Re-assigning 3dlock button

Giromax · Post by **Giromax** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:55 am

I want to re-assign "3d lock" button to another command.How can I do this.

Also I think that other buttons such as sensitivity group buttons are valuable for common used commands.I want to use them as another one .How can I re assign them?

Thanks...

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:12 am

Giromax,
Thanks for the question. With the Space Pilot, the "3d lock" button and the "sensitivity" button (I will assume that you are referring to the "plus and minus "rocker" button) are not configurable (as are the other buttons).

jayse · Post by **jayse** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:17 am

even by editing the .scg file?? It seems really odd that the 3d lock button should be so limited.

the views are: top, left, right, front - but what about perspective? Or what about a four-view...

i've read the lock button only works in some apps - leaving it useless for the rest of us?

Tell me there's a hack!

Thanks!

// jayse

Post by **jwick** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:40 am

Of course there's a hack...but obviously you are on your own.

You can edit the .scg file. Look for the SPACEPILOT section, then the button that is assigned to UI_ROT_TOGGLE (BUTTON_27_USER) and change it to any other UI_something from the BUTTON_NUMBERS or BUTTON_CHARACTERS lists near the top of the file.

You will, of course, get no feedback in the GUI.

UI_ROT_TOGGLE is a driver function. It works in all apps. The Right, Left, Top, Bottom functions only work in apps in which we can tell the app to change to a special view. We need an API function and a plugin, or a keyboard macro to do that. So those may not work in all apps.

Have fun.

Jim
3Dx Software Development

jayse · Post by **jayse** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:50 am

Sweeeeet jwick! Thanks so much!

I'll try this out.

At the moment the L,T,R,F keys do nothing in Cinema 4d so I remapped them to custom keyboard shortcuts and this works great.

wish me luck on remapping the 3d lock! Very appreciated info!

// jayse

cogombo · Post by **cogombo** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:59 pm

Ok. I want to make the key mapping too.
I saved de config for cinema to access to the archive user02.scg.
I found at the end the corresponding section for my Space Navigator and the buttons sections. They say that:

BUTTON_1_DFLT = { UI_FIT, HOLD }
BUTTON_2_DFLT = { UI_MENU_TOGGLE, HOLD }

Post by **jwick** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:25 am

Hi cogombo,

You don't have to edit config files to assign the "C" key to most buttons. All you have to do is open the 3DxWare GUI->Button Configuration->Custom Functions->New and create a macro for the C key (or ^C, whatever)->Done, then assign it to a button from the dropdown menu in the BUtton Configuration tab.

The procedure described in this thread is for SpacePilot/SpaceExplorer buttons which are unaccessible in the GUI.

Jim
3Dx Software Development

cogombo · Post by **cogombo** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:49 am

Ok, thanks a lot.