3dx 10 not working with Maya 2014

[Keithlostracco]

I just bought an new Spacemouse wireless and it is not working at all with Maya 2014. It's not even being recognized in the settings panel that it is running although the plugin is loaded in Maya.

Also there seems to be bugs in the UI itself. When using the Spacemouse with TouchDesigner it is not changing the zoom (backwards forwards) to the z axis but remains stuck on the y axis no matter what I have set in the settings.

I would prefer to run the older beta driver that has a much better settings interface and worked with Maya but even when I click on "show archived builds" in the download area no older drivers show up.

I realize that 3Dconnexion wanted to make the interface simpler but imho it is too slimmed down. I personally think the option of more control and features is much better and that if anyone wants to figure out how to use they should be able to and if they don't then they don't need to...

Either way it would be really nice if the older builds were downloadable. I like the old interface better at least as far as functionality goes the new one does look better.

Also not being able to select the current app from a list can be a real hassle especially if you don't use alt-tab to switch between apps because the current app always switches to Windows Explorer as soon as you click on the 3dconnexion icon in the task bar.

Overall I think simple is good - too simple is just not very useful.

Could and older driver be posted just so I can Maya working until the bugs are worked out?

BTW here are the system specs

driver - 3DxWare64_v10-0-20_r1721
Windows 8.1
Maya 2014

thanks
Keith

[UtaSH]

Hello Keith,

I am sorry to hear that you have problems with your 3D mouse.

I would like to know if the SpaceMouse Wireless is working with one of our demos; for example the Viewer (from 3D Mouse Home).

Do you see the menu "3Dconnexion" in Maya?
If you go to "Window -> Settings/Preferences -> Plug-in Manager" do you see the entry "3DxMaya.mll"?
If yes : Is the checkbox for "Loaded" active?
Click to the green "i" and let me know the version of the plug-in.

Thanks,

[Keithlostracco]

Hi thanks for the quick reply. Yes it working with your demos as well as with an app called TouchDesigner.

Also yes Maya is loading the 3DxMaya.mll and the "Loaded" checkbox is checked.

plugin version - 9.0.3.9690


It is loaded but Autoload is off. When I turn Autoload on and restart Maya the plugin is loaded but Autoload is off again.

thanks
Keith

[UtaSH]

Hello Keith,

do you see the menu "3Dconnexion"?

Can you please send me a screenshot of the plugin info? I will send you an email so that you can respond with the screenshot.

[merlinshawn]

I am having the same issue but with the SpaceNavigator. The menu "3Dconnexion" does show up on the menu bar inside Maya and lists Properties and http://www.3Dconnexion.com under it. Clicking on "Properties" inside Maya does nothing. When I open the properties through system tray icon the 3Dmouse thinks it's in Windows Explorer.

Plug-in version: 5.0.3.9690
For API version: 201400
Autoload: No
Is loaded: Yes

It is working with everything else like the demos, Mudbox and Photoshop.
I am running Maya 2014 Service Pack 4
Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit

[UtaSH]

Hi merlinshaw,

could it be that you had a beta version of 3DxWare 1o installed previously? If there are old configs left from an old version then this could prevent the 3D mouse from working with Maya. Please remove your settings for the 3D mouse. To do this proceed as follows:

• * Stop the driver (Start -> All Programs -> 3Dconnexion -> Driver -> Stop Driver) and stop Maya.
  * Rename the folder %APPDATA%\3Dconnexion to for example %APPDATA%\bak.3Dconnexion.
  * Start the driver (Start -> All Programs -> 3Dconnexion -> Driver -> Start Driver) and start Maya.

Let me know if this works.

[merlinshawn]

Worked perfectly, I thought I had removed everything from the beta drivers. But I had forgotten about the appdata folder.
Thanks