Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
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I've been using a Spaceball 4000 for quite a while but lately it is deteriorating in terms of smoothness. I borrowed a Space Navigator from an engineer who is out of the office and it worked well except for one thing. When I enter the sketch function, it locks into 2D mode. I can pan and zoom, but no rotations. I can call up the external Space Navigator settings window and restore rotations while I'm in the sketch, but the next time I use sketch, I'm again locked in 2D mode.
Is there a setting somewhere in UG that will force 3D all the time or is this a matter to take up with 3dconnexion?
Is there a setting somewhere in UG that will force 3D all the time or is this a matter to take up with 3dconnexion?





RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
I would say since the navigator only has 2 buttons they made this some kind of default setting for convienience. Check the settings, and I'm fairly certain the ones that don't do this by default at our plant have a different driver. I know this because the ones that don't do it do not have the 3D connexion toolbar in UG either.
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
I am running NX 4.0.4.2 MP4 and I saw no preference settings that would seem to suggest a 2D vs. 3D preferrence with regards to sketches.
Weird.
Chris Cooper
Senior CAD Specialist
Cleveland Golf / Never Compromise
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RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
John R. Baker, P.E.
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NX Design
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RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
In the meantime I setup the right button to toggle rotations while in sketcher. It will do for now but I would rather use that button for something else.
It's a little strange, but the current driver seem to treat the sketcher as a separate application, that is, I can program the buttons one way when outside sketcher and another when I'm in sketcher. For normal use, the buttons are set to shade/wireframe and in sketcher they are remapped to fit view and toggle rotations.
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
I have a SpacePilot, and it has a 3D Lock button, so when I need to move in 3D while in a sketch, you just press that. I've also talked with 3D Connexion about putting an option in, where you could have it NOT lock into 2d mode when entering a sketch, and they seemed open to the idea, once I explained, and demonstrated why.
-Dave
-Dave
Everything should be designed as simple as possible, but not simpler.
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
The navigator has two buttons I'm not sure what they do by default, one button pulls up the 3DXware and the other resets it, they may be programmable. If you can hit the lock unlock on the space-pilot then it allows the sketch to rotate, so having that setting on your navigator may be the solution.
When you're next chatting with 3D connection. Is it just me or did the latest drivers stop working with Microsoft Office?
Best Regards
Hudson
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
So for now, mapping the right button to toggle rotations will have to suffice. I also mapped the left button to orient the view to the sketch but the built-in Navigator macro does not match the current NX5 sketcher menu structure and brings up the spline function. I remapped it to work with the new menu and all is well now.
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
Have you tried renaming the DLL so that it doesn't load when NX starts ?
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RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
That works on Vista anyway.
-Dave
Everything should be designed as simple as possible, but not simpler.
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
RE: Space Navigator and sketch 2D mode
Thanks for the tip, it worked perfectly. Well, the second time I tried it worked perfectly. The first time I tried it, well, I've never seen a computer shut down that fast.