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I have found a nice summary about all the different APIs out there (Windows, Linux, Mac) and their dis-/advantages:

http://at.or.at/hans/research/nime/hid/apis.html

Browsing the forum a bit more I found a similar discussion here: http://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3651 On Windows the same question came up: Raw Input (aka "WM_INPUT") method vs proprietary 3Dconnection SDK. Even though the Raw Input method (using the MS APIs) does not resp...

I found the bugger: the 3DconnexionClient framework which installed with v 1.6.1 seems to be buggy, the 64-bit support "got lost"! I downgraded to version 1.6.0 ("Also show archived* software" checked on download page) and here we go: xy-imac:Current tknoll$ pwd /Library/Framewor...

Hmmm, that's funny, I just stumbled over the following (older) PDF (google: "3DConnexionClient 64 bit mac"): http://www.servodata.com.pl/ftp/3dconnexion/Release_Notes-All_Platforms-200805.pdf According to chapter 4.4.2 "Changes to 3DxMacWare v. 1.5.0 since 1.4.0" "New 64-bit...

For the record: xy-imac:Current tknoll$ pwd /Library/Frameworks/3DconnexionClient.framework/Versions/Current xy-imac:Current tknoll$ otool -L -arch all 3DconnexionClient 3DconnexionClient ( architecture ppc ): /Library/Frameworks/3DconnexionClient.framework/Versions/A/3DconnexionClient (compatibilit...

However I can confirm that the plugin provided by 3Dconnexion "MacWare 1.6.1" works with Blender 2.49 on Mac (10.6.4).

Hello, a second quick question just popped up: what is the preferred API to interface on a Mac? - The "Apple HID API" http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/DeviceDrivers/Conceptual/HID/intro/intro.html (I have no experience with that yet whatsoever) - Or the 3DConnexionClien...

Here is another thread I ran across while doing some research: http://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3214 It is about that the SpaceNavigator apparently does not run "in 64 bit mode" (I did not even know that you can toggle the Mac kernel to run in 32 bit mode only?). The thread...

Hello all, my goal: on Mac OS X (10.6.4) I want to link my Qt application against the 3DConnection Client framework. So my first test was to setup an example project and weak-link against the framework, as done in the Cocoa XCode example project, by passing the proper argument to the linker. Eventua...