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    • J Offline
      Jan Steinman
      last edited by

      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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        domus
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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.

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        • honoluludesktopH Offline
          honoluludesktop
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          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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          • Jean LemireJ Offline
            Jean Lemire
            last edited by

            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.

            Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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