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Something I noticed right away was the great amount of 3D printers and prototyping technology and services that were displayed at the Partners Pavilion this year. I counted at least three different companies offering 3D printing solutions. Among them, Z Corporation distinguished itself for being the only one offering 3D printers that were able to print multiple colors simultaneously.

Lucky for me, they had a few moments to spare and I was able to chat for a bit with  John M. Kawola, CEO at Z Corporation, as well as with  Eskild Hansen, Senior Manager of industrial design for Cisco. As I understand, Cisco is one of Z Corporation’s best customers. Their experience with Z Corporation’s  3D printing solutions has been so satisfactory that they were presenting a case study at SolidWorks World 2010.

The Cisco Consumer Business Group, which was previously known as Linksys,  is a division of Cisco that develops consumer products for  home networking and entertainment. These products won’t be confined to some office or computer room in the house; rather, they’re expected to be all over the house and, for this reason, aesthetics are important when designing these kind of products, just as much as they would be when designing a magnificent piece of furniture, for instance. The group has recently established a European Design Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Following in the tradition of Scandinavian design standards, it is important for Cisco to create not only excellent products, but also for these products to be elegant and  beautiful, to look nice inside the home.

To assist in the process of design,  Cisco uses a ZPrinter 450, that allows them to print  an average of 10 models per week and  use them to check the look and feel of their designs, just as it’s required in Scandinavian design tradition. Hundreds of 3D prints will be produced for one single product through the whole design cycle, and, according to Hansen, there’s really no better way than this to revise their designs. They could not achieve the same kind of results or get the same feel for how their products are really going to look and be like if they were relying on rendering tools and/or what they see on their computer screens alone.  Having  physical prototypes throughout all stages of design development rather than at the very end of the design process, as other companies do, provides for them a way to refine and perfect the design by letting them identify possible areas of improvement and even generate new ideas. Plus, a physical  prototype also comes in handy, for example, at a meeting, as it becomes a better tool for communicating ideas than a PowerPoint presentation could ever be.

Before there were tools such as ZPrinters, Scandinavian designers relied on handcrafted prototypes of their designs. However, producing prototypes this way can be expensive and time-consuming.  The addition of the ZPrinter allows Cisco to accelerate this process and meet their deadlines without compromising the quality and aesthetic standards of their designs.  Now Cisco can produce all the prototypes they need in a matter of hours, rather than days or weeks, and they can do it in house, instead of having to contract services or outsource. This means the process is not only fast, but also affordable.

When asked why they chose Z Corporation as their 3D solution provider,  Hansen told me that they could’ve chosen any other company or printer, but that the ZPrinter they got is fast and so inexpensive that it’s really the perfect match for them. Other printers need more expensive materials and take longer times to print. With the ZPrinter they can produce prototypes faster and they don’t need to worry too much about if they are printing one prototype too many, because the printer makes it affordable for them to print as many as they wish or need to complete their design.

And when it comes to excellent design it’s not just about speed and  meeting deadlines, as Hansen explained to me. Anyone can meet a deadline and still end up with a so-so design that doesn’t work or look quite right.  But excellent design is really about creating a product of extraordinary quality in the amount of time you have to do so. Using the ZPrinter allows Cisco to do just that.

These are a few pictures of the 3D printer they were demonstrating at the Partners Pavilion and some of the items that were printed with it.

 

 

I apologize because my photos don’t do the machine any justice, but I found this really nice video in their website that shows theZPrinter 450 in action.  As you will see in the video, these machines work differently from other 3D printers. The ZPrinter creates the models layer by layer by using building material in the shape of powder and a binder, there are no pesky supports added to the models,  it can print in multiple colors (notice the cartridges in this video of the ZPrinter 650) and print whole assemblies of non-fused-together components all at the same time. The colors are vibrant and lifelike and the prototypes are sturdy and smooth. While it’s true that this kind of technology may not produce accurate enough prototypes for certain applications, such as jewelry design or very fine surgical instruments, it’s still the perfect match for most other design applications out there, and, I hear, a favorite among architects.

How sturdy are the prints? As an interesting fact, John Kawola showed me this little figurine, a character from a video game called Rock Band, which was also printed in the ZPrinter. He told me that this 3D prints are actually the final product that is sold to those that visit the game’s website and order their character online.  Neat, isn’t it?

For more information about ZCorporation and their products, visit their website at http://www.zcorporation.com. Make sure to check out under Press Room for interesting case studies and videos of their products in action. Also visit Linksys by Cisco at http://www.linksysbycisco.com  to learn about their new products and how they can improve your home networking and entertaining experience.

Disclosure : Neither Cisco nor ZCorporation provided any sort of compensation for me to write about their products. The ideas expressed in this blog post are mine and do not represent those of any of these two  corporations. The purpose of this post is merely to share the experience of my visit to the Partner Pavilion and inform the readers about new cutting edge technology that was displayed.  

It’s my understanding that DriveWorks World -which usually takes place right after SolidWorks World – is an event that has been traditionally reserved for resellers. This year, however, some journalists (bloggers among them) were invited to attend. Lucky for me, I was one of those bloggers that got an invitation! Thank you, Maria; I had a blast!

For this year’s DriveWorks World, they came up with something completely new and original: a movie. Yes, I know what you’re thinking. You think they showed us a movie. Well, not exactly. You see, we were actually there while they were filming the movie, which made the experience  highly unusual, but also lots of fun.

The story was that of a company that needed to deliver 3D models and quotes for a client in a very short amount of time. This client was one of their most important ones and they couldn’t afford losing his business. A skilled engineer that knew his way around SolidWorks comes to the rescue and works all weekend to have the models ready on time.  However, just to complicate matters more, and as is usually the case, the customer kept changing his mind about the design and asking for changes to be made to the original, also in record time, or else he would take his business to some other company. This is where DriveWorks, in its entry-level form as DriveWorks Xpress, provided a way out for the engineer, who used it to automate the design, thus being able to generate a whole new set of models that met the client’s new specifications in a matter of minutes, rather than days. This is possible through the use of simple, yet powerful rules and equations, pretty much like those everyone uses in an Excel spreadsheet. As a matter of fact, DriveWorks Xpress  is based on Excel, which, as they say has its pros and cons.

The use of DriveWorks Xpress certainly made life easier for the engineer, but the salesman still needed to produce a new quote for the client for everynew set of specifications. This is where DriveWorks Solo comes in, providing the company with a way to not only automate the 3D models, but also generate detailed 2D drawings for manufacture, plus quotes and cover letters for the client. Notice that DriveWorks Solo is kind of like a step in between DriveWorks Xpress and DriveWorks Pro, making it affordable and easy for the users to upgrade to more functionality as needed. Also, any automation project created in DriveWorks Xpress can be taken to DriveWorks solo. Nothing is lost when you upgrade!  DriveWorks Solo works similarly to Xpress, by using rules and equations, but it’s no longer based on Excel.  Instead, it uses DriveWorks own engine, one that took them nearly three years to develop, but that has made DriveWorks Solo a lot faster and versatile than DriveWorks Xpress.

OK, so at this point everyone in the movie is pretty much satisfied, but the manager of this company still  wants to find out what else they can do with DriveWorks. Can it become a tool that will allow their customer to specify products online? Obtain instant quotes? How about ordering online? Can they use it internally for QA?  The answer, of course, is “yes”, but for all that they need to take it to the next level with DriveWorks Pro. Plus, when they use DriveWorks Pro they can configure their products inside SolidWorks, interactively, locally or via the web, making it extremely useful as a marketing and sales tool that even non-technical individuals can benefit from.  Just as before, nothing is lost when you upgrade; all projects created in DriveWorks Xpress and/or Solo can be reused in DriveWorks Pro.

The event was informative, undoubtedly, but also extremely entertaining, specially whenever things didn’t exactly go as expected. What can I say? I love the sense of humor from the UK!  I give this movie two thumbs up. You won’t see it nominated for an academy award anytime soon, but I do hope we’ll get to see the final production at their site in the near future. Once again, I want to thank Maria Sarkar for inviting me to the event. Thank you! It was great!

Oh, something else, before I forget: Did you know that other products, such as SolidCAM and SolidWorks Enterprise PDM have partnered with DriveWorks to provide the customers with even more automation power? Yep, that’s right! Isn’t that cool?  If you want more information about DriveWorks or their partners, visit any of their product specific websites:

http://www.driveworksxpress.com

http://www.driveworkssolo.com

http://www.driveworks.co.uk

Notice that only DriveWorks Xpress is included in every seat of SolidWorks, but you can download and try DriveWorks Solo for 30 days completely free. Visit their site for more details.

Over the last few days, I’ve been following a thread on one of the LinkedIn SolidWorks groups I belong to with great interest. Some of you may be familiar with it. It’s about a new website, Cadooku.com, where SolidWorks users can upload and sell their models.  This is something new for me, you know? I had heard of similar places, but none that catered exclusively to SolidWorks users.  The site is still in Beta, but it’s fully functioning at this moment, and you can even see quite a few models for sale already.

For some of us, the first question that comes to mind is, “Why the need for this kind of site?” A few users pointed out they can easily get models for free from the 3D Content Central. While this is true, you need to remember that the best models usually come from part suppliers and many of the models you find at the user’s library, could use a little improvement.  Phil Staunton, product designer and co-founder of Cadooku, had the following to say about this:   “Most models you get from Content Central are designed by manufacturers that upload components hoping for designers and engineers to use these components in new product assemblies as they are already modeled. The incentive is that the production team is likely to spec the same components and therefore the manufacturer will sell more real components.

This doesn’t provide any incentive to upload components that you don’t manufacture in the real world. And therefore these components tend to sit on all our hard-drives. Cadooku is designed to help increase the library of SW parts available by encouraging people to upload their models as they could create a passive income.

As an SW user myself I have regularly tried to hit a deadline by downloading models from free sites only to be disappointed at the quality of the download and worse, that it is simply imported surfaces that are hard to edit. By encouraging those who upload a model to give detailed, accurate descriptions and upload an image of their model tree, we hope to avoid this for users of our site.”

So, I guess this would mean that for most users knowing they’ll get paid for their model and that they are responsible for the model’s integrity is a good incentive to upload something of decent quality, as opposed to simply sharing whatever they model for free, errors and all.  Personally, I think it’s a great idea.  As much as I like sharing what I do, because I also learn in the process and my interest has always been to compare notes with other users that may take a look at my models and point out my mistakes or areas that need improvement, I do believe that great modeling work deserves compensation.  If someone out there spends several hours creating a great model and then some of us want that model and we plan to use it for commercial purposes, then I think we should compensate his/her effort. It’s only fair!

However, there are other implications in selling models this way that need to be understood, as well.  One of them is deciding how much a model is worth.  Regarding this, Phil adds, “Price is entirely determined by the seller.

We suggest during the upload process a price of $15-25 per hour of modeling time. The $15 an hour rate would be sensible for student or new modelers where as $25 an hour would better reflect a more experienced modeler’s expertise. This is because although they would be quicker at modeling, the model is likely to be modeled using better, more editable techniques and therefore would be worth more.

For example: I am a reasonably experienced modeler who builds robust, parametrically defined models. I have built a mountain bike in 3 hours and therefore I would probably charge $20 * 3 = $60. Of course I may choose to go for a lower price to sell more and undercut existing models or charge more on the basis I think I have done a great job and it is better than other, similar models on the site. The $60 just gives an approximate price to start from.

Price can be altered at a later stage if the seller chooses. However, if the price is reduced, this may be viewed as unfair by people who have bought the model at the higher price and therefore we discourage this.”

Other concerns  that come to mind are those about disclosure of proprietary information, as well as how to fight plagiarism and prevent people from taking a model from a free site, such as 3DCC, and then posting it in Cadooku  as their own.  Phil also had something to say about this, “I agree that 95% of content produced by designers is probably confidential client work. And yes we will probably never be as big as Turbosquid for example. But that’s ok because all we need is the 5% of models from lots of design consultancies to create a decent, useful library. The problem is going to be that if no-one uploads anything. To help encourage people to put models on the site we are currently offering great benefits (inc. free advertising for a month and zero commission until March 2010) for any model uploaded by December 1st. We are also offering to professionally render your main showcase image for any model uploaded before the end of the year. So take advantage and upload that 5%!!  …  If you post models from 3DCC as your own, you are breaking your agreement with 3DCC. We plan to police this and report these users to 3DCC and take their models off our site. We are also hoping our members will help with the policing. Any other suggestions to help with this would be appreciated!”

It certainly sounds like an interesting idea that may benefit quite a few users. What do you think? Do you think even those models you create during your down time are worth something or would you much rather share them for free? As a user, would you buy models or would you rather spend the extra time and effort and model everything yourself or hope to find something semi-decent for free?

I had told you before, quite a few days ago, that I was anxiously waiting for the arrival of a demo unit of 3DConnexion’s new SpacePilot PRO. Well, it arrived a couple of days after I wrote that post, and I’ve been playing with it ever since, trying to find out if it’s all I was hoping it would be. Unfortunately for me, I ran into some trouble and so it was that this particular hardware review almost wasn’t. But I’ll tell you all about that in just a few more minutes.

First, let me tell you about the very first thing that caught my eye ever since the moment I saw the unit at that meeting in Orlando.  Well, it’s actually the second thing, because the first one really was the fact that the whole unit seems to be more ergonomic and comfortable to use, a real relief, actually, for those of us that have suffered or still suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. Anyway, let me tell you a bit about the LCD workflow assistant. This is a small LCD full-color screen located at the top of the unit, and it displays visual feedback about the function keys, navigation settings keys, and other information, such as email, rss feeds, important tasks, and calendar. It certainly is attractive, but is it also useful? Well, let’s see… My favorite, of course, is the applet that provides information about the function keys, quick navigation keys and navigation settings in the SpacePilot PRO. It is very convenient to get information on what commands your different keys are mapping to, and the LCD color screen is also easier on the eyes than the little screen on the old SpacePilot.

 

I’m not so thrilled about the Microsoft Outlook email applet, though. The way it is right now, it allows you to see your incoming email, but you can only see email that has arrived to your Inbox, not to any other folders, not even to those under the Inbox folder, and you also still need to have Outlook opened in the background for it to work. The same applies to the Outlook Calendar and Outlook Tasks applets.  The RSS feeds, however, has proven useful to me in the last few days. Basically, it allows you to receive short excerpts of rss feeds of your choice (the news, a blog, Twitter search), find one that interests you, move to it with the arrows, click OK, and read it on your computer screen. You don’t need to have anything opened in the background for this one to work. I’ve been using it to keep track of the development of the Swine flu in my country of birth, Mexico, while working on something else in my computer. Really useful!  

I know, it may seem like this little LCD screen is more bells and whistles, but the really exciting thing about it is that it doesn’t necessarily end here, just with these few default applets. Actually, since it is based on open software architecture, it is possible to create custom made applets for many different purposes. While at the meeting, we were talking about the possibility of having, for instance, SolidWorks tips and tricks delivered to that little screen, or perhaps a small video tutorial, or even a SolidJott applet, why not? The possibilities are endless!

The 3DConnexion cap, the heart of this 3D mouse, works pretty much the same way as it did in the SpacePilot, but, I don’t know if it is my imagination or what, I think it is somehow more sensitive in the SpacePilot PRO than it was before. Perhaps it’s only that the whole unit feels a lot more comfortable on the wrist? Could be.

The Navigation Settings Keys are not so different from what was already available in the SpacePilot PRO. They basically allow you to restrict navigation, to avoid, for instance, rotating the part (turn rotation off) or zooming and panning (turn translations off).  These can prove very useful depending on what kind of work you’re doing; perhaps you just need to rotate the part to select entities from it, for instance. In this case, turning translations off would do the trick.

The quick navigation keys have also been revamped when compared to the old SpacePilot. Now you have five keys, of which three of them enable you to select six standard views of the model (top, front, right, left, bottom and back) by means of a short and long press mode. You push for a short time, you get the top view, you push for a longer time and you get the bottom view. You also have two isometric views, and a button that rotates the model in increments of 90 degrees around an axis normal to the screen.  The Fit button is still there, you help you fit the model to the screen, in case you get lost while zooming or panning.

And now let me tell you about those Function Keys. These keys are by default mapped to ten different SolidWorks commands, relevant to the kind of document you open. There are three default configurations of keys, one for parts, one for assemblies and one for drawings, but you can create your own configurations by mapping the buttons. This is probably what excited me the most about the SpacePilot PRO, and sadly, the one thing about it that gave me tons of trouble just to get it to work properly. You see, according to the description of the product, and what I saw during the meeting in Orlando, I was expecting to be able to use these five little buttons to program the SpacePilot PRO by mapping different commands to each button and then saving my particular arrangement as a configuration for later use. It is an exciting thing not only because now I have more buttons available (these ones also work with short and long press like the quick navigation keys), but also because I can save an endless number of different configurations of keys, and even map other keys in the SpacePilot PRO, and program my own macros for each configuration, as well, by using the custom functions option available through the 3DConnexion Control Panel under the button configuration tab.

That sounds really good, only when I tried mapping buttons and saving configurations of keys to use with SolidWorks, my configurations kept changing back to the default values, or I would see strange behavior, such as seeing in the LCD display that the command Offset Faces was mapped to button 4 in the SpacePilot, then pushing button 4 and having Shell execute instead. At some point, I managed to save quite a few configurations for the SpacePilot PRO to use with SolidWorks, but I could only change from one to the other by first closing SolidWorks, then opening it again and selecting the new configuration from the 3DConnexion control panel before opening any document.  

After struggling for quite some time, I decided to seek for advice from their tech support. I can’t complain because they were quick to answer my requests, gave me great attention, and plenty of ideas on what could be wrong and how to fix it.  I was told that perhaps a file was corrupted, in particular because I had a SpacePilot for this machine before and I had installed on top of that, without uninstalling the other one first. Then they advised me to uninstall the software that accompanies the SpacePilot PRO, clean the registries and other tidbits of files left behind, and do a new, clean installation of it. I did just that… several times, actually… With each uninstall/install cycle, I was finding more and more little tidbits that had been left behind, scattered in different places of my hard drive and that could very well be the reason for my problems. I was also finding more quirky behavior from the SpacePilot PRO. At some point during this process, the LCD stopped working and would only display an image of the SpacePilot PRO, even when the buttons were still working. I was beginning to think that I had received the one demo unit that happened to be defective, but it was then that I learned that Jeff Mirisola had experienced similar issues with his demo unit, as well. He helped me out in making sure that I was really doing a clean installation this time around and thanks to him the SpacePilot PRO worked again and I was able to map the function keys one more time.  Still, I continue to obtain strange results when trying to save configurations of function keys.

I’m still trying to figure out what exactly went wrong. I tried the SpacePilot PRO with Photoshop and didn’t have these problems at all when creating configurations for function keys. I’ve been told by 3DConnexion’s tech support that the SpacePilot PRO has been extensively tested and has been observed to work properly with SolidWorks, still they realize that it’s brand new and don’t deny the possibility of some issue arising; that’s why they really appreciate the feedback. Personally, I wonder about the possibility of a little bug in the software that may affect the way the 3D mouse interacts with SolidWorks, specially because it didn’t just happened to me. If that’s the case, I’m sure it can be fixed with a new version of the driver or a patch or some kind.

Even with all my struggles to make those function keys work, I still consider this new SpacePilot PRO an awesome 3D mouse, powerful, comfortable like nothing else, and full of potential. My only other huge disappointment: it won’t work with PhotoView 360! How come? Well, maybe soon… In the meantime, I’ll continue exploring this unit, just in case there’s something else, something really great  I still haven’t found out about it.

OK, so this is one of those really cool things about being a blogger and attending an event such as SolidWorks World as “press”: you get to see all these awesome new gadgets before they’re made available to the public or even announced.  The hard part is that you have to keep it a secret, and you can’t tell a single soul (not even your aunt Gladys if you have one) about all the wonders you’ve witnessed until after the formal announcement has been made. That’s tough!

Fortunately for me, there’s no more need to keep quiet. The secret’s out!  And take a look at it. This is the newest and most powerful 3D mouse that anyone has ever come up with and I got to see it in action (and even play with it a bit) back in February, during a meeting I had with the folks from 3DConnexion, while at SolidWorks World  2009, in Orlando.

Like I said before, I got to try one of these for a bit while at the meeting, but it was for only such a brief moment that I’m literally dying to get my hands on one of these units again to test it more thoroughly… all in the name of CAD and science, of course, and always keeping my readers’ best interest in mind. OK, I confess, I fell in love with it since the moment I laid eyes on it!

Until then, I leave you with the information from the press release and a handsome picture for your enjoyment.  For more information on this and other 3D mice from 3DConnexion, visit their website at www.3Dconnexion.com

 

3Dconnexion Launches Its Most Powerful 3D Mouse Ever: the SpacePilot PRO

 

Integrated Color LCD Workflow Assistant, QuickView Navigation Technology, and Intelligent Function Keys Save Time and Reduce Interruptions

 

FREMONT, Calif. – April 16, 2009 – To meet the rigorous demands of design engineers working in powerful 3D applications, 3Dconnexion today announced the new SpacePilot™ PRO. The company’s flagship 3D mouse is designed to deliver advanced control of 3D models, easier access to the power of professional 3D applications, fewer interruptions in the design workflow, and superior comfort. Specifically, the SpacePilot PRO features a new color LCD Workflow Assistant, second-generation QuickView Navigation technology, Intelligent Function keys, and an improved design for enhanced comfort and control.

 

“3Dconnexion’s 3D mice have rewritten the rules on the way design engineers and professionals interact with 3D environments,” said Dieter Neujahr, president of 3Dconnexion. “Our new SpacePilot PRO builds on our market-leading industry experience, delivering the most powerful 3D mouse we’ve ever made. It enables increased performance that ultimately results in better designs, created in less time.”

 

The SpacePilot PRO 3D mouse provides the highest level of performance features ever available from 3Dconnexion, including:

 

-      LCD Workflow Assistant: The color LCD lists function-key assignments and provides at-a-glance access to Microsoft^® Outlook^® e-mail, calendar and task lists, allowing professionals to access important information for a fully integrated design experience with fewer distractions. Through 3Dconnexion’s open software architecture, the workflow assistant can be further customized to meet the needs of individuals, companies and software vendors.

 

-      Advanced MCAD Navigation: Five new dual-function QuickView Navigation keys
improve error detection, design review, and design presentation by providing one-touch access to the following views: top and bottom, right and left, front and back, two isometric views, and 90-degree view rotation of any view either clockwise or counter-clockwise – for a total of 32 views. A short press activates a key’s primary view command, while pressing and holding a key activates a secondary view command. In addition, new Navigation Setting keys offer simplified and customizable control, allowing professionals to turn pan-and-zoom, rotation and one-axis control on or off, making it easier to define navigation settings for certain work modes.

 

-      Intelligent Function Keys: Five new fully customizable, dual-function keys offer immediate, one-touch access to 10 frequently used commands within any supported 3D application. The SpacePilot PRO automatically detects the active application and assigns appropriate function keys – whether default or customized. The color LCD denotes the function key assignments and application mode so engineers can easily identify commands and design states.

 

-      Superior Comfort: The SpacePilot PRO has a new sculpted, soft-coated wrist rest that positions the hand in relation to the controller cap to support a balanced workflow. The micro-precision six-degrees-of-freedom sensor allows for fingertip control with minimal effort from the arm, wrist and hand, while frequently used commands are conveniently positioned at your fingertips. The intuitive and symmetrical layout of the function keys makes the device usable with either hand.

 

About 3Dconnexion 3D Mice

Unlike traditional mice confined to motion on one flat plane, 3Dconnexion 3D mice enable design engineers to move in all three dimensions simultaneously, using six-degrees–of-freedom sensor technology. By gently lifting, pressing and turning the controller cap, design engineers can easily pan, zoom and rotate without stopping to select commands. Using a 3D mouse together with a traditional mouse engages both hands into a balanced and cooperative work style.

 

3Dconnexion provides advanced and affordable 3D mice that are supported by more than 130 of today’s leading and powerful 3D applications, including Autodesk Inventor^TM, SolidWorks^TM, CATIA^TM, Pro/ENGINEER^TM, NX^TM and Solid Edge^TM. For a complete list of applications supported by 3Dconnexion, visit www.3dconnexion.com/solutions.

 

Compatibility, Pricing and Availability

The SpacePilot PRO is backed by a three-year warranty, and is currently available at a suggested retail price of $499. The SpacePilot PRO is supported by Windows XP, Windows Vista^®, Sun Solaris 8 (SPARC), Sun Solaris 10 (x86), and Linux^® (Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4, SuSE 9.3 or later). Linux and Solaris support workflow assistant function key assignments only.

 

The entire 3Dconnexion product line, including the Professional Series with the SpacePilot™ (MSRP $399) and SpaceExplorer™ (MSRP $299), and the Standard Series with the SpaceNavigator (MSRP $99) and SpaceNavigator for Notebooks (MSRP $129), are available from professional CAD resellers and major online resellers including CDW, Insight, PC Connection, and PC Mall. For a complete list of resellers or to buy directly, visit www.3Dconnexion.com.

 

About 3Dconnexion, a Logitech Company
3Dconnexion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI), is the leading provider of 3D mice for 3D design and visualization. 3Dconnexion devices support today’s most popular and powerful 3D applications by offering users a more intuitive and natural way to interact with computer-generated 3D content. 3Dconnexion’s award-winning 3D mice serve a wide variety of industries and are used by 3D designers, animators and artists worldwide. 3Dconnexion is headquartered in Fremont, Calif. with European headquarters in Seefeld, Germany and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.3Dconnexion.com.