's Bonus Tools or GoZ is installed, they add their own usersetup.mel files.
You should find the usersetup.mel in Maya's ..\scripts\startup folder.

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Barbara

[Shatarpi]

Thank you! Now it works just fine