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There may be samples of using the new SDK with COM in the SDK. It is a substantial change in how you think about accessing the 3D mouse. If you send an email to our apisupport windows email address (I don't want to put the email address here), someone will send you a link to the "old SDK"....

It looks like you are using an older COM API that is no longer in maintenance. It probably does work though. 50741d == c635h. You can find this ProductID in <3DxWinCore>/Cfg/Base.xml: <Device> <ID>ID_ProductID_C635</ID> <Name>SpaceMouse Compact</Name> <VendorID>256f</VendorID> <ProductID>c635</Produ...

You want to hold down a device button, like a shift/modifier key, to temporarily switch modes? Then go back to the original "main" mode by releasing it?

Recent driver distributions should have a "Navigation Modes" category available when you assign an action to a button.

If it is a new device talk to tech-support.
Talk to them anyway; they are friendly.

...and you thought we forgot about you, Hypsersonic!

There are some cfg files that are loaded at init. If you set <CfgProperties><Grab>Hard</Grab> on one of those, the driver will not switch to any other cfgs, regardless of focus. For one of them, Desktop.xml, you can use a button to switch between grabbed, and floating with the focus modes (changes t...

There is an error in the TopSolid cfg file limited to one or two modes of TopSolid.
It has been fixed for the next release.
If anyone wants the fixed file before then, PM me.

The general idea with that mode is for people who consider themselves looking down at the desktop, not forward at a monitor. It is rarely used. You can achieve the desired effect only by manually editing the cfg file for your app. The best way to do that, is to open the app and use the GUI to change...

The latest driver has ButtonActions that can be assigned to any button to switch to the different Navigation Modes.

Hello Brian,

I think that is a problem with the cfg file for TopSolid.
I can send you something to try.
Is you registered email correct (info@...)?

The "KMJ Emulator" implements the KB keys on your SpaceExplorer (Shift, Ctrl, etc). If you disable it those won't work. It also implements Mouse button and cursor movement, which you are probably not using. And Joystick emulation, which would normally be used for games. I do not know of an...

Do you have more than one 3DxPieMenus.exe running?

Does Maya still have the channel manager? (I may be thinking of a previous Alias product.)

Most of the animation products have a way of letting the use directly map any input device value to any scene/object parameter. Providing many more possibilities than we could ever pre-assign.

Well, far out, it works. I surprise myself sometimes. That's probably useful. You can just put all those things into your Global.xml. Fair warning, our GUI, LCD and OnScreenDisplay don't know anything about these global assignments. They will more than likely not show what is actually happening. Her...