Review of my Prize - Wireless 3D Mouse
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Well guys Ive been driving this little gadget for the last few days after my DUH moment on the install! Once i deleted and reinstalled the software directly from the internet I was away and running. My review is really my thoughts on how I feel it helps / hinders my modelling and how i feel using it. It will not be a highly technical review as others more qualified than I have done in the past. So here goes.
I had reservations about the movement of the device when operating it on my desk, (thinking that as a device designed for the mobile user it would be light). I couldnt have been more wrong; a combination of its fairly weighty design ( sorry I dont have scales to weigh it) and the non slip rubber ring on its base prevent it from moving at all. You will actually have to really want to prise it off the desktop / table to shift it!
It feels very "right" in operation with silky smooth action on the controller which zooms in and out beautifully , pans left and right and up and down. There are little tasks that you do when you install it to practice the movements required to master the operation of the device and it really doesnt take long at all. I was combining movements to zoom in and "fly around" the model within an hour with very few "crashes" into the model. I have used it in designing reception counters for London Hotels and other furniture for a traders office in Kings Cross and I am amazed at how well I can navigate around the models and get great views of the critical design elements which I then create scenes for my layout documents. I use the two smart buttons for "create new scene" and the "fit extents". I really do not see me going back to life without it for that reason alone.
I now feel extremely jealous that Solo won the bigger device with more quick buttons as it is a huge time saver. I can only imagine how much more efficient I would become ithe 8 buttons or more as I feel that I am easily 10 - 15% more efficient with just the two.
It can be a little awkward having to lift your hand off the device to select a key on the keyboard to activate a command but this is very easily remedied by practice with the mouse. I have no problems now after a week of use. Im so glad I won this and am so entering the future raffles with a hope of winning the larger device - I will pass this little beauty on to a fellow user if Im lucky enough to win the bigger one - thats if Im not tempted to buy it first!!
Thanks again to our great Sketchucation forum for running the raffle and of course to 3D Connexion for putting such a great prize forward!! Get entering the competition fellow members - you wont regret it if you win!!
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Great review... Does your have a mode button? our big Space Pilot Pro's come with 15 buttons and one is a mode button. So the actual number of commands you can apply is crazy.
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Thank you. No Kristoff, it has two small buttons on either side and you have to select what command you want to utilise. I wont criticise it at all because it is a mobile device - if you want more functionality then you need to go to their other product offerings - fair enough I'd say! The review wasn't as detailed as you or Rich's but it hopefully gives potential users an intermediate users perspective.
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