My Ball is old and saggy?

muse · Post by **muse** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:28 pm

Why can't I get my Spaceball 2003 (I think that's right?) working in Soldiworks 2008? It worked perfectly in 2007. I've hardly used this thing, and was thinking if I liked it I would upgrade. I have seen the posts about work-arounds but can find the files no-where. I'm thinking I may be better off finding a similar product from a different company, maybe one that has some customer support/understanding. I'm a student, I can't afford a brand new spaceball every few years. So instead of creating new sales, 3D Connexion is loosing sales because engineering students are not getting familar with their products at an undergraduate level.

If you can help me, then drop me a line.

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:51 am

Driver and support is no longer available for the 2003, 3003 devices.
Spaceball 2003 devices have not been supported for many years.

muse · Post by **muse** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:21 pm

Even after manually correcting the computers registry it still is mucked up. The only thing that will help is a re-format of my entire system (last done about a month ago). But as I am working on my fourth year engineering project I cannot afford to mess further with my system.

Will a USB adapter make the spaceball work as a USB model?

UtaSH · Post by **UtaSH** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:36 am

Hi muse,

An adapter from serial to USB is not supported from our side. The serial device and the USB models have a totally different protocol, thus it is not very likely that you will have success with an adapter.

We have a personal edition of the SpaceNavigator that has a price that should be affordable even for students. For a local reseller see here.

Uta Ludwig
3Dconnexion

muse · Post by **muse** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:05 pm

Why pay twice for the same functionality? I will look for a similar product elsewhere.

muse · Post by **muse** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:07 pm

muse wrote:Why pay twice for the same functionality? I will look for a similar product elsewhere.

Actually, appologies, the model you mention has "less" functionality than what I was already using.

muse · Post by **muse** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:31 am

What I am using is the Spaceball 2003 (I think that's right). The RRP when is was new was $1200 US. Not cheap at all.
There is a 3D gaming mouse that people are using for Solidworks, might be a better option as I do play games, therefore it can be used for more than one thing.