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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)
[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

In a past career, I was a mechanical design engineer; I've probably spent 10,000 hours of my life in SolidWorks. Not once did I feel like a 3d mouse would speed me up or otherwise solve my problems. I trialed a spacepilot for several months and just couldn't be arsed after awhile. What do others get out of them?

[–] B0rax 10 points 2 weeks ago

For some people it simply does not help with the workflow. For me it is a significant upgrade as it allows me to never use the normal mouse to move around in 3D, and allows me to quickly move the view to where I want it to be. Without it, moving in 3D just feels clunky to me.

But as I said, it is a preference.

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