Options Window - Logitech LogiCad3D Magellan/SPACE MOUSE Classic User Manual

Single Axis Dial
Tick Enable to map the Dialbox Mode ON/OFF
function onto Magellan/SPACE MOUSE button
8. Press button 8 to activate the dialbox mode.
When dialbox mode is active, the hardware
buttons 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are used to select
the inputs X, Y, Z, A, B and C, respectively.
Select a degree of freedom by pressing one of
these hardware buttons, then twist the cap
about the Y-axis (i.e. in the horizontal plane of
the base of the Magellan/SPACE MOUSE) to
move the onscreen object in the selected
direction. Alternatively, click Active/Not Active
to activate the dialbox mode, and select the
active degree of freedom in this section of the
MCC window. Use the slider bar to change the
sensitivity of the single axis dial.
Dialbox Simulation
Unlike the single axis dial feature, a real
dialbox is simulated using the dialbox
simulation mode. This is only necessary for
some applications that do not support
Magellan/SPACE MOUSE but that do support
dialboxes. The functions of the tickboxes
numbered 1 through 8 correspond to the
default functions that your CAD application
would normally assign the eight wheels of a
dialbox. Select a degree of freedom by ticking
one of the eight tickboxes or by pressing the
corresponding hardware button. Twist the cap
about the Y-axis (i.e. in the plane of the base
of the Magellan/SPACE MOUSE). This executes
the same motion as that obtained by turning
the corresponding wheel on a real dialbox.
Selecting 3D makes it possible to move the
onscreen object in more than one degree of
freedom at a time. The cap must then be
moved and twisted in the normal, intuitive
directions (i.e. not only about the Y-axis). Click
3D Assignment to open a small window for
reassigning the six degrees of freedom to the
wheels of the dialbox. By correctly assigning
the six inputs, Magellan/SPACE MOUSE can be
used as normal with applications that do not
support its use. Selecting Relative causes all
values generated by Magellan/SPACE MOUSE
to be interpreted by the application as relative
values. Note that some IBM and SGI systems
may require a separate installation procedure
to activate the dialbox simulation mode. See
LPFK and Dialbox Driver

Options Window

Click Options in the Panel section of the MCC
main window to open the Options window,
shown at right. This window contains
Installation.
additional features for controlling various
functions and appearances of the MCC.
Nonlinear Sensitivity
These values determine the nonlinear
behavior of the translational and rotational
sensitivity. Nonlinear sensitivity is
characterized by increasing sensitivity with
increasingly large deflections of the
Magellan/SPACE MOUSE cap. Values of 0 or
higher may be entered, with 0 having no
effect and higher values giving stronger
nonlinear behavior. The default for both
parameters is 100. Note that Nonlinear
Sensitivity must be ticked in the Sensitivity
section of the MCC main window for these
values to take affect.
Keyboard Info
Use No Keyboard Inf o to toggle on and off the
Button Info Window. For CATIA users, the
Catia Config button is used to import the
configuration information for the function
buttons at the bottom of the CATIA window.
Colors
Used to change the color of each MCC panel.
Values from 0 to 255 may be entered. Ticking
Colormap keeps the X-Window driver from
creating new colors within the colormap.
Additional Options
Ticking No Save , No Help or No Quit hides the
corresponding buttons in the Panel section of
the MCC main window. When Panel Icon is
ticked, a small colored dot corresponding to
the color of the active MCC panel appears in
the desktop icon of the minimized MCC
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