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Using 3DConnexion Mouse in Firefox on Linux
tom_allison
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Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help me as I've had a good look around on the web and can't find any info on my problem.
I use Ubuntu Linux and have a 3DConnexion Space Navigator mouse. I have just installed the official 3DXWare 10 (v1.8.0) Linux driver from the 3DConnexion website. The driver works perfectly and I can run the xcube and xvalues demos.
I'm now trying to use the 3D mouse in onshape but I'm getting no response. I've tried using the Firefox browser and the Chromium browser and neither work. I'm wondering if there is some sort of browser plugin I need to install or should it just work on the bare browser?
If anyone can spare so me time to help please it would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
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To get my space mouse to work, sometimes I have to stop, then start the driver while the browser is closed. I have shortcuts created for this to speed things up. I'm not sure where your files are on Linux, but on windows, here is where the start and stop execution files are:
C:\Program Files\3Dconnexion\3DxWare\3DxWinCore
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Hi Tony, I use a Space Navigator extensively for CAD at work (Autodesk Inventor on Windows) and I have to say for me it makes a huge difference. You can get much better angles and navigate much more smoothly with the 3D mouse, especially with 'perspective' turned on. I would have real difficulty working properly without one. I use linux at home for personal stuff and was hoping to get the mouse working in onshape. I may look at starting to use a different software (some have support for 3DConnexion) but I really like the funcitonality of onshape so it would be a shame to change.
It depends on what you are modeling. I find it helps with more advanced parts that require lots of view changes.
My favorite set up is:
Left Hand
https://3dconnexion.com/us/product/spacemouse-wireless/
Set one of the side keys to a radial menu: http://radialmenu.weebly.com/
Right Hand
https://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/wacom-intuos-pro
Assign your favorite commands to gesture controls: https://www.strokesplus.com/
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I tried to trick Onshape to think I'm on Windows (changing user-agent) but it was not initializing the websocket connection to my dummy service.
I'm trying to make it work with spacenav (https://github.com/FreeSpacenav/spacenavd/issues/30)
Yes, I use this Wacom tablet. I prefer this one over the ones with the screens; the screens get in the way for me.
No, I do not use a regular mouse. However, the gesture commands and 6D Joystick are critical for using the tablet with Onshape.
Currently, I'm using Wacom's latest drivers. The older tablets are harder to keep working with the constant software updates from browsers and Windows. Wacom only supports the latest one reliably. I'm running it directly plugged in, no bluetooth. Wacom bluetooth has unacceptable lag for this kind of work.
Using the set up I mentioned in the quoted text, here is a quick demo of how I use all of these together.
Here are is a snip of how I configured the gesture controls:
Oh, I also use CrossHair by Mike Lin to help align text and drawing views:
https://download.cnet.com/CrossHair/3000-12565_4-10561218.html
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