Have you ever looked into a tablet for rotation/drawing in SW or CAD-type programs? My buddy uses one to manipulate his drawings in ZBrush, Maya and PS and he swears by it. I've seen him use it and it seems so easy and fluid to manipulate his drawings, and he swears by it, says it's far better than a mouse option. I've never seen a Space Explorer in use so maybe I'll bring it up to him.
My laptop is a tablet one.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Have you ever looked into a tablet for rotation/drawing in SW or CAD-type programs? My buddy uses one to manipulate his drawings in ZBrush, Maya and PS and he swears by it. I've seen him use it and it seems so easy and fluid to manipulate his drawings, and he swears by it, says it's far better than a mouse option. I've never seen a Space Explorer in use so maybe I'll bring it up to him.
I am perhaps missing a plugin somewhere, but all my pen does is right click/left click... and SW I don't really sketch things, Its more of placing points to determine primitives. Even free form lines (which I just about don't use) are done point by point as splines...
So I find my pen more cumbersome and less accurate then a mouse.
The space explorer does not replace the mouse, but it allows me to rotate the part while I work on it and also allows me to rotate and move individual parts in an assembly. Really looking forward to that last part. trying to spin and flip a part with the mouse is a pain, and usually seems to require adjusting the view multiple times to get the part rotating about the proper axis (or not using the mouse at all, and thinking too much about how many degrees I want to rotate around each axis)
I have seen tablets used some in SW, so there are probably add-ins... but for what I am doing this thing should work pretty good. Really looking to be able to peak around my model as I work so I think this should be better to manipulate my view with, as its supposed to be "similar to holding the object your working with"
If your friend is interested, tell him to look into the navigator version as well. Its like $60, so really not too bad of a buy if you think it would be even kinda useful.
Very basic, but assignable keys aside... the 3d manipulation is exactly the same as what is found on the most expensive models.
Its just a heavy ass metal base, 2 buttons and the control cap.
I was looking pretty seriously at this even knowing I could afford the explorer, but in the end I am hoping I can work with my hands solely on the explorer and mouse, only going to the keyboard to dimension sketches.
74gb raptor
burnzz wrote:
i don't know - i got the case for a mod i want to do.
that's right, apple fans! i'm going to rip the guts out and put them in the round file, and take a dremel tool to that shiny case
the motherboard was dead, and the case was payment for configuring a laptop for the engineer who owned it.
it is a beautiful case! the wife even let me bring it in the house, considering all the computer parts i've squirreled away!
it is a beautiful case! the wife even let me bring it in the house, considering all the computer parts i've squirreled away!
Ohh, that's ok then. I thought you were going to kill a Mac Proburnzz wrote:
the motherboard was dead, and the case was payment for configuring a laptop for the engineer who owned it.
it is a beautiful case! the wife even let me bring it in the house, considering all the computer parts i've squirreled away!
It could be a ninja-PC:
mactard fanboy: "Omg. Is that a Mac Pro!!111!??"
you: "Why yes.. yes it is.. "
*powers it up*
*mactard freaks out*
Got some Canare XLR cables terminated with Neutrik connectors. Good stuff, will order some more.
Creative Gigaworks T40 II speakers!
They're
Surprisingly bassy even though they don't have a sub.
They're
Surprisingly bassy even though they don't have a sub.
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Really nice setup James
Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 4GHz || 3x2 GB OCZ 1600Mhz DDR3 || 80GB Intel X25-M Gen 2 || KFA2 GTX 480 1536Mb ||| Samsung T220 || Xonar DX 7.1 || AV 40 || P6T Deluxe V2 || Win 7 HP 64 Bit || Lian Li P80
ha! i thought i was looking @ three monitors - it's a windowed case . . .IrishGrimReaper wrote:
Really nice setup James
It is three monitorsburnzz wrote:
ha! i thought i was looking @ three monitors - it's a windowed case . . .IrishGrimReaper wrote:
Really nice setup James
I wish
Looking at buying this as soon as I can transfer funds from my Danish account.
You mean Swiss bank account rightmikkel wrote:
Looking at buying this as soon as I can transfer funds from my Danish account.
I am afraid, good sir, that the establishment in question refuses to accept payment in gold bullion.CammRobb wrote:
You mean Swiss bank account rightmikkel wrote:
Looking at buying this as soon as I can transfer funds from my Danish account.
Hey Mikkel, just letting you know the Antec 900/9002 isn't that good! You sure you wanna buy it? I had the 900 myself and it sucks immense balls! If that's on newegg which it looks like it is! There's a few Lian Li mid towers that fit in that price range and the full tower CM HAF is pretty close too I think!mikkel wrote:
I am afraid, good sir, that the establishment in question refuses to accept payment in gold bullion.CammRobb wrote:
You mean Swiss bank account rightmikkel wrote:
Looking at buying this as soon as I can transfer funds from my Danish account.
Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 4GHz || 3x2 GB OCZ 1600Mhz DDR3 || 80GB Intel X25-M Gen 2 || KFA2 GTX 480 1536Mb ||| Samsung T220 || Xonar DX 7.1 || AV 40 || P6T Deluxe V2 || Win 7 HP 64 Bit || Lian Li P80
Saved £150 so far...not sure if I want a bike or a pc...
KRK RP5's. God I love them
JakAttaK wrote:
KRK RP5's. God I love them
Pics
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 2#p3011522mcminty wrote:
JakAttaK wrote:
KRK RP5's. God I love them
Pics
Lol, I saw that just after I made my post.Sup wrote:
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 2#p3011522mcminty wrote:
JakAttaK wrote:
KRK RP5's. God I love them
Pics
500GB Maxtor and sata cable, gonna wack W7 on it and dualboot
Maxtor... uh oh I hope you didn't pay much for that, and I recommend backing up most important files on some other HDD. I have seen so many Maxtors die its not even funny anymore.CammRobb wrote:
500GB Maxtor and sata cable, gonna wack W7 on it and dualboot
3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
Agreed, maxtors are not a very brand.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Maxtor... uh oh I hope you didn't pay much for that, and I recommend backing up most important files on some other HDD. I have seen so many Maxtors die its not even funny anymore.CammRobb wrote:
500GB Maxtor and sata cable, gonna wack W7 on it and dualboot
I've got two maxtor IDE HDDS that are >4 years old still going strong. Relax, they'll be fineGC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Maxtor... uh oh I hope you didn't pay much for that, and I recommend backing up most important files on some other HDD. I have seen so many Maxtors die its not even funny anymore.CammRobb wrote:
500GB Maxtor and sata cable, gonna wack W7 on it and dualboot
It was £32. I has the reciept anyway
My SATA Maxtor drive has been going strong for the past 3 years.