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What I am using is the Spaceball 2003 (I think that's right). The RRP when is was new was $1200 US. Not cheap at all.
There is a 3D gaming mouse that people are using for Solidworks, might be a better option as I do play games, therefore it can be used for more than one thing.

muse wrote:Why pay twice for the same functionality? I will look for a similar product elsewhere.

Actually, appologies, the model you mention has "less" functionality than what I was already using.

Why pay twice for the same functionality? I will look for a similar product elsewhere.

Even after manually correcting the computers registry it still is mucked up. The only thing that will help is a re-format of my entire system (last done about a month ago). But as I am working on my fourth year engineering project I cannot afford to mess further with my system. Will a USB adapter ma...

Why can't I get my Spaceball 2003 (I think that's right?) working in Soldiworks 2008? It worked perfectly in 2007. I've hardly used this thing, and was thinking if I liked it I would upgrade. I have seen the posts about work-arounds but can find the files no-where. I'm thinking I may be better off f...

I am having a hard time finding the required files for this workaround. I am an Engineering student and have got a serial spaceball cheap. I was using it a little with Solidworks 2007, then upgraded to 2008 and found that this thing won't work. :oops: I was thinking if I found I used it enough I wou...