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Support for Third-Party Hardware

The sample add-ins presented in this section create interfaces (and/or add device controllers) for third-party input devices.

Workflow, Samples and Tools

Workflow	Related samples and tools	Details
Enable 3D mouse input	Python: SimpleSpaceNavigatorCustom.py Messages: DOCUMENT_LOADED APPLICATION_CLOSE_SCENE Custom Messages	Adds support for 3dConnexion SpaceNavigator (3D Mouse). DOCUMENT_LOADED notifies you when the current document has changed. Get the document by importing the ‘theApplication’ object from the Application module and calling theApplication.getCurrentDocument(). Registers several custom messages.
Enable support for X-Rite materials	Python: XRiteCustom.py	Adds support for the X-Rite MA98 spectrophotometer.

Workflow

Related samples and tools

Details

Enable 3D mouse input

Python:

SimpleSpaceNavigatorCustom.py

Messages:

DOCUMENT_LOADED
APPLICATION_CLOSE_SCENE
Custom Messages

Adds support for 3dConnexion SpaceNavigator (3D Mouse).

DOCUMENT_LOADED notifies you when the current document has changed. Get the document by importing the ‘theApplication’ object from the Application module and calling theApplication.getCurrentDocument().

Registers several custom messages.

Enable support for X-Rite materials

Python:

XRiteCustom.py

Adds support for the X-Rite MA98 spectrophotometer.