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by pmolsen
Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:56 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Sketchup controls similar to Google Earth
Replies: 53
Views: 147400

You are a genius! That works. Thank you for that. I won't throw the Spacenavigator away after all. Now to get Google to fix the bug. Dear Mr 3DConnexion, do you have a direct line to Google? If so can you please point out the above problem and ask them to fix it. There is no way of us poor users con...
by pmolsen
Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:11 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Sketchup controls similar to Google Earth
Replies: 53
Views: 147400

I changed the options to Move the Earth. I then recorded and played back a tour. I tried a time stamp based tour. I tried an AnimatedUpdate type tour. Nothing results in the Spacenavigator acting any differently. Do you have explicit step-by-step instructions please? And what version of GE and Windo...
by pmolsen
Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:24 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Sketchup controls similar to Google Earth
Replies: 53
Views: 147400

What do you mean "started and stopped an automatic tour"? There are at least two different types of automatic tour.
by pmolsen
Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:02 am
Forum: Windows Discussion Forum
Topic: Problems Using Spacenavigator with Google Earth
Replies: 6
Views: 9259

What is needed is for the Spacenavigator control panel for GE be modified to add two additional choices, one for what happens when you simply twist the controller and one for when you simply tilt the controller. For each there would be 3 choices. One would be the current one, where it rotates or til...
by pmolsen
Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:43 am
Forum: Windows Discussion Forum
Topic: Problems Using Spacenavigator with Google Earth
Replies: 6
Views: 9259

That doesn't explain why something that is so simple in GE with a standard mouse is impossible with the Spacenavigator. That is, if you hold the middle mouse button down and move the mouse forward and back it tilts the display from the cursor pivot point. Move it side to side and it rotates around t...
by pmolsen
Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:48 pm
Forum: Windows Discussion Forum
Topic: Problems Using Spacenavigator with Google Earth
Replies: 6
Views: 9259

I find that I can achieve the desired result in Google Earth, in a very shaky sort of way, by both twisting and panning at the same time. But it is a totally different action from in Sketchup. I thought it may have simply been the scale of the actual earth in GE relative to a building for example, s...
by pmolsen
Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:44 pm
Forum: Windows Discussion Forum
Topic: Problems Using Spacenavigator with Google Earth
Replies: 6
Views: 9259

What I should have added is that in Sketchup it works exactly as you would expect. When you twist the controller the model rotates around the centre of the screen. When you tilt the controller the model tilts around a "hinge point" in the centre of the screen. In both cases the entire mode...
by pmolsen
Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:25 pm
Forum: Windows Discussion Forum
Topic: Problems Using Spacenavigator with Google Earth
Replies: 6
Views: 9259

Problems Using Spacenavigator with Google Earth

I bought a Spacenavigator for use with Google Earth and Sketchup. I have figured out how to change buttons etc. which I had to because the default settings have all the actions reversed in Google Earth compared with Sketchup. Having done that there are still two major problems that make the device c...
by pmolsen
Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:57 pm
Forum: Windows Discussion Forum
Topic: How do you INSTALL this thing!?
Replies: 2
Views: 4003

On the downloads page there is a PDF which shows changes in the current version but nothing about installation. There should be some basic installation instructions either in there or on the download page. Even if it just said: "Download the exe and run it". But it should also mention some...