3DMousePlus Blender Addon

A Blender Addon for transforming objects with a 3DConnexion mouse. Support for Linux.

Installation

Windows Support

• Currently broken See #11
• No additional installation steps required

Linux

• OSX is untested but may work
• Install libspnav.so
  • Ubuntu: sudo apt install libspnav-dev

Use

• Tool is activated by selecting an object an pushing a button on the 3D mouse
• Transforms occur in global space transformed by the view matrix (Moving your viewport will affect how objects are transformed)
• The right button on the 3D mouse toggles between "rotation only" and "translation only" modes
• And the left button will renable both translation and rotation
• Pressing the space bar while using the tool will toggle "bend mode" (useful for armatures)
• Use ESC, Enter, and left/right mouse buttons to exit transform mode
• Tested only in object and pose mode.

Configuration

• All options are in the addon preferences panel in the settings.
• Axes can be flipped or inverted and the sensitivity can be adjusted here
• Moving objects relative to viewport axes can be disabled for individual axes (or entirely if all axes are unchecked)

Known Issues

• Windows support is currently broken See #11
• Report issues here