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What is a space mouse or a 3d mouse? Can it improve our comfort and productivity? Let's explore how the 3d mouse works with six degrees of freedom.
Let's look at the Space mouse - is it useful for architectural design? Which model is best? In this video, we review the three current 3d mouse models from 3Dconnexion and explain how they work and how they can unify working with any 3d program together to create a more seamless experience. They can be used for smooth 3d navigation in 3d programs like Rhino, Blender, Revit, Autocad, 3ds Max, Maya, Sketchup, Freecad, Solidwors, Fusion, Unreal Engine, Twinmotion, Unity, Cinema 4D, Substance 3D Painter, ZBrush, Google Earth Desktop and browser, Shapr3D, Siemens NX, Creo Parametric, Catia, Solidworks, Autocad, Archicad, Onshape, iClone, Vectorworks, Navisworks, ArcGIS, BricsCAD, Houdini, Modo, Keyshot, and others.
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@Nepko360 3 года назад

Short and informational. Definitely considering buying one of these now, great video!

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Thank you! And glad you've found it useful ;)

@AugustaWaterCooler 2 месяца назад

I love that you made a concise detailed video that addressed the core question at hand and kept it under 5 minutes, bravo Sir.

@UHStudio 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@carlosmazongodoy147 4 года назад

Really useful video! Thanks for sharing. I had a friend recommend the space mouse long time ago but never understood why he liked it so much. I think I get it now!

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Happy to help! Clearly that friend didn't do a good job of explaining the benefits. Hopefully he made a video to illustrate them better :)

@SuperDre74 4 года назад

The reason for the extra buttons on the controller itself IS that you don't have to travel to the keyboard anymore, even though it might be close, it's still better to not have to move to the keyboard at all. Also the larger one is more ergonomic due to the wristpad.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

yep, could replicate most of the functions from the keyboard to the 3d mouse

@emiel1976ep 2 года назад

Didn't see that for a long time. I used them in an old version a long time ago for cad. It had more a ball, but you did the same with it. I loved it and it made me work a lot faster.

@UHStudio 2 года назад

Yes 3d mouse is great in any flavour :)

@HarryHeck2020 3 года назад

I just got a Spacemouse Compact. I understood how to use it within one hour of practice. Instant improvement, Autodesk Alias has the best improvement. With the two buttons I bound ctrl+shift so I don't have to go back to the keyboard for the marking menus. It's a game changer. It works great in Fusion 360 except when the perspective scale gets messed up, switching to ortho backing away from the model and switching back to perspective fixes it. They could improve it in Blender, if you sneeze and get out of bounds you can't return, you have to reset by picking an object in the lister and hit (numpad .) to "focus on selected". Also Blender uses "mouse focus" to determine the active viewport so you need to make sure your mouse pointer stays within the viewport for it to work. If your mouse pointer leaves the viewport for a menu it stops working.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Yes, there could definitely be improvements in Blender. Although, the behaviour you describe, it works the same way in Rhino, so every once in a while, I need to run a zoom-to-selected command

@_Shinique Год назад

Finally, a video that is comparing them. Thank you so much. I'm torn between wireless & enterprise. I wish they made a wireless enterprise version. I like to lounge around wirelessly sometimes with my wacom intuos draw.

@UHStudio Год назад

The enterprise has the screen, to it would need to be recharged quite often if it were wireless in any case. The enterprise is a great tool, but you have to be certain that you will first commit to program it for your intended pursposes and it takes time to get it right. And then commit to using it, which is adding a new kind of muscle memory. In the end, like any tool, you get the value's worth of the time you invest in learning how to use this new tool.

@youarehere1716 3 года назад

Brilliantly done video. Well scoped, well-presented, and makes a valuable salient point quickly. Thank you. Saved me a lot of hassle and wasted money.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Cheers, happy you've found it helpful 😉

@ariannahorton 2 года назад

Thank you! This is the best 3d mouse video out there! 🙂

@UHStudio 2 года назад

Thanks!

@definitelynotcole 3 года назад

got mine a few days ago. With the time it will 'save' me its going to take months for me to make up for the time I spent playing around with it. God its fun to use.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Definitely a fun device to use. Would recommend trying it with google earth ;)

@astasna 2 года назад

You answered my worries and saved me alot of time!

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

Cheers and happy to help!

@gcasqueiro 4 года назад

Bought one 10 years ago, never looked back.

@ertugrulunal734 3 года назад

Is it helpfull for beginners?i am an industrial designer student.Probably i will use it when 3d modelling for years .i think starting 3d modelling with this device will be good before get used to using only mouse.

@gcasqueiro 3 года назад

@@ertugrulunal734 I think so, it's way better to use than keyboard keys to navigate. It has some adaptation 'til you control it naturally, but after that you won't even notice you're using it. The 3dconnexion software even has some "games" and tutorials for you to get used to using it.

@suicideme 3 года назад

🔥

@TheDugbo Год назад

Thanks to your video I now know that I do not need a space mouse. Very informative and answered a lot of questions I had about it.

@UHStudio Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@stevehartley8716 2 года назад

I wanted to look at buying the spacemouse wireless and this video helped me make the purchase! Thanking you.

@UHStudio 2 года назад

Glad I could help!

@tgirard123 Год назад

I couldn't use it. It always felt like I was taking longer to get in the position I wanted using the controller ( I have the 3dCOnextion basic). It's nice to see someone use it well and I really thought I would but it didn't work for me and sits on a shelf...

@user-ml7zr3lj2w 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for this video! I'm just about choosing the right 3d mouse for myself and after just 3 minutes I'm 100% decided on the small guy!:) Happy Xmass!

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

Cheers and happy to help :)

@nolanwhite1876 4 года назад

I love that the medium sized mouse was used as the Rocinante's pilot control cluster for the first three seasons of The Expanse.

@ezrahubbard480 4 года назад

Yes! I saw that too. Good catch

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Nice one! I do see them pop around in other "futuristic" movie or tv show sets

@danielslackergenius1641 2 года назад

I've found that using the Enterprise with Revit is worth the time it takes to get used to it. Now that it is second nature I rarely use the keyboard. There aren't that many commands that I use multiple times an hour. Yes I can program it to make a section view, but realistically, how many times will I use the section command vs. the copy or move command. I love mine, I cut my work time in half, although some of that was just gained experience

@UHStudio 2 года назад

That's great to hear! Do you input numbers via the 3dxware numpad popout?

@TheLuconic 2 года назад

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@maxdefire Год назад

@@UHStudio you know, on keyboards meant for humans there are numpads

@stevesculptor1 2 года назад

Have you done a video about scaling in Sketchup ? I don't use Layout, I've been using Publisher with S-shots from SU.

@UHStudio Год назад

It is!

@mmmdesignllc 5 месяцев назад

I use a wired space mouse. it has two programmable keys on either side. Often in CAD, you can program those keys to bring up a menu on the screen (that you have populated with common used commands) and this does a lot of the work that the normal mouse does. You can save these configs for different programs. This will make you faster.

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the tip!

@EladdNZZ Год назад

Watched this video some time ago and convinced me to get a 3D mouse. I got the wired basic and it is great when I remember to use it. Find it useful when needing to get in close to select areas hard to get to normally. I do wonder if I should have got one of the larger versions? but didn't know if I would like it. Pleased I got it all the same.

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

Yes, it's a nifty gadget to have on the desk

@ryanmcc09 Год назад

i did find this useful, thanks!

@UHStudio Год назад

Cheers!

@erdbeerbus 3 года назад

great explained ... thx!

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@AngelGaleraArquitectos 4 года назад

Hello, I have the small space mouse. Could you say how you have it configured for blender? Thanks in advanced

@UHStudio 4 года назад

That's what I will talk about in the next video

@bretspangler8717 2 года назад

Just ordered the mobile kit, moving and viewing my models can be so frustrating, this will be a major improvement and cut out all the frustration.

@UHStudio 2 года назад

Curious to hear your experience

@benho5390 3 года назад

Yo man, what do you use the spacemouse enterprise for then since you've just mentioned about using Spacemouse Pro Wireless and original Spacemouse?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

I am using the larger space mouse at the office, the smaller ones at home.

@benedict6897 Месяц назад

Is that the joystick used in the rocinante set in the expanse

@charlesdelajoux4951 Год назад

Very useful thanks ! Cheers from Geneva Switzerland.

@UHStudio Год назад

Thank you

@lukebryson2259 4 года назад

Hey Dimas I’ve actually been going a lot into 3D design as of lately and I’m an apple user... I was searching for the best ergonomic mouse in the market to equip myself well to be limitless... Aside from the little wireless one that you recommend here, what other ergonomic mouse do you recommend I purchase to go with it? I’m left-handed ! Also, i know this may too much to ask but I want to purchase my first desktop computer and I found the Mac Pro very appealing although a bit too expensive.. Do you know any non-apple counterpart that is great for 3D design? I plan on making that my main career. Thank you Dima!!

@UHStudio 3 года назад

3dx have released a left-handed cad mouse. I am left handed as well, but use the mouse with the right hand and I am quite satisfied with the cad mouse for the right hand

@MegaRecidIvo 3 года назад

Top video, it sounds like an horoscope podcast, that's what I liked the most

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Hehe, the stars are aligned today and you can expect to have good day ;)

@rodrigopacheco6492 3 года назад

find very usefull your video, just a question, does it work with 2d softwares like cad or revit?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Yes it does

@KhaiJbach 4 года назад

I had one of the small ones... found it was hard to use since it never stayed still on the desk, then it started to drift constantly.... I may try one of the bigger based ones in the future, but the small ones? no.

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

Might have had a faulty one. Or sometimes reinstalling the driver helps

@nolandderlugner1351 2 года назад

Great video Thank you, ima prop get one soon

@UHStudio 2 года назад

Glad I could help

@openroomxyz 2 года назад

Do you have to have an additional mouse for clicking staff how fast can you model in 3d with it? Is is useful for modeling and creating things in Unity, unreal? Can you surf web with it?

@UHStudio 2 года назад

This is a completely stand-alone device. A traditional mouse is still needed. It useful for all the things you mention. For web surfing, it's quite nice, since instead of endgless scrolling the space mouse can be used for scrolling

@axeltroja9390 Год назад

How is the driver support, as far as I know this vendor got its products out for a while. Are they cutting of older models from driver support list or can I get an old unit and still use it with Windows 11?

@UHStudio Год назад

at the driver downloads page, you can see which products are supported 3dconnexion.com/uk/drivers/

@dyotoorion1835 4 года назад

Very helpful. Thanks! :-)

@UHStudio 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@dyotoorion1835 4 года назад

@@UHStudio Cheers! xD

@Jake-zc3fk 8 месяцев назад

I got the Spacemouse wireless for Fusion 360 work. It's fantastic!!

@UHStudio 8 месяцев назад

good to hear!

@drumboarder1 2 года назад

First decent video on the damn thing, thank you Adam Friedland

@Costura 11 месяцев назад

Puedes hacer un vido para saber si sirve en un programa de edicion ?

@UHStudio 11 месяцев назад

Editing program? Like Premiere Pro and Davinvci Resolve? The hotkeys work but moving around does not. I've spoken to 3Dconnexion about it and they say that they explicitly want to focus their energy and investments in improving the experience for CAD and 3D users

@sauravspillai8000 3 года назад

awesome ... vverrryy useful video!!!

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Thank you! Glad it was helpful!

@evenaicantfigurethisout 3 года назад

can you use this as a regular mouse for RSI relief? it looks like scrolling with this is quite a lot better than a the scroll wheel on my trackball.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

You can use it for scrolling but not for moving the cursor

@mohammadyahya6511 2 года назад

Thanks for the brief, but bro i've a question will there be a need of using a regular mouse with it for the cursor & an ordinary functionality of a mouse with it bcs i'm using a Logitech G-510s keyboard memos plus my own preset of customized shortcuts for hyper fast workflow in Cinema 4D. bcs if i've to switch between keyboard & 3d mouse with my left hand it will may slow down my 3D modeling workflow thnx In advance.

@UHStudio 2 года назад

It's the kind of thing you have to try. Yes you may loose a bit of speed lifting your hand from the keyboard but you may gain it back by being quicker in moving around the model in 3d

@mohammadyahya6511 2 года назад

@@UHStudio Thankyou so much brother for replying & yes you were half right with your opinion but definitely it was a worth having weapon in my arsenal & yes i've discovered the sweet spots in my work flow with this device. but my friend i'll highly recommend that you should try Logitech G600 MMO gaming mouse with Logitech G13 gaming board using 3d mouse without them is not worth it! in mine needed tasks, testifying it after a month of usage you might already be aware of them but if not you can't imagine what you are being deprived of with these two beasts not just i've eliminated double pressing but have assign the most pressing needed tasks on my thumb you can almost have around 200 Macros with them plus integration of these devices in almost every application is a blessing with Logitech Gaming Software (Plz stay away using G hub app with them, it's a crap) nothing is on par with them specially in complex 3D modeling and in large motion graphic scenes, navigation with 3d mouse (with a small guy) is a treat. you can watch the video (Double Your Modeling Speed (Instantly!) by "Royal Skies" for G 600 & for the G 13 you have to take my words Regards.

@LionUnchained Год назад

Ah, yes. Just the video I was looking for, justification to click buy now XD I have wanted a 3d mouse since I saw engineers at Nest using them in product design back when I did IT. Now I'm getting into modeling and game design and I've been eyin these for a while. Cheers.

@UHStudio 8 месяцев назад

Cheers!

@3akoscielski 4 года назад

I disagree about which is the most useful. The spacemouse pro is extremely useful if you set it up with the keys you want it to have. It has all of the primary keys anyone would need, and changing the other custom keys to things like, save, delete, copy, paste, undo, redo, enter etc make it even more useful. You also wouldn't have to move your hand from the spacemouse to the keyboard all the time if you used the buttons on the spacemouse instead of the keyboard keys. I suggest getting used to using them instead and stop moving to the keyboard as much. Also, the small mouse has the problem where if you lift up you just lift the mouse up off the desk, or it slides around. With the larger spacemouse pro your wrist holds the mouse down so it doesn't move forward, or up when moving around in your model. I also use each programs shortcut gestures, which gives me the same effect as hot keys. I do not use hot keys at all because of this. I also purchased a logitech G600 which I programmed so that the 12 side buttons is a number pad and the far right button is an enter key. This allows me to never have to use the keyboard unless I am typing letters, which isn't extremely common when designing (mostly just for naming things or doing drawings).

@UHStudio 4 года назад

Definitely a valid point! But it gets tedious if you are using two home computers, a work computer, and 4 different software packages on each ;)

@alisha_madariaga 2 года назад

I disagree with this comment and 100% agree with the video narrator. I don’t want to spend the extra time setting up the keys for a whole new workflow . I don’t have the time even if I DID want to. I also agree with the video comment regarding bridging the gap between the different quirks amongst each different app. I use 3D in Revit, photoshop , and illustrator and the small space mouse really does a great job of unifying my hand and wrist movements in 3D space in all 3 programs

@AM-pq1rq 6 месяцев назад

"extremely useful if you set it up with the keys you want it to have..." "... I do not use hot keys at all" 🤔

@Bueolmutz 2 года назад

I like this video. I would recommend however that you work a bit with the autofocus settings in your camera, as it is bit distracting with unintended focus shifts. Especially with the face/portrait shot. Consider putting clips of the hardware, and then just showing your torso when applicable. Best regards.

@Bueolmutz 2 года назад

Like.. when your hands go up, change the focus in and out. Frustrating to watch. (Example at about 1:35) Better to set locked focus on your face, and then clips with details, just like you already do.

@UHStudio 2 года назад

Thanks for your tips. Hopefully you may notice quality improvement in my most recent videos

@Bueolmutz 2 года назад

@@UHStudio I have! And let me say, your energy and positive and honest attitude is a pleasure to experience. That by far outweighs technical refinement and clever contraption. Furthermore it is imposible to aquire as a learnt skill! Best regards! Bue.

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

@@Bueolmutz Thanks so much for the kind words! Much appreciated :)

@Bueolmutz 3 месяца назад

@@UHStudio 😁

@juliaballaron2684 3 года назад

I'm beginning to get pain in my hand from all the jewelry modeling in CAD I do for work. Sounds like I definitely need to get one of these.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Yes it would probably help. Check out also upright mice and trackball mice. However, the sole fact that one hand helps with moving around in 3d space is better than any traditional mouse on its own.

@farshidhaidari9705 4 месяца назад

good job. thansks

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

cheers :)

@gauravjain4249 3 года назад

Thank you very much Sir.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Happy to help :)

@RustamZimukov 2 года назад

What would you recommend to use in combination with display tablet?

@UHStudio 2 года назад

The small one is enough, as most display tablets also have buttons that you can program.

@basukisugito3275 Год назад

I found it useful be near numpad, always need input number as for distances or radius. I wish there was a mouse with numpad, so doesn't need to move my had from the mouse. It is quiet a jumping between mouse and numbad

@spouchniko 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@UHStudio 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!!

@RandomnessCreates 2 года назад

I've gotten super lucky and got the Enterprise Kit 2 for like 200-230 ish dollars. Absolutely worth it lol.

@sekolahonlineteknikotomotif 2 года назад

When you use space mouse,, Do you still need the regular mouse for CAD?

@UHStudio Год назад

yes. a space mouse is an additional accessory instead of a replacement for a regular computer mouse

@RiccardoPearlman 3 года назад

Also- are all 6 axes of the mouse progressive/analog?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

If you push more in one direction, the mouse does respond by moving/panning/rotating in the direction faster. Hope that answers your question?

@parametrstudio6216 4 года назад

I use spacepilot pro for 8 years in Rhino in that is the meaning why I am incredibly faster than others - in spite of lot of others which, didnt get it yet , and are still slower. But in blender- it is different case. Iam moving to blender for special kind of things where it is better. But in blender you have to use lot of shortcuts which make you realy faster at all. I didn´t use it yet. But I am very happy for someone like you show the possibilities. So thank you for that! I am also using mechanical numpad keypoard on the left for the numbers. Place for 3d mouse is still there :) You are not using shortcuts on the keyboard not at all? :) Great work! Awesome channel! (and you also move from rhino to blender does´nt you ?) :)

@allenl9214 3 года назад

Did you use your space pro for Blender yet? How is it working out? I want to buy a space pro or enterprise for Blender use

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing your experience and for your kind words! I still use both Rhino and Blender. As mentined in the video, I am actually using the smallest 3d mouse at the moment, so I don't have any hotkeys set up and rely on the keyboard for hotkeys. However, if I need to input some really serious 3d time, I would pop out the enterprise and set up the hotkeys specifically for the workflow that I need.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

In my experience, the space mouse works very well with Blender for navigation.

@phantomaticscience6846 9 месяцев назад

I am agree with the author but for different reason - i setup the smallest 3d mouse controller but with strokesplus programs and autohotkeys , for me the best solution for using this I don`t need extra buttons cause i have in mouse ( btw with extra 12 buttons in mouse which I using only in part ) and is much quicker. I will send my link to video how it works for me soon.

@UHStudio 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing your set up.

@SZMIDEL 3 года назад

so this works in tandem with the main mouse? but instead just use it to navigate while you still manipulate with your right hand and regular mouse?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Precisely so. The idea is too reduce strain on the right hand by offloading navigation to the left hand

@SZMIDEL 3 года назад

@@UHStudio very cool... this will be my next upgrade... thanks for responding!

@enriqueapalacios 3 года назад

Great Advice Dimity. Help me a Great Deal!

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Happy to help!

@handersonbarros7203 Год назад

can use both mouse regular one and this 3d space mouse?

@UHStudio Год назад

Yes

@czarfenris6860 4 месяца назад

I love the space mouse and I totally agree with you

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

Good to hear :)

@Zelectec 4 года назад

Hey, small info. change your camera focus on auto but select a single spot. so if u wanna put something else in focus beside your face u just move it in the right spot. since u use a monitor to watch what u record it shouldnt be a problem. thanks for all the awesome videos!

@UHStudio 4 года назад

Thanks for the feedback. That's exactly how I've set it but it's an old camera with crappy autofocus for video. New kit will be coming soon so everything should be in focus in a short while ;)

@Chris-cf2kp 8 месяцев назад

I wonder if that would be useful in space sim games, if you can assign movement vectors to it's controls? No need for a clunky flight stick or whatever

@UHStudio 8 месяцев назад

I don't think it can be used as a good old joystick. But probably someone on linux has created a driver to do that type of behaviour

@Chris-cf2kp 8 месяцев назад

@@UHStudio Does it allow you to tilt the camera or objects by twisting clockwise or counter-clockwise around the x-axis, if that x-axis travels from you flat from south to north? Hope that description makes sense

@JPLowe 10 месяцев назад

But how do I click and control the cursor

@UHStudio 9 месяцев назад

With your regular mouse

@jurandfantom 2 года назад

huh, just got that compact and I was thinking - ok, but i need travel to keyboard. Silly me didn't thought about place it side by side with keyboard. indeed I can reach my keyboard macro buttons with thumb. Nice, thanks :)

@UHStudio 3 месяца назад

Cheers :)

@ebaroni 3 года назад

I can´t live without my 3Dconnexion mouse anymore.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

ditto!

@yipeng9552 9 месяцев назад

looks so professional, but after decades of working in 3d, I never found I need rotate pan an zoom at same time.

@UHStudio 8 месяцев назад

it's one of those things that you don't know you are missing until you try it

@RobertLugg 2 года назад

Can this be productive as a standard mouse or do you also need another conventional mouse?

@UHStudio 2 года назад

you still need a traditional mouse

@derptweaker945 2 года назад

was thinking the same.. differently the small one. But i heard that its quite allot of bugs then using with Maya. And Maya already got enough problems just like it is. So i think i let this marinate for a bit longer

@UHStudio 2 года назад

I have only used it with Maya very briefly. I imagine the 3d motion should work quite well

@nsolanoc. 2 года назад

I have both of them, and my workflow is more faster and easier than before.

@UHStudio Год назад

Cool!

@OlavSchneider 10 месяцев назад

Wish they were faster in getting out updated drivers for Unreal engine.

@UHStudio 8 месяцев назад

How it is now?

@3LFL3DA 3 года назад

the thing is, once you've set up your Pro or Enterprise Spacepilot, you don't need to go back and forth between the 3D Mouse and the Keyboard, for me this works best with a Mouse that supports gestures, like the MX Master etc..

@allenl9214 3 года назад

Just what I was thinking. I'm contemplating buying one and thought having the mini space mouse only is such a waste to only be able to scroll. A large unit like the Enterprise can be customized so you never have to look down to reorient your fingers on a keyboard, plus reorienting again when you look up to your monitor. That takes up much time.

@3LFL3DA 3 года назад

@@allenl9214 absolutely! What I love about the old Pro is, that it had a display too, like the Enterprise model.. I love this little status display when working with solidworks, it shows me the author of a file, when it was saved the last time (very important!) and the weight of the part 🥰

@allenl9214 3 года назад

@@3LFL3DA are the keys on your Pro (or is it Enterprise?) easy to reach and click without looking down? My main reason to get one is my left fingers just keep missing when having to press Alt or ctrl keys along doing some stretching or acrobatic move to reach an alphabet key and keeps requiring me to look down to reorient. When I'm doing hundreds or thousands of clicks in a work session, it just doubles the time every moment I have to look away from my screen. I was considering a key pad like the Razer Tartarus V2 but am drawn to the scroll wheel on the 3dconnexion Enterprise. I'm just a little concerned about the keys on the enterprise as its not a normal keyboard layout. I dont want to spend so much buying it if it doesnt eliminate my need to stare away from screen to reorient.

@3LFL3DA 3 года назад

@@allenl9214 communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/30783/3dcon_2D00_buttons.png this is the one that I use.. the only reason I have to reach over to the keyboard ist, when entering fille names whern I create new parts within an assembley. I programmed the buttons on the spacepilot to recreate shortcuts like STRG-TAB (switch between opened files) and ALT- TAB to switch windows.. since my spacepilot offers an option to show a popup numeric keypad, I don't need to switch to the keyboard. I Thought about doing something similar with utilizing the Windows 10 onscreen keyboard, but I think it'll take me more time to klick the indiviual letters instead of switching to the keyboard.. I've seen the razer keypad too, but as you say, it won't replace the spacepilot... if you''ll give it a try, I would appreciate sharing your expierience.

@3LFL3DA 3 года назад

and yes, I find it very easy and convenient to hit the right buttons, even without looking, took a few days to build the muscle memory

@McCloud23892 3 года назад

How's doing 3D with a Wacom Cintiq?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

I don't have a Cintiq, so I haven't tried it. I believe most people use a tablet more for sculpting workflows, especially with zbrush

@ustoopia 2 года назад

I had planned to purchase the mid-size one today, but thankfully I watched this video cause you make a very very good point. So I won't be buyig it today, I'll changed my mind and will purchase the small "guy" today. Thanks!!

@UHStudio Год назад

Hehe, that's the one I have on my desk at the moment and the other ones stacked away

@David-zf5tv 3 года назад

Thanks man you saved me

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Glad I could help

@carlosmunoz1041 3 года назад

It doesn't always work very well with Revit specially when working with big projects and with many linked files then It gets really slow and really doesn't work. It works well with small projects

@UHStudio 3 года назад

I do agree that the Revit's driver implementation is not the best

@aeko Год назад

do this replace a regular mouse?

@UHStudio Год назад

no, if you watch the whole video, it explains it

@MarkSomma 3 года назад

much enjoyed your video, I have used 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro for years with Sketchup and I've enjoyed it with Blender on Windows yet on my Mac Pro Blender 2.9 does not work properly. I'm capable of zooming in and out but I am not capable of rotating around the object. thank you again for your RU-vids much appreciated.

@The3Dsmash 3 года назад

Has the performance of your Spacemouse Pro improved on Blender for Mac OS? I'm thinking of getting the Enterprise for Blender but worry if it will be fully functional on Mac OS. Thanks

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Mac pro or Macbook pro? The trackpads on mac laptops work almost as good for viewport navigation with Blender and Rhino as the 3d mouse. Check out one of my videos on optimal settings to see if some adjustments to the options can fix it?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Blender has funny support for setting up the hotkeys. You basically have to set them up within Blender as opposed to the 3dx connexion app. At least that's the way it works on windows. Not sure about on mac.

@SadunKal 3 года назад

Can you use it while drawing or scultpting?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Yes, you can use if while scuplting in 3d. Not for drawing though. I believe Adobe's apps may work with it, but I don't use Adobe apps anymore and the Affinity apps don't work with it unfortunately.

@shin-ishikiri-no Год назад

@@UHStudio Affinity is awesome. Thanks for switching away from Adobe$ nonsense.

@mobildisko579 5 месяцев назад

Does it work for unreal engine 5?

@UHStudio 5 месяцев назад

Yes

@stevesculptor1 2 года назад

What about for Blender?

@UHStudio 2 года назад

It's super useful for blender. I use it all the time

@christophergibson4449 2 года назад

Can this mouse be used with MacOS?

@UHStudio 2 года назад

Yes. All of them except the largest one called the Enterprise, last time I checked.

@RiccardoPearlman 3 года назад

So I've been on the fence about these mice since AutoCAD.... 12? 14? :) Out of curiosity, can you mouse AND use this unit? I am thinking about all the times I am caught drawing a complex polyline for some kind of extrusion profile or something, and I need to zoom and orbit as I go. With this mouse, it seems you could keep your left hand on zoom/pan/orbit while you stitch your polyline with the mouse/trackball on your right hand. Is that possible?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

yes

@eckee 3 года назад

I'm so fucking dumb lol. I thought it replaced mouse and hated the idea. But It's a camera controller instead and I love it. Definitely a must-have.

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Yep, definitely doesn't replace the keyboard or the regular mouse, but utilises some of the functionality that should make it more fun and easier on the hands to manipulate in 3 dimensions.

@TAH1712 2 года назад

I was kinda thinking the same - small one would be much closer to the keyboard...but, i have already got the mid-sized Spacemouse pro - hmm, should I spend out on another?? I do find though it's easy to assign shortcut keys to all the Spacemouse pro keys, so yes I do have doubles but all the important most used keyboard keys are also assigned right next to the Spacemouse control knob (it's actually quicker than spanning over the keyboard!)- It's like what you said about using different mouses - it helps to prevent RSI.

@parametrstudio6216 4 года назад

Whats the name of your keyboard please?

@The3Dsmash 3 года назад

logitech k380

@UHStudio 3 года назад

yes, that's the one. It's my favourite one out of the bunch. Quiet keys and 3 devices. I only wish it has illuminated keys.

@teabagNBG Год назад

im about to learn blender and i think i will get me one... i think using it from the start is a good idea..

@UHStudio Год назад

definitely quite useful in Blender

@Pokornz 2 года назад

The point of the Pro and Enterprise version is that you DON'T go between the spacemouse and keyboard 😜

@UHStudio 2 года назад

With the enterprise, it is possible. With the pro, at least for me, I still need additional keys on the keyboard so still need to travel. I have had intense modelling sessions though, where I have used just the Enterprise and a mouse to do everything with the keyboard of the way. It worked well, but it was quite specific, so the buttons were enough.

@Pokornz 2 года назад

@@UHStudio I think it really depends how well you set up your speed dials and shortcuts. I have the Pro and only have to use the keyboard for inputting dimensions. (Fusion 360 full time)

@Bueolmutz 2 года назад

And yes.. let's have more like this

@AlexandreCarvalhoBH 3 года назад

Is it useful to navigate through notepad?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

In 2 dimensions, it is the equivalent of a laptop trackpad, scrolling in all directions with 2 fingers. In other words, the use cases outside of CAD and 3D may be minimal to my knowledge

@fabbrobbaf 4 года назад

Is this to be combined with a mouse or not?

@Gubbinatorr 4 года назад

Yeah because the 3D mice only move the view, they don't move the mouse pointer itself.

@UHStudio 4 года назад

Yes as Gub has mentioned, it's only for 3d navigation and you use it with your left hand. You still have your mouse in your right hand (or vice versa if you are left handed)

@fabbrobbaf 4 года назад

🤯 thanks for answering!

@KUBE.archvis 4 года назад

Good to know.thanks for answering.

@kendarr 3 года назад

My work revolves around short cuts, this seems like would slow me down honestly

@UHStudio 3 года назад

The smaller one could purely be use for rotation, whereas the larger models have plenty of capabilities for setting up shortcuts, but it is time and effort

@lorenzomanini1017 3 года назад

For me i guess that those buttons are not enough to cover all the shortcuts i use (from 7 different softwares). Not worth to me if the only benefit is a smooth 3D space manipulation. I need to be precise and fast, not to seam cool doing it.

@miecz23 3 года назад

@@lorenzomanini1017 You program these buttons for each of your software separately. The device recognize the software you work with and set assigned buttons automatically.

@syam.k.yenubari 3 года назад

how does it helps to 3d animator ?

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Easier to move around the viewport to keyframe your objects

@syam.k.yenubari 3 года назад

@@UHStudio thank you

@jpm1 4 года назад

that was very useful

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Thanks and glad it's helpful.

@mrSabic Год назад

Design engineer for 15 years, got the mouse 5 years ago. Since then its collecting dust, i never got used to it 🤷‍♂

@TS-fh4un 3 года назад

さんこうになりました。ありがとうございます。

@UHStudio 3 года назад

You're welcome 😉

@msganga1974 4 года назад

The Video is really nice and I wish I had watched before :) I want to give a feedback based on my personal experience as architect designer. I got tempted to buy the most expensive connexion device and honestly it is a waste of money. I could accept the idea to get used to a different workflow but it is totally unacceptable that the buttons on this device need to be pressed several times before they actually implement a command to AutoCAD. It is absolutely annoying and really disappointing.

@UHStudio 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing

@Marcasecas Год назад

Do you find it useful when drawing in 2D?

@UHStudio Год назад

Not as much as in 3d, but if needing to zoom quite far out and then zoom back into another area that would require a lot of scroll-zoom and panning, it does help

@msganga1974 4 года назад

Let's be honest...I purchased a 3d connexion space mouse enterprise thinking it would have been useful for my AutoCAD 3D work. I was wrong. First of all all the little buttons on this device need to be pressed several times before implementing the command you want making the workflow very slow. Secondly the rotation of the model is smooth only when you are dealing with small model built around the origin otherwise it gets absolutely messy. Third and last point the AuroCAD workflow needs several command that a modest keyboard can implement better than this expensive device because otherwise you need to switch from the 3D connexion to the keyboard making everything more complicated. Even the mouse is not so great. You can easily press the lateral buttons by mistake and the overall size is not so comfortable and need wire. I wonder why I have purchased something so useless and expensive...maybe I wanted to try getting excited by the ads...so my suggestion is to think twice. Maybe Industrial designer could find a better use but I do not encourage such an expensive device for architect! :D

@allenl9214 3 года назад

I'll buy yours for a discount xD

@UHStudio 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing your experience. While I don't use autocad, it works smooth in Rhino and would have thought that it would work just as smooth in autocad. I do find that the occasional, zoom selected (or equivalent command) helps with the 3d mouse as much as it helps with helping reset the view with a 2d mouse.

@shin-ishikiri-no Год назад

@@allenl9214 lol

@andrewyorkovich7281 Год назад

Man, I really don't get videos like this. I've seen a number of them now saying that the Compact is the best model the Pro is a waste of money for what it provides, and the Enterprise is too expensive for anybody but the heaviest power users. While I agree with the last point I don't understand why you'd buy one of these things if you're NOT a power user. If you don't do stuff professionally where the Space Mouse isn't necessary, what's the point in the first place, and if you do, why not buy the Enterprise? The whole point of the hotkeys is so that you can use the keyboard as little as possible, take your hand off the mouse as little as possible to increase productivity, reduce time moving between devices. As for setting up hotkeys, it DOESN'T take a long time, but why is it a problem that it takes time at all? Setting up hotkeys for ANYTHING takes a little time and tweaking, but it's such a worthwhile investment. That's the whole point of this thing: up front investment for huge payoff down the road. And that brings me to back to my point about the smaller models being the actual waste of money. Why would you buy this other than to be more productive? If your goal is to be more productive, why would you not want as many tools within reach of your fingers as possible? If you want as many tools within reach of your fingers as possible, why would you bother considering the smaller models? I just don't get it.

@UHStudio Год назад

To each their own preference. I have the enterprise model, tried it, ditched it. I continue to be very happy with the compact model, next to a Stream Deck.

@Z-add 2 года назад

Logitech should team up with space mouse and create a keyboard with build in space mouse.

@UHStudio 2 года назад

3dconnexion actually was at one point part of Logitech! And there is one keyboard, with kind of integrated space mouse. Here is is: spacemice.org/index.php?title=SpaceNavigator_Keyboard. But I much prefer keyboards and other gadgets to be separate since then it is easy to mix and match and get the precisely correct input devices that one may wish to use.