The buttons of my SpaceMouse are not working correctly in NX. The application is installed on a server.
The 3Dconnexion devices have a plug-in for NX called „3Dconnexion Plug-In for NX“ or „3DxNX“ for short. However, if NX is installed on a server rather than your local machine it might be necessary to make a few changes.
There are two files in NX that are responsible that the plugin is loaded correctly, resp. entries in two files.
- The file ugii_env.dat is in the installation folder of NX in the subfolder „UGII“. (Example: C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX 8.5\UGII\ugii_env.dat). The installer for our driver creates an entry in this file that starts the plugin:>
UGII_3DCONNEXION_LIBRARY=${UGII_3DCONNEXION_DIR}\${UGII_VERSION}\startup\3DxNX.dll
2. The file customs_dir.dat is in the installation folder of NX in the subfolder „UGII\menus“. (Example: C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX 8.5\UGII\menus\customs_dir.dat). The installer for our driver creates an entry in this file that sets the path to the files for the UI:
$UGII_3DCONNEXION_DIR/$UGII_VERSION
If you have a customized installation for NX in your work environment then NX might use other files than the default ones. Please check your NX log file for the information which files are used. You will find this information if you search for these environment variables:
1. UGII_ENV_FILE
2. UGII_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY_FILE
The file and path that follows these variables is the one that is used. Please add the lines from above to those files and restart NX