3D connexion SpaceExplorer 3D Navigation Device with USB Interface ( 3DX-700026 )
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Customer Review: awesome concept; some reliability issues
Summary: 4 Stars
The hype is true. This mouse does make SolidWorks faster and more pleasant. The learning curve (adjustment period) is about 15 minutes. Some fiddling with the setup may be required, but this is relatively painless. In short, I love it. But...
It has an annoying habit of not working from time to time. If you look long enough, an internet search will reveal a "reboot" procedure where you hold the 1 and 2 buttons down while plugging it into the USB port. You'll want to make a note of this, because I have to do it fairly often. Without the reboot, the mouse occasionally will not work. As in completely dead. I had to find this little secret reboot tidbit on the internet after an hour of frustrated fiddling around. I called tech support and received decent help, but only after answering a dozen marketing survey questions that I found to be invasive and annoying. My mouse was dead and they wanted to know my number of employees etc before they'd answer anything.
That said, I'd buy another one if this one died. I just wish the company spent some of their marketing/data harvesting budget on fixing the reliability issue.
Customer Review: This will NOT replace your mouse or trackball
Summary: 3 Stars
It's a well-designed product, but its a terrible shame that it can't be used as a normal mouse. This is never explicitly stated in the description and really ought to be. Applications have to be specifically supported. You can not use this device to, for example, control your cursor and click on stuff and assign the buttons to open applications. At least, not unless you obtain the SDK (software developer kit) and have the skills to develop this functionality yourself. This is a major, and really kind of surprising, oversight. Yes, the SpaceExplorer is super-fab for Sketchup and other 3-D programs that are supported (although other reviews do point out some issues) and the product is intended to be used in conjunction with a normal mouse in such apps. But isn't it absolutely, screamingly obvious that people will want this device to replace their mouse altogether for navigating their operating system and pedestrian apps like email, iTunes, web browsers, etc? Come on, 3D Connexion, don't you want to sell a lot more of these things? I am very disappointed that the usability of this device is so limited.Customer Review: DO NOT BUY FOR MAC
Summary: 1 Stars
While this device seems great, the company does not support this device for OS X AT ALL! They do have a driver, but it only runs as a Space Navigator (the really cheap 2 button device) so all the other buttons on this device will not be usable in any application but the finder. This is a waste of money, because I have had this exact device for over 2 years and although they constantly say they will release drivers that actually work, for 2 years they have failed to do so. I have a great glowing blue paperweight tho. Again, I am not opposed to the idea, but you only get the functionality of the much cheaper device (Space Navigator). As a side note, I have used it for Blender and Maya.Customer Review: Nice, but too many buttons.
Summary: 3 Stars
I tried this, & was initially a bit overwhelmed by all the buttons: there are so many, it's easy to trigger them accidentally when you're tiliting the device head. The '2D' function annoyed me at first, but it can prove useful. The best thing about this uinit is the "hand-rest"-shaped body, which keeps the unit in correct orientation, (a constant problem with the basic unit.) In the end, I decided the buttons were superfluous; I can just add some keyboard shortcuts in Solidworks instead. I returned it & went back to the more basic PE edition. (I also use double-sided tape to keep it in place on my desk.) It's simpler, & MUCH cheaper.Customer Review: A must for 2D AutoCad, Photoshop.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been waiting for this kind of control in Autocad for 15 years. I use it for 2D drafting only. Silky smooth zooms and pans for precise drafting. No more holding the middle mouse button and dragging in the middle of a command. You can keep your hand on the knob for a long time with all of the programmable buttons at your touch. After a month of use, going back to my MX Revolution mouse to navigate feels clunky and frustrating. I also use it in Photoshop to pan and zoom and it is like second nature moving around in your image. I love this little thing. Connects effortlessly in Vista, acad 2009, and CS4.