Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2 Plug-in ReadMe
1 Plug-in Description
This plug-in enables you to incorporate ProE's menu items in the
SpaceControl Panel's Key
Configuration Dialog for easy mapping of menu items to the
SpaceController's function keys.
You can set the spin center as usual in ProE:
Keep the middle mouse button pressed and move the mouse a little. Be
aware that the spin center button 
must not be activated in this case.
The plug-in is a background process ("proe_wf2_plugin.exe") which is
started by the SpaceControl driver as soon as ProE comes into the
foreground the first time. It waits 30 seconds to give ProE time to
boot up its base services and tries to establish a connection to
ProE then. This delay time can be adjusted by means of the parameter
"connectDelay" in the file "Documents And Settings\<user
name>\SpaceController\Applications\proe_WF2_plugin.ini", which is
created after the first start-up. If your computer is slow and you
observe connection problems set this time to 60 seconds for example.
2 Change Log
7 November 2017, Version 2.9.0:
- Some minor internal changes have been made.
8 November 2016, Version 2.8.6:
- The plug-in is aware of the new device functions "Back",
"Left" and "Bottom". By default you can trigger them by double
pressing the device keys FRONT, RIGHT and TOP.
- The "Sketcher" mode is detected now even if it is entered from
within "Part" or "Assembly" mode.
4 October 2013, Version 2.6.0:
- The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated
versions of the SpaceControl DLLs.
22 February, Version 2.5.0:
- Due to a bug in ProE the undo stack is cleared when ProE is
asked for the mode (part, assembly, ...) it is in. The plug-in
asks ProE for the mode all 500 ms. This can be changed with the
parameter "readMode" in file "C:\Documents And
Settings\<Username>\SpaceController\Applications\proe_plugin.ini".
Set it to "off" to disable the mode detection. Advantage: The
undo stack is kept intact. Disadvantage: You can use only one
configuration for all of ProE's modes.
17 October 2012, Version 2.4.0:
- Due to a bug in ProE the undo stack is cleared when ProE is
asked for the mode (part, assembly, ...) it is in. The plug-in
asks ProE for the mode all 500 ms. This can be changed with the
parameter "readMode" in file
"C:\Users\<Username>\SpaceController\Applications\proe_plugin.ini".
Set it to "off" to disable the mode detection. Advantage: The
undo stack is kept intact. Disadvantage: You can use only one
configuration for all of ProE's modes.
- The default values for the paths to ProE's installation
directory and the "pro_comm_msg.exe" binary (used in the
plug-in's file "proe_WF5_plugin.ini") are derived more reliably.
16 March 2012, Version 2.3.0
- The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated
versions of the SpaceController's DLLs and configuration files.
20 October 2011, Version 2.2.0
- The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated
versions of the SpaceController's DLLs and configuration files.
16 June 2011, Version 2.1.0:
- The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with an updated
version of the SpaceController's DLL.
15 February 2011, Version 2.0.0:
- The plug-in is incorporated into the driver's new, single
installation file now.
27 April 2010, Version 1.4.0:
- This version is an update due to compatibility with the
SpaceController driver version 1.4.0. It has no new
functionality.
Attention:
This version needs a driver version 1.4.0 beta or later and
will not work with prior driver releases.
This version uses a new configuration file format.
Configuration files created with prior versions can not be
used.
3 December 2009, Version 1.2.1:
- In case ProE was started by the plug-in the file
"ProEngineerWF2.mnu" (it provides the SpaceController driver and
its GUI with ProE's menu items) has not been generated.
30 November 2009, Version 1.2.0:
- This version needs the driver version 1.2.0 or higher
- The plug-in tries to start ProE by itself when the connection
to ProE fails and the "connectDelay" parameter mentioned above
is set to a negative value.
14 April 2009, Version 1.1.1:
- Some bugfixes concerning Wildfire 3 and Wildfire 4 only.
3 April 2009, Version 1.1.0:
13 March 2009, Version 1.00:
SpaceControl GmbH & Co.
KG, Am Technologiepark 10, 82229 Seefeld, Germany