Solid Edge Plug-in ReadMe

1 Plug-in Description

2 Setting the Rotation Center

3 Special Functions

• Scroll Trees and Lists:
  If the function is activated you can scroll in the Solid Edge's Pathfinder and other trees or lists with the controller's cap if the mouse pointer is over them. If deactivated only the scene can be moved with the cap.
• Rotate Around Selection:
  Select a part in your assembly. If the function is executed once the rotation center is changed to your selection, overriding the setting in the Advanced Configuration dialog described in section 2 above. Executing the function a second time switches back to the rotation center defined in the Advanced Configuration dialog. Due to some peculiarity in Solid Edge's API the rotation center is not always the exact center of the selection.
  The function is available in assembly mode only.
  
• Activate Object Movement:
  Select a part in your assembly or drawing. If the function is executed once moving the cap will move the part. Executing the function a second time switches back to the normal movement behaviour defined in the Advanced Configuration dialog.
• Check for Collision:
  If activated Solid Edge displays a warning in its status line when a moved part collides with another part of the assembly. The performance will be significantly decreased.
• Sound on Collision:
  If activated a sound is played when a collision is detected.
  

4 KeyShot

Together with Solid Edge the rendering software KeyShot is installed. KeyShot can be controlled with our devices as well by means of our Universal Plug-in.

Unfortunately KeyShot is programmed a little unhandily and consumes all the time 100 % CPU load. Together with the additional reading thread implemented in our Universal Plug-in to get the device's data this leads to a nearly unoperable computer. You can overcome this by setting KeyShot's priority from "High" to "Normal" or by detracting the first CPU core to give the operating system's user interface enough resources.

Open the Windows Task Manager, go to the "Details" tab, search for the KeyShot process and press the right mouse button to open the context menu. Here you can change the priority or set the processor affinity.

Unfortunately Windows does not rembember these settings when restarting KeyShot. An additional software may help here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bang-dual-processing-buck,815-3.html.

5 Change Log

• Due to a change in our SpaceControl DLL the plug-in's performance turned out to be very bad in the former version.

• New parameter "useSeRotCenter" in file "solidedge_plugin.ini". See the last paragraph in section 2 above for details.

• 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 plug-in is aware of the rotation center defined in Solid Edge. See the last paragraph in chapter 2 above for details.
• When moving 2D drawings there has been always a little zoom component even if the device has only sent panning data. This effect is reduced now but still present under certain circumstances due to a bug in Solid Edge's programming interface. If you observe the problem increase or reduce the width and height of the drawing's window pixel by pixel until the effect vanishes.
  

• The plug-in has new commands: "Scroll in Trees and Lists", "Rotate around Selection", "Activate Object Movement", "Check for Collision" and "Sound on Collision". These are integrated into Solid Edge's menu structure.
  

• The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build based on updated versions of the SpaceControl DLLs.

• The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated versions of the SpaceController's DLLs and configuration files.

• In 2D mode strong zooming could result in jerky movement when the worksheet became bigger than the window.
• Movement of complex 2D sheets shows better performance.
  
• Movement of small 3D objects is smoother.
• Minor bugfixes.
  

• Significant performance enhancement in 3D and 2D windows.
• Most move modes listed in the Advanced Configuration dialog (see above) are supported.
• The SpaceController can move objects in preview windows.
• You can scroll in trees and lists with the cap when the mouse pointer is positioned on them.
  

• The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated versions of the SpaceController's DLLs and configuration files.

• The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with an updated version of the SpaceController's DLL.

• The rotation center can be altered now, see above.
• Moving the cap does not prevent the Solid Edge GUI from being handled any longer.
• All Solid Edge tool bar items are integrated into the SpaceController's Key Configuration Dialog.
• The plug-in is incorporated into the driver's new, single installation file.

• 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.

• This version supports both Windows 32 Bit and Windows 64 Bit.

• First published beta release.