3Dconnexion/Blender Beta Feedback

[feejo]

I have some suggestion: (after 2 years) why you don't change your website and write: since 2.46 the step #1 here http://www.3dconnexion.com/solutions/blender.php I play many houres trying to get the right build, but I have 2.48a and builds are not necessary anymore. I think the first post should be modified in consequence saying with 2.46 only the driver is required.

- I have a problem ****really frustrating****, I set the fly mode with the control pannel. But when I switch to turntable, the controls are reversed. I mean they can't be configured individualy: these are the settings for turntable, these are the settings for flymode. They are just all the same.

-Sometime I have to recalibrate often too, I don't know why.

[Godfrey]

I hope this thread is still looked at; this page says to post Blender questions here to be answered promptly.

I just got the SpaceNavigator yesterday - so far it seems like a pretty nice little piece of hardware, but I'm having a little trouble getting the response I want when twisting the knob in turntable mode.

My first issue was that, when I turned the knob clockwise, the scene would rotate counterclockwise around the Z axis, and vice-versa. I solved that by setting AXIS_MAP_HRZ_USER to "XYZRuV" in the .scg file for Blender, based on the information I found in this thread. (That then reverses the axis for fly and transform modes, but honestly I don't expect to use them much, if at all.)

But if I tilt the knob forwards or back so that I'm looking along the Z axis, twisting the knob has much less effect - and has NO effect if my view is exactly parallel to the Z axis; I have to tilt the knob left or right to spin the view on the Z axis. I've tried changing both AXIS_MAP_HRZ_USER and AXIS_MAP_VRT_USER, but nothing seems to alter that behavior.

1. Is there a way to modify the configuration so that twisting the knob spins the scene on the Z axis regardless of its other orientation?
   
2. What exactly is the difference between AXIS_MAP_HRZ_USER and AXIS_MAP_VRT_USER? Is the .scg file format documented anywhere other than the bits and pieces I've managed to find here in the forums?

Finally, if I toggle through the NDOF modes by pressing one of the buttons, when I return to turntable mode, I can no longer zoom the view in or out (but I can get it working again easily enough by pressing shift-C, so at least there's a quick workaround).

I'm running Blender 2.46 under Debian, if that matters.

[feejo]

I hope this thread is still looked at; this page says to post Blender questions here to be answered promptly.

I just got the SpaceNavigator yesterday - so far it seems like a pretty nice little piece of hardware, but I'm having a little trouble getting the response I want when twisting the knob in turntable mode.

My first issue was that, when I turned the knob clockwise, the scene would rotate counterclockwise around the Z axis, and vice-versa. I solved that by setting AXIS_MAP_HRZ_USER to "XYZRuV" in the .scg file for Blender, based on the information I found in this thread. (That then reverses the axis for fly and transform modes, but honestly I don't expect to use them much, if at all.)

But if I tilt the knob forwards or back so that I'm looking along the Z axis, twisting the knob has much less effect - and has NO effect if my view is exactly parallel to the Z axis; I have to tilt the knob left or right to spin the view on the Z axis. I've tried changing both AXIS_MAP_HRZ_USER and AXIS_MAP_VRT_USER, but nothing seems to alter that behavior.

1. Is there a way to modify the configuration so that twisting the knob spins the scene on the Z axis regardless of its other orientation?
   
2. What exactly is the difference between AXIS_MAP_HRZ_USER and AXIS_MAP_VRT_USER? Is the .scg file format documented anywhere other than the bits and pieces I've managed to find here in the forums?

Finally, if I toggle through the NDOF modes by pressing one of the buttons, when I return to turntable mode, I can no longer zoom the view in or out (but I can get it working again easily enough by pressing shift-C, so at least there's a quick workaround).

I'm running Blender 2.46 under Debian, if that matters.

Same problem with me, nice you adjust turn table, but when you get back to the fly mode it is reversed. There should be adjustment for both. I just told my braid that left is right and since that is ok. lol.

Sometime that thing (3D con) get so wild I regret buying it.

[flyhigh]

Well, I do not know about linux, but in windows diriver from 3dconnexion, there are adjustments for every dimensions and rotations.
- directions can be changed
- sensitivity can be adjusted

In the driver, thre can be different parameter sets for each program (using spacenavigator).

[flyhigh]

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I have an irritating problem with my spacenavigator in Blender's Edit Mode. The turtable and rotation around selection are selected in the Blender's settings. When I select something in 3d-view (vertex, edge or face) and rotate the view with spacenavigator the rotation center is not in the selection center (where it should be). Instead, it is rotating around an unpredictable point and 3d-view loses preselected objects in sigth.
Rotating the same view with mouse works fine (rotation canter is in the selection center).
Everything works in Object Mode.

I´m running:
Blender 2.48a, Build 2008-10-22 21:29:17, Rev-1783M
Vista32 ultimate, SP1, 4GB ram
SpaceNavigator PE
3Dconnexion drivers: v3-6-11 (think it's latest)
3DxNdofBlender.plug dated 2008-10-22
Display adapter is Gforce 8800 GT

Is it some kind of bug in Ndof driver/blugin?

Has anybody had the same kind of experiences, or is it only my problem?
Is there other SpaceNavigator users running Blender under Vista. Coud you post information whether there are sme king of problems or not.

Thanks!

[Jessy]

Why is it that the SpaceNavigator works magnificently when the view is parallel with the grid, but not at all when pointed perpendicular to it?

[Jessy]

Also, the overall speed is much too slow, even with all possible settings at max.

And this forum needs an "edit" button for posts.

[Andrei]

Sir,

The plugin is still in beta.
http://www.3dconnexion.com/solutions/blender.php

We are working to resolve bugs our plugins.
There is no release date at this time.

Andrei

[aglef]

I hope the Blender plugin is in development. I like the SpaceNavigator but I don't like it in Blender. The demo program xcube has six degree of freedom (6DOF) but Blender only 5 in turntable mode. Ok, the name tell us 1 axis is fixed. But I prefer 6DOF. So we need a new mode.

And please, why I can only use one axis at the same time? It's much more faster and more intuitive to control all axis at the same time (like xcube).

Maybe I can extend the plugin, but I need a little bit help to find the relevant source files. Is anybody out there who know where the code for blender options is, and if only the plugin source code is relevant for the modifications.

Or is every thing done in Blender 2.5?

Aglef

[fastforward]

Hello.
I am so much exited after reading the post that site has opened 3DxCollage , 3DxWorldWind, 3DxMagellanProxy. It will be great help and also fun for me and my friends. Thanking to the moderator for this creation and hope to continue our excitements and fun.

[Basilisk]

Greetings-

Just purchased several SpaceNavigators for the studio. We use Blender and Studio Max, but moving exclusively to Blender 2.5 in 2010.

There doesn't seem to be any function support for this controller in Blender 2.49b. We purchased these controllers because your front page predominately displays the Blender logo as a supported app.

One of the links listed above to a "beta plug-in" results in a dead link: Error! Reason: Segment "solutions" was not a keyword for a postVarSet as expected!

Can I please have a representative respond to this post, or contact me via my email address in my profile. Thank you!

[Basilisk]

Edit: Just noticed we get some weird kind-of-support under 32-bit Blender. It feels nothing like Studio Max- it is awkwardly slow and missing an axis of rotation. Are we doing something wrong?

[unkelben]

So where can we find the space navigator plugins? As stated above, the link is broken.

[UtaSH]

Hi unkelben,

please go to our download page and select your device in the list with the products. The select your operating system and press "Search". The blender plugin will be listed.

[unkelben]

Thanks.

There seems to be only the source in the archive, though. I haven't found the ".plug" file mentioned in the readme file.

Jonathan