TinkerCad and OmeagaCad
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TinkerCad and OmeagaCad
Hello,
I just bought a Space Navigator to use for cad design. I am in school to become a Certified Orthotist and Prosthetist and two programs we use a lot are tinkercad for 3d printing and OmegaCad to help design models for us to build devices. I love the mouse for Maya which I design in my free time but not being able to use it for Tinkercad and OmegaCad was a little disappointing. I was wondering if there are any developers that would want to work on developing software so Space Navigator can be used for those programs. Tinkercad is a bigger priority for me at the moment and it would be cool to see software be developed for these programs to help in this growing field. Hopefully somebody is willing to help out.
Thank you
I just bought a Space Navigator to use for cad design. I am in school to become a Certified Orthotist and Prosthetist and two programs we use a lot are tinkercad for 3d printing and OmegaCad to help design models for us to build devices. I love the mouse for Maya which I design in my free time but not being able to use it for Tinkercad and OmegaCad was a little disappointing. I was wondering if there are any developers that would want to work on developing software so Space Navigator can be used for those programs. Tinkercad is a bigger priority for me at the moment and it would be cool to see software be developed for these programs to help in this growing field. Hopefully somebody is willing to help out.
Thank you
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Adding 3D device support to an application is determined by the application developer rather than by 3Dconnexion.
We advise our customers to contact the Customer Service of applications that are lacking support and request it be added in future versions of their software. The decision to include 3D support in their development schedule is often influenced by the level of customer interest.
I believe TinkerCad is made by Autodesk try sending an email to team@tinkercad.com Let them know of your interest in using our product in the application like it does in Maya.
Is Omega Soft Ltd. the company that makes OmegaCAD?
If so let them know as well.
We'll also send them a letter. The more people who contact the vendor the better chance they'll add support.
Let them know we offer an SDK as well for their programmers
http://www.3dconnexion.com/service/soft ... loper.html
We advise our customers to contact the Customer Service of applications that are lacking support and request it be added in future versions of their software. The decision to include 3D support in their development schedule is often influenced by the level of customer interest.
I believe TinkerCad is made by Autodesk try sending an email to team@tinkercad.com Let them know of your interest in using our product in the application like it does in Maya.
Is Omega Soft Ltd. the company that makes OmegaCAD?
If so let them know as well.
We'll also send them a letter. The more people who contact the vendor the better chance they'll add support.
Let them know we offer an SDK as well for their programmers
http://www.3dconnexion.com/service/soft ... loper.html
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Thank you very much for the fast response, I have emailed Tinkercad and I am just waiting on a response. For Omegacad I am still checking out how to get in contact with them, I have ask my clinical director if he knows how to contact them. Once I figure that out, I will email them soon
Alec
Alec
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Try the main webpage and look for a contact us.
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I stumbled upon this post tonight and am wondering if this project is still happening. Prosthetics and Orthotics has been in my family for over 60 years. I'm familiar with OmegaCad and am currently a full stack web developer. I'd love to contribute to this project if it is still happening. Please feel free to contact me.
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In case anybody is interested, I am working on unofficial TinkerCad support by hooking into the TinkerCad js code.
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My proof-of-concept Tinkercad support is currently pretty clunky to activate, and it only rotates the view and doesn't move parts. It probably only works with Chrome.
Here's how to try it.
Go to Tinkercad and edit something.
In another tab, go to: https://gist.github.com/arpruss/21ecdf5 ... 3eafd2d3b1
Copy the contents of the gist to the clipboard.
Open up Chrome's MENU | More tools... | Developer tools.
In the console line, paste the contents of the gist.
Press some buttons on your spacemouse.
Then type tinkerCADPatch.init() and press enter.
You can close the developer console.
Here's how to try it.
Go to Tinkercad and edit something.
In another tab, go to: https://gist.github.com/arpruss/21ecdf5 ... 3eafd2d3b1
Copy the contents of the gist to the clipboard.
Open up Chrome's MENU | More tools... | Developer tools.
In the console line, paste the contents of the gist.
Press some buttons on your spacemouse.
Then type tinkerCADPatch.init() and press enter.
You can close the developer console.
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I now turned this into a Chrome extension. I am not sure I want to pay the $5 for the Chrome web store registration, so currently it's just on github: https://github.com/arpruss/spacemouse-tinkercad
Download the zip file from the Clone or Download button.
Unzip the zip file to a new folder.
In Chrome: menu | more tools | extensions
Turn on developer mode.
Add unpacked extension, using the folder you unzipped to.
There is, alas, a pretty good chance it won't work for you. I've tested this with my SpaceBall 4000 which is emulating a SpaceMouse Pro.
Download the zip file from the Clone or Download button.
Unzip the zip file to a new folder.
In Chrome: menu | more tools | extensions
Turn on developer mode.
Add unpacked extension, using the folder you unzipped to.
There is, alas, a pretty good chance it won't work for you. I've tested this with my SpaceBall 4000 which is emulating a SpaceMouse Pro.
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This is great!
I was the originator of the feature request on the TinkerCad forums (Schema), would gladly cover the $5 plus some extra for beer
PM me your info if you like!
I was the originator of the feature request on the TinkerCad forums (Schema), would gladly cover the $5 plus some extra for beer
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Thanks! That's very kind. I should say that I have no guarantee it will work for a very long time. It interfaces with the internals of tinkercad, so when a new tinkercad version comes out, it may fail.
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This is fantastic! Thanks so much!
Now if only I could get the space mouse to work in ZBrush I'd be in heaven!
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Now if only I could get the space mouse to work in ZBrush I'd be in heaven!
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It's now in the official store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... lcidjhkpjo
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I looked at the ZBrush plugin docs, and the plugin interface doesn't seem sophisticated enough to allow one to write one's own driver.ljbrackney wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:16 pm This is fantastic! Thanks so much!![]()
Now if only I could get the space mouse to work in ZBrush I'd be in heaven!
BTW, I've added a lot of features to the TinkerCAD driver. Go to the extension's options to see.
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Thanks for adding your Chrome plugin to the store. It's really awesome, and the extra options are great!
Really bummed about the Zbrush plugin SDK. I'd just be delighted to have pan and zoom work with the device since I have the most difficulty with those operations using modifiers and my wacom pad - if your timing on releasing the modifier key is off even a little it can screw up your view. I've got an idea involving hotkey bindings to the pan and zoom buttons that I may try.
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I suppose one could just bind the SpaceMouse to generate pan and zoom keystrokes. It won't be smooth, but it'll be better than nothing.
Zbrush looks like it's free for noncommercial use now, so I downloaded it and I'll see if I can figure out something.
Zbrush looks like it's free for noncommercial use now, so I downloaded it and I'll see if I can figure out something.