E-drawings and space ball in I-deas
E-drawings and space ball in I-deas
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Hi everyone!
Have any of you I-deas users know if I-deas can produce e-drawings (like Solid Works) . Its a .exe file containing the 2d and 3-d model. Anyone can execute this file and is able to pan zoom rotate the part on its own PC (no plugin required).
Also, Has anyone tried a space ball with i-deas. What brand and how does it work?
Thanks for the info.
Cheer!
Have any of you I-deas users know if I-deas can produce e-drawings (like Solid Works) . Its a .exe file containing the 2d and 3-d model. Anyone can execute this file and is able to pan zoom rotate the part on its own PC (no plugin required).
Also, Has anyone tried a space ball with i-deas. What brand and how does it work?
Thanks for the info.
Cheer!





RE: E-drawings and space ball in I-deas
RE: E-drawings and space ball in I-deas
You can view the Spaceball specifics at www.3dconnexion.com.
The latest and greatest is the 5000. It pans, zooms, and rotates all in one controller, which frees up your mouse to be moving to the next icon (command) while you position the model. The 4000FLX also has 12 programmable buttons for each application. I use these mostly for quick view positioning: sides, top, bottom, front, back, iso, etc. but many people program these buttons for common commands: protrusion, hole, line, fillet, etc.
You may also want to research the SpaceMouse, also by 3dConnexion. (By the way, you may here them by other brand names: Logitech, Magellen. 3DConnexion purchased all 3d controllers within the past couple of years.)
I don't think Ideas has anything like SolidWorks' E-Drawings.
RE: E-drawings and space ball in I-deas
Basically it works as though the part/assembly was the ball in your hand - you can rotate/pan/zoom all in one movement!