3ds Max 'center of rotation' with this new driver

[digitalx3d]

Aye....
This newest beta now crashes max2011 during startup. On Vista64. Anyone else having this problem?

Max ought to generate a crash dump. Can you send that to me?

I would love to send you the file! What's the best way to send it to you??

[UtaSH]

Hi digitalx3d,

I'll send you an email address in a PM. It would be great if you could post here when you've sent the email.

Thanks,

[digitalx3d]

Uta,
I sent the dump file over a couple hours ago... I had logged out of the forum though and didn't see your message. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.

[mbonk]

Hi digitalx3d,

I can't really tell why it is crashing: not enough info in the dumpfile. Nonetheless this happens when it is trying to get a command label from 3ds max. So could you delete the registry entry \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\3Dconnexion\3DxStudio and see if that helps? Possibly you might like to export what is in there first and send that to me if deleting did the trick.

Markus

[gfxdsnr]

Easy... I played around with this as it is not obvious, but it's easy once you get into the habit.

Select your object YOU want to rotate around (meaning the object does not rotate...YOU do).
Hit the Z key (this will zoom into the object so you may need to zoom out a bit) and this will "move" the rotate axis within the center of the selected object.
Hold the ALT key, and click and hold the middle mouse button.

You are now rotating around your object without disturbing the object itself.

gfxdsnr