Purpose
The Magellan Space Mouse, made by Logitech, can be used to control your view or issue animation time slider commands.
Toggling Between Time and View Modes
You can toggle between View and Time ( jog/shuttle)
modes in two ways:
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1
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Click the * button on the space mouse
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2
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Click the icon for the space mouse menu at the top right corner of the screen, under the menu bar, to the right of the mag
, grid
, and crv
buttons. Drag to the mode you want and release the button.
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The space mouse menu appears as follows:
The button changes appearance to indicate the current mode.
If the View mode is selected, the button shows a movie projector. This is the default space mouse mode, and provides a tumble/dolly view
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If the Time
mode is selected, the button shows a clock.
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Note:
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The button for the space mouse menu only appears if a
space mouse device is connected to your machine.
Otherwise the mag, grid, and crv buttons appear flush
against the right edge of the window.
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Toggling Modes During Playback
You can toggle modes during playback as follows:
- start playback using the Time Slider.
- push the * button to toggle to View mode (dolly or tumble).
- select * to toggle back to Time mode.
- stop or reverse play using the space mouse.
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Note:
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Tumbling or dollying during playback affects playback
speed, depending on the power of your computer.
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Space Mouse Sensitivity Settings
There are separate sensitivity settings and controls for Time and View modes in the Preferences > Interface options window. Lower slider values make the device more sensitive and faster.
Software Sensitivity: Acceleration Threshold/Acceleration Factor
In Time
mode, you can adjust the Acceleration threshold
and Acceleration
factor
in the Interface Options
window. These settings affect the fast forward or reverse playback feel (Preferences > Interface options).
The Acceleration threshold
value determines how much time is needed during a twist of the cap to switch from single frame to fast playback mode.
The Acceleration factor value is used to adjust how fast the playback transitions into maximum playback.
Hardware Sensitivity
You can also adjust the sensitivity settings for the space mouse in the hardware.
To adjust the translation sensitivity to the next setting, click the * and 5
buttons simultaneously.
To adjust the rotation sensitivity to the next setting, click the
* and 6 buttons simultaneously.
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Tip:
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There are eight possible settings. You will hear a double
beep when you are back at the first, the default, setting.
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Time Mode Controls
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Jog Forward 1 Frame
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twist clockwise and release.
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Jog Backward 1 Frame
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twist counter-clockwise and release.
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Next Keyframe
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tilt to bottom and release.
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Previous Keyframe
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tilt to top and release.
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Play Forward
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tilt to right and release.
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Play Backward
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tilt to left and release.
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Stop
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push down.
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Fast Forward Playback
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twist clockwise and hold (progressive acceleration of playback).
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Fast Reverse Playback
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twist counter-clockwise and hold (progressive acceleration of playback).
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Rewind (goto frame 1)
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push to left.
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Wind (goto last frame)
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push to right.
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Tip:
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During playback, tap right and then tap left to quickly
change the playback direction.
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Note:
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An object must be selected and have some keyframes
assigned for the Next/Previous keyframe command to have
any affect (this is the same as using the time slider).
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