Advice for using other input devices?
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Yes, I know, the three-button, scroll-wheel mouse is universally recommended.
However, I am quite taken with my four-button plus scroll-wheel Kensington TurboMouse, which is actually a very large, very smooth trackball. I use it with my left hand and use a 12"x12" Wacom drawing surface with my right. This is a fantastic combo for Photoshop, Illustrator, and any number of other graphics applications.
However, I have yet to discover how best to adapt either of these to SketchUp. Should I just give in and buy a three-button mouse? Or can I somehow map all the power I have in those two devices into SketchUp somehow? It isn't clear how to do so... not in the Preferences.
Thanks!
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Does the turbomouse work with sketchup? Have you tried it out yet? I use a space navigator from 3Dconnexion in my left hand and a 3 button mouse in the right. I don't know why a turbomouse wouldn't work just as well as long as Kensington are providing the drivers for sketchup or other 3D CAD.
I can't see the benefit of the Wacom tablet in SU in the same way as it rocks for photoshop etc. but others might have more experience here...
I can see the benefit of having a hand free for holding a cup of tea though. -
I use a tablet for production CAD, but a mouse for everything else. The tablet is of limited value for SU unless I write a custom template. The tablet pen has the ability to be programed as a 3 button mouse, but must be put down when reaching for the keyboard. Never played with a 3d mouse, guess old habits die hard:-) I knew old timers that would only interface with a keyboard and were just as productive as I with a custom tablet.
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Hi folks.
The Space Navigator is a usefull device. I can pan, zoom and orbit with my left hand while I add details with the right hand.
Just ideas.
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