Every CAD Designer Should Use This

Using a 3DConnexion SpaceMouse with Solidworks.

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[aidenbagshaw]

I work at an aerospace engineering firm, and most of the engineers have these. One of them even has a laptop with one built in!

[ThePointlessBox_]

These things are fire once you get used to them

[WildMike]

The amount of people commenting that this or that type of mouse is better are not really getting it. You don't use this INSTEAD of a mouse - you use it WITH a mouse; using the 3D controller with the left hand and your mouse with the right as usual. Stops you needing to use the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom and pan about within the drawing. Also, once the buttons are set up as you want, it reduces the need to move your hands to the keyboard.
Had an old Space Explorer until it stopped working with Windows 10 and recently got a SpaceMouse Pro from Ebay (a lot cheaper!). Awesome piece of kit, but I agree that it takes some getting used to.

[Dannyisgreatful]

I left mine at work once and my coworkers the next day were mind-blown zooming in and out of all my models although they didn’t have the magic touch so things kept flying everywhere 🤣

[jensonhartmann]

I have the same model shown in the demo, and it took less than a week to get used to but, i feel naked without it, after about 3 years of using one. 10/10 would recommend.

[NabilBennaniKerrout]

Got the enterprise edition a year ago, prohibited myself from touching the keyboard till I got the hung of it. Still can't compete with how fast you can get things done with a keyboard.

[Dragongod]

I bought one 3 weeks ago and I use it for designing my humanoid robot. It is super smooth and takes some getting used to.

[BlackbodyEconomics]

That's been on my wish list for two decades now. It's probably about time I check that one off.

[life-of-lies]

my dad has a 360 spaceball mouse from 1999, not really a new thing and not really a need but is cool.

[aidenbagshaw]

Myself and several of my coworkers just got a bunch of these, and while there is certainly a learning curve, it is AMAZING once you get used to it. Two of my coworkers don’t really use them, since they never got the hang of it, and are comfortable with standard pan/tilt controls. I took about an hour to start to get a feel for it, and can now confidently use it.

It’s probably not technically much faster than a keyboard and mouse in Fusion 360, but it is SO much more fun, and DEFINITELY makes CAD more enjoyable and intuitive. Maybe not an absolute necessity for mechanical design, but I imagine this would be a game-changer for more artistic applications such as 3D animation.

[clementc]

This was forbidden in most companies I worked for in Germany for the simple reason that you are not able to work once you get used to it and don't have one. E.g a coworkers computer

[karangujaran]

Well I have using 3D mouse at my office. It is useful for viewing big assemblies in visualization software. I generally use to view and understand when I open the entire tractor assembly which we call E BOM on NX visualization it is faster and easier to zoom and rotate things easily but while modeling I prefer my traditional mouse.

[bestbladerevah]

Or you just become a master at spinning the part with the middle-mouse button really quickly or just barely and are able to view the object in your head in different orientations and have your fingers in an almost gamer setup, palm on the CTRL key, pinky on the Shift and other fingers ready to hit hot keys.

[the_fist_inyou]

The space mouse is heaven sent for sure

[dna]

Develop an etch-a-sketch set up for drawing tool.

[abdulrachmanalqudus]

I got this on my workstation!😂 This device kinda funny

[AdnanVickey]

this 3D connexion is useful, but costly as well for individuals, you can configure a simple joystick as a alternative for 3D and CAD works

[josephshaff]

I keep tellin' 'em. I turned a few onto it my last contract.

[kickskii]

i love mine and im not using a 3d package without this

[baihaqiabizar]

would love to recreate it to a more affordable version tho, just would wanna know is that a rotary encoder, a joystick module or a 5 way hatswitch?