y-axis. In the same way the user moves the Cap of SpaceNavigator, the model moves on the
screen. Thus, panning, zooming and rotation can be done simultaneously.
The usage of the Controller Cap can be described as follows:
Horizontal movement in x-direction:
Move the Cap straight right parallel to the desk to pan the model towards the right.
Move the Cap straight left parallel to the desk to pan the model towards the left.
Vertical movement in y-direction:
Pull the Cap up away from desk to pan the model upwards.
Push the Cap down to desk to pan the model downwards.
Horizontal movement in z-direction:
Move the Cap straight away from you parallel to desk to zoom out on the model.
Move the Cap straight towards you parallel to desk to zoom in on the model.
Turning around y-axis:
Twist the Cap clockwise or counterclockwise to rotate the model correspondingly.
Rotational tilt around x- or z-axis:
Tilt the Cap around x- or z-axis to rotate the model around the corresponding axis.
To prevent the 3D mouse from sliding away while handling it, the base of SpaceNavigator is
made of stainless steel and equipped with a non-slid rubber food.
When the PC enters sleep mode or the driver is shut down, SpaceNavigator turns off its
illumination.
2.3 Compatibility
SpaceNavigator is compatible with the following platforms:
Intel Pentium processor based Systems, 32 and 64bit
AMD processor based Systems, 32 and 64bit
Sun UltraSPARC based systems
IBM RS6000 based systems
HP PA RISC based systems
Additional requirements: 50 Megabytes free disk space for driver and plug-in installation, a
CD-ROM device, a free USB 1.1 or 2.0 port. Serial-to-USB adapter is not supported. The
driver supports only one device per system.
The following operating systems are supported:
Windows
Vista
Windows 2000 SP4
Windows XP SP2
IBM AIX 5.2
HP UX 11.0 and higher
Sun Solaris 8 and higher
SuSe Linux 9.3 and higher
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Kernel 2.6.8 and higher)
SpaceNavigator supports the following Applications:
