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Manipulate object with a 3D mouse?

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    pdwyer
    last edited by 26 Jun 2012, 10:25

    I use a 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator 3D mouse with SU (and love it 😄).

    It would be nice if there was a button, setting or hotkey so that instead of controlling the world it controlled only a given object! Then I thought... perhaps you can and I just don't know how!!

    Recently I was creating a glass jar full of odd nails and bolts etc and I need to grab each object, move and rotate it into a position like it fell naturally there (perhaps I should just drop the who lot in with sketchyphysics) and thought it would great if I could click on an object and move it with the 3d mouse independently of the world into postion then select the next object etc.

    Any thoughts on if this is doable or if not other shortcuts? This will be twilight rendered so it needs to look quite real for the positioning.

    Cheers

    Paul

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      mitcorb
      last edited by 26 Jun 2012, 12:19

      Sketchyphysics is pretty much the solution for a "quick" result. A similar recent thread mentioned the same thing. Otherwise, you will have to position each discrete object as a group or component. If this collection is just a background element, the obvious thing to do is apply an image of the collected objects to some form and put a jar around it.

      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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