Re: 3d connexion space explorer or space pilot

[Sam Cuttriss <sam(at)janimation.com>]

its still the same.
kind of awesome, kind of infuriating.

you get no control of any view but the 3d viewports.
so you cant keep you hand on the device.

here is a link i bumped into that may help:
http://cgkit.sourceforge.net/doc2/module-cgkit.spacedevice.html
a python wrapper for the spacepilot sdk.

_sam

Sam Cuttriss
Janimation 3D Aficionado

Kris Rivel wrote:

Does anyone know of any improvements to how the 3d Connexion products interface with XSI?  I know there were some issues in the past as far as it not working in certain viewports and conflicts with the camera history stack.  A developer there said it was due to problems with XSI's API.  I submitted a request to Softimage about it but I haven't heard anything in quite awhile from either side.  Can anyone from Softimage comment on this?

Kris

On Nov 16, 2007 12:11 PM, Byron Nash <byronnash(at)gmail.com> wrote:

Do you get better playback using MIDI controllers when capturing that
you do with the mouse? I tried messing around with the capturing but
XSI was playing back so slow that I couldn't really do anything with
it. And I'm not talking about enveloped characters or anything, it was
a few cubes or something painfully simple. Someone suggested the mouse
driver may have been really inefficient but I have no idea.

On Nov 16, 2007 5:31 AM, Arnar Gunnarsson <arnar.w(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> great, thanks. I´ve been planning to do like that, glad to hear it works in
> practice.
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> On Nov 16, 2007 10:17 AM, michael johansson <michael(at)lowend.se > wrote:
> > You could use the devicemanager and record both object and camera
> movements through channels. We have done that a lot with midi before and the
> peavey 1600, so just have the object active and record the desired channels.
> But having a great control over this is another question, you may have to
> scale down the sensitivity and practice a lot to get the right level of
> realtime interaction with the object or the camera, but it is a lot of fun.
> >
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> > 2007/11/16, Arnar Gunnarsson < arnar.w(at)gmail.com>:
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> > > has anyone figured out how you could motiontrack the camera moves with
> the spacepilot?
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> > > On Nov 16, 2007 3:35 AM, michael johansson < michael(at)lowend.se > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have been using a spacepilot for a couple of years, but only on
> 32bit. I use it mostly for modelling and in the same way Byron is
> describing. I sometimes use the bottons and the lcd screen, and is very good
> when you learn new shortcuts and customize xsi and the spacepilot with
> different profiles, the lcd screnn then serves like a reminder how you have
> mapped that profile and that is very useful. But still mainly use the
> ordinary keyboard for shortcuts and the spacepilot for dynamic camera moves.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2007/11/16, Byron Nash <byronnash(at)gmail.com >:
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > > I bought the $60 Space Navigator at SIGGRAPH. I was using it on my
> > > > > 64bit Windows version at work and now on Foundation at my new job. I
> > > > > like it a lot, especially for modeling. It's much easier to get the
> > > > > camera around to see what you want when you can do dynamic camera
> > > > > moves. (orbiting and dollying at the same time)  The Navigator is
> > > > > heavier than the Traveler and the weight helps. I can't attest to
> the
> > > > > other models but I think the one I have is definitely worth it's
> > > > > price.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Nov 15, 2007 9:06 PM, Kris Rivel <krisrivel(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >  Anyone using the 3d Connexion Space Explorer or Space Pilot with
> > > > > > XSI?..specifically on XSI 64bit?  I used the Space Ball 3000 years
> ago which
> > > > > > is now the Space Explorer and I was thinking about picking one up
> and wanted
> > > > > > to know what the latest opinions are on each in regards to XSI.
> The Space
> > > > > > Pilot seems cool but is it worth the extra $100 for the LCD screen
> and extra
> > > > > > functions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Kris
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> > > > > Byron Nash
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