I borrowed a space pilot from the user group I am from andtried it out for 2 months so far.
At first I thought it was a cool tool you could zoom and rotate andpan at the same time.
It took a little getting used to it and I thought it was helpfuland you could have 8 shortcut keys programmed that helped too.
Then I installed sw2007 and yes it worked with 2007 but in 2007normal with out a 3-d controller when you center click and rotateit rotates around the cursor.
On the other hand, the space pilot still acts like 2006 and rotateson center axis on the part. (unless you click a point that you wantit to rotate around which I thought was not good because I wastrying to reduce clicks not increase clicks.)
In conclusion I don't think the space pilot is worth the \$500 itcost when you could just buy a gamers pad that has the arrow keys,n52 which cost \$40, and has 15 shortcut buttons.
My vars will disagree and have been using them on laptops for yearsnow. I stopped by their place and told them what I thought of thespace pilot and they said I didn't try it out long enough. So Itold him to open a part and show me what it can do. He then openeda part and started zooming and panning and rotating. I told him tomeasure the width by rotating and ctrl clicking 2 faces. It tookhim a while to get it positioned but he got it. Then I did the samething using the mouse only and it took half the time and it wasmore precise.
If you plan to get a 3d controller try it out first personally Ithink everyone would be better off taking the \$500 one cost andthrowing it into the computer for more performance.
It has a long learning curve and once you get there you are stillslower than the free mouse that comes with your computer.
(also if you are wondering Yes i had the newest driver installed)
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At first I thought it was a cool tool you could zoom and rotate andpan at the same time.
It took a little getting used to it and I thought it was helpfuland you could have 8 shortcut keys programmed that helped too.
Then I installed sw2007 and yes it worked with 2007 but in 2007normal with out a 3-d controller when you center click and rotateit rotates around the cursor.
On the other hand, the space pilot still acts like 2006 and rotateson center axis on the part. (unless you click a point that you wantit to rotate around which I thought was not good because I wastrying to reduce clicks not increase clicks.)
In conclusion I don't think the space pilot is worth the \$500 itcost when you could just buy a gamers pad that has the arrow keys,n52 which cost \$40, and has 15 shortcut buttons.
My vars will disagree and have been using them on laptops for yearsnow. I stopped by their place and told them what I thought of thespace pilot and they said I didn't try it out long enough. So Itold him to open a part and show me what it can do. He then openeda part and started zooming and panning and rotating. I told him tomeasure the width by rotating and ctrl clicking 2 faces. It tookhim a while to get it positioned but he got it. Then I did the samething using the mouse only and it took half the time and it wasmore precise.
If you plan to get a 3d controller try it out first personally Ithink everyone would be better off taking the \$500 one cost andthrowing it into the computer for more performance.
It has a long learning curve and once you get there you are stillslower than the free mouse that comes with your computer.
(also if you are wondering Yes i had the newest driver installed)
SolidworksUser Interface
