Overview
SpacemouseCursorTool is a small utility simulating keyboard keys using a Spacemouse or similar 3D input device. It can be used for keyboardless navigation in browsers and file managers, playing games, support for special appliances as well as other situations where only a small subset of the keyboard is typically used.
Requirements
- Windows95/NT/2000/XP or higher
- Spacemouse, Spaceball, SpacePilot, SpaceNavigator or similar 3D input devices supported by installed 3DXWare drivers
Functions
- Supports up to 16 Spacemouse buttons as well as all 6 degrees of freedom
- Keyboard keys can be assigned freely, mapping axes to key ranges is also supported
- Up to 128 keys (including extended keys and mouse buttons) can be simulated
- Both multiple simulated keys and combinations of Spacemouse functions at once are supported
- Adjustable typematic settings
Download: SpacemouseCusorTool (45KB)
Usage of the SpacemouseCursorTool is practically identical to that of the JoystickCursorTools.
It would be useful to create a custom profile in the 3Dx control panel which might look like this one:
This allows you to have one button assigned to recentering the device and another button to open the setup dialog as well.
Note: It might be helpful to increase the process priority of this tool and/or the 3DXWare driver using the Windows task manager to speed up the processing of Spacemouse actions while running CPU-intensive programs (like 3D games or renderers) in the foreground.
Users of USB devices should also take a look at: SpaceNavigator Mouse Joystick Keyboard Driver by RBC9 (3D connexion forum thread: SpaceNavigator Driver - Mouse Joystick Keyboard)
Using it as a MIDI controller: http://acousmodules.free.fr/acousmodules5_en.htm#3Dmidigator (3D connexion forum thread: MIDI converter)