3DConnexion 3D Mouse Support

[Spectre5]

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.

[jmwright]

@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.

[Spectre5]

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.

[justbuchanan]

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 👍
• 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 :(

[justbuchanan]

This one looks promising: https://github.com/JakubAndrysek/pyspacemouse. Works on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

[justbuchanan]

I sent #413 as an initial proof-of-concept using pyspacemouse. It needs a fair amount of work, but I got some of the basics working.