Cubelogic Improv

As mentioned a few days ago, new builds of Blender with support for 3Dconnexion’s 3D mice are available for all platforms (don’t download the builds labeled “3Dconnexion” since they lack a few DLLs):
www.blenderbuilds.com/2007/08/05/august-build-3dconnexion-with-a-prize

You also need a plug-in that you can download from:
www.3dconnexion.com/solutions/blender.php

The Windows builds should already have the plug-ins pre-installed, so just verify that.

More builds also available here:
www.cubelogic.org/blender

Enjoy!

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I’ve been working with the Blender guys to add support for 3Dconnexion devices in this great open source app, and it’s been really rewarding. The blender community is really receptive with a great “can-do” attitude without compromising their GPL-based principles, and I really respect that. It’s kind of a honor really to work with them from a corporate stall and I am grateful to them and my company for that.

Our work is public and available, although very experimental at this point. The Blender Foundation created a branch just for this effort, so just get the source and compile it:

https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/branches/ndof/

In a few days some already made builds will be available from blenderbuilds.com.

Then you need a plugin. I have prepared zip files which include source code, a ready-to-use build and instructions (for Mac OS X, Linux and even Windoze), which you can download from here (get the latest of course):

http://cubelogic.org/blender/builds/

After you compile and install the plugins you should be able to use 3Dconnexion devices with Blender.

If you experience any kind of problems, send me an email. For now, enjoy…

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