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You must have PC DMIS open. THEN, go into the 3Dconnexion app to mess with your speeds. It MUST say PCDLRN in 3Dconnexion. Apparently PCDLRN is the name of the PC DMIS CAD environment. I was accidentally closing out of PC DMIS, then editing my speeds in 3d all the while not realizing that I was ACTUALLY messing with speeds for windows explorer & NOT for PC DMIS.

If you look down at 's pic comment, you'll see that when he opened up his snipping tool, 3Dconnexion on his side changed the environment to Snipping tool lol. If he messed with speeds in 3d, it would be for snip & not for his CAD stuff if he wasn't paying attention (like I was doing).

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All,

Is there a setting in PC DMIS to turn down the edit window's pan/zoom speed?

I have a 3DCONNEXION Mouse...


I have the mouse's speed all the way down in the 3Dconnexion App. When I go into PC DMIS and try to move a model around, the model still whips around really fast.

When I use the mouse in 3Dconnexion's training app, solidworks, or NX.... it works much slower that PCD (exactly how I'd like it to) which is the frustrating part. It seems like PC DMIS has it's default speeds set much higher than other CAD/CAM software that we have.

Any ideas on how to handle this? My hands are getting tired from all of the "mouse work", would like to start utilizing this mouse more.

Also, would any of you recommend a different mouse/have had good experiences with any other kinds?
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  • ed: fwiw,
    I've found using the mouse wheel to zoom, mouse right click to pan, and the SpaceNavigator to rotate and re-center to be very efficient.
    ISO and Top views are pretty to look at but rarely the only views with stuff to measure... unless you're doing sheet metal.

    I have come to the same conclusion. I can't get the spacemouse to pan fast enough while keeping the rotation slow enough to be controllable. I do the same thing at home. I run Fusion 360 for creating CAD for 3D printing and I have a spacemouse there too with the same issues.
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  • ed: fwiw,
    I've found using the mouse wheel to zoom, mouse right click to pan, and the SpaceNavigator to rotate and re-center to be very efficient.
    ISO and Top views are pretty to look at but rarely the only views with stuff to measure... unless you're doing sheet metal.

    I have come to the same conclusion. I can't get the spacemouse to pan fast enough while keeping the rotation slow enough to be controllable. I do the same thing at home. I run Fusion 360 for creating CAD for 3D printing and I have a spacemouse there too with the same issues.
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  • in reply to A-machine-insp
    Have you used a spacemouse in NX or Solidworks though? Works SWEEEET. I wish PCD could copy/use the same CAD settings as those software. Would make for a really great user experience.
  • in reply to A-machine-insp
    Yes. We use Solidworks and NX here too for analyzing models. The only thing I don't like is the center of rotation. It is always at the part origin and sometimes I'm looking at features on the opposite end of the part. If I touch the spacemouse, the part flies completely off screen and a long string of vulgar vocabulary soon follows. I wish there was a way to set the center of rotation with the spacemouse in all programs. I know, with DMIS, if you click down on the scroll wheel it sets the center of rotation wherever the mouse is. I need something like that for DMIS.
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