Middle Mouse Button Functionality
Middle Mouse Button Functionality
(OP)
When I am holding down the middle mouse button while rotating the view in NX 7.5 the program skips becuase of the large assemblies I am trying to view. When it does skip in mid roatation the program thinks I mean to middle mouse click to close the current menu I am in and I want this to stop.
Is there a way to disable middle clicking to close and/or advance a menu?
Is there a way to disable middle clicking to close and/or advance a menu?





RE: Middle Mouse Button Functionality
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Middle Mouse Button Functionality
i would much rather use the mouse
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Get a spaceball.
Even eBay's got 'em, cheap..!
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To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?
RE: Middle Mouse Button Functionality
IS THERE A WAY TO REMOVE THE FUNCTIONALITY ON THE MOUSE
THATS ALL IM ASKING
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Alternately, you may want to look at the options in Preferences -> Visualization Performance (Large model tab); you can adjust some graphics settings that will make rotation of large models more smooth. Perhaps you can eliminate the stuttering with some graphics tweaks.
Another option would be trying a new/different mouse; it may be malfunctioning.
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RE: Middle Mouse Button Functionality
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Middle Mouse Button Functionality
the mouse was busted
got a new one and it works fine
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Don't wear your mouse out this time, get a spaceball and learn to use it. It's 2013.
capn
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To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?
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The I-Deas way is always the best :)
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Older budweiser
NX8.5 64bit, hp z820
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They were originally developed and manufactured in Australia in the late 90's and Unigraphics was one of the first CAD systems that supported it (I was involved in some of the early testing), but as you can imagine, not many companies bought them due to the price ($1,500 each) and size (the overall length of the unit was about 18 inches). It also needed it's own dedicated power supply.
Here is the first Spaceball (Model 2000) that I actually go to keep for my own use back in 2003 (it's in the bottom drawer of the file cabinet in my office):
While it was still kind of pricy ($1,000 each) it was somewhat smaller but it still required its own power supply and they tended to 'drift' a lot and it wasn't very easy to prevent that since it was still basically a mechanical system where the parts could wear and become sloppy. However, it was successful and a lot of people started to use them around this time.
At the moment I now use three different 'Spaceballs' (all from 3DCONNEXION, a Logitech company), a 'SpacePilot Pro' in my office, a 'SpaceNavigator' at home and 'SpaceNavigator for Notebooks' when I'm on the road.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Middle Mouse Button Functionality
I-deas F1 F2 F3 F4 Is the only way to go. Nice!
But learning the Spaceball but find my self going back to the I-Deas ways of doing things less and less.
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If you're interested, here's the timeline for the development of the original 'Spaceball', from John Hilton's first prototype to the offerings of his current enterprise:
http://spacemice.wikidot.com/spaceball
And if you're a real history nerd:
http://www.spatialfreedom.com/pages/content.asp?pi...
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Middle Mouse Button Functionality
Later on the 3003, then 4000 and now Spacepilot.
Connecting the Spacepilot is easy usb.
The 3003 had a serial connector only (and powerplug of course).
I tried an adapter serial-usb (computers don't have serialports anymore), but that didn't work because of the lack of power.
Older budweiser
NX8.5 64bit, hp z820