[Gmsh] Space Navigator

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Bernhard Kubicek wrote:
> Hi there,
> As a (newly) proud owner of a 3dconnextion space navigator
> http://www.3dconnexion.com/3dmouse/spacenavigator.php
> I also would like to use it with gmsh in linux.
> Searching for some demo source code, I was quite sucessful, and already
> managed to access the device by the attached code, which I changed a bit
> (sadly using c++) to find the correct event device automatically. Its
> not high quality code yet, i only spend 15 min on changing it.
> 
> However, to add a patch to support this space mouse in gmsh, I would
> need to add a polling routine to gmsh, that is exectued e.g. each 50 ms
> and checks the device for the current position, and changes the view
> angles accordingly.
> 
> Where in the source would be a good point to hook this into gmsh??

Hi Bernhard - All the mouse interaction is done in 
Fltk/Opengl_Window.cpp: it's probably a good place to start.




> 
> I really havent looked into how to access the device in windows.
> 
> very nice greetings,
>  Bernhard
> 
> PS: the thing works awsome under windows, as expected, but only with
> supported software, e.g. pro engineer. In linux, there is a plugin for
> blender and maya, which both I both don't really care about. Google
> earth only works in windows. Also, on could in principle steer the mouse
> cursor with the space mouse, but I wonder what that should be good
> for...
> 
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