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3DConnexion 3D Mouse Support
Is there any chance of getting support for 3D mice in CQ-Editor? I have a 3D mouse from 3DConnexion that works great in FreeCAD via spacenavd. It would be great to get it supported in CQ-Editor too.
@Spectre5 Is this the correct link for the API?
PRs are always welcome. I don't know that the core team will have bandwidth or the interest to implement this anytime soon. I have a 3D mouse and have used it off and on, but there are just too many things that require focus in CadQuery-land. You can leave this issue open and other people can register their interest, and hopefully someone will pick it up eventually.
Totally understandable. I'd probably be somewhat out of my wheelhouse trying to implement that functionality but if I find some time I will look into it. And yes, spacenavd uses libspnav, but I think the editor could use a higher level interface - the output of spacenavd itself is usually used, I believe.
I may take a look at implementing this since I have SpaceNavigator mouse as well and would be interested in using it with cq-editor.
A quick search shows two python packages for interfacing with spacenav:
- https://github.com/johnhw/pyspacenavigator
- Windows only :(
- updated last year :+1:
- https://spnav.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- it's still on pypi, but it hasn't been updated since 2011 and the repo on bitbucket doesn't exist anymore :(
This one looks promising: https://github.com/JakubAndrysek/pyspacemouse. Works on Windows, Linux, and Mac.
I sent https://github.com/CadQuery/CQ-editor/pull/413 as an initial proof-of-concept using pyspacemouse. It needs a fair amount of work, but I got some of the basics working.