Get ready to have some fun exploring Blender with a 3D mouse! Pan, zoom and rotate as if you are holding the model in your hand or fly like a helicopter through scenes with a level of control that’s simply not possible with a traditional mouse and keyboard.

The 3D mouse is used at the same time as a traditional mouse in a balanced and cooperative work style. One hand engages the 3D mouse to position the model or navigate the environment while your other hand simultaneously uses the traditional mouse to select, create or edit.

It’s a two handed work style where you click a lot less and accomplish a lot more.

Watch Rui Campos of BlenderNation and Blender Builds demonstrate the SpaceNavigator. Thanks Rui!

1. Increase Productivity by more than 20%*1: When working with one hand, you can either navigate your model or select commands. With a 3D mouse you can do both at once saving you valuable time.
2. Enhanced Comfort: Up to 50% fewer mouse clicks*2 by spreading the workload across both hands.
3. Design Performance*1: Whether you’re working on a sketch or a complex 3D model, the superior navigation experience encourages levels of model exploration that lead to higher quality visual effects.

*1 Source: The Economic Payback of 3D Mice white paper - July 2008
*2 Source: Reducing Physical Discomfort and Pain Among 3D Computer Users - VSI Risk Management and Ergonomics ©2005

Blender is a free software 3D animation program. It can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulating, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications. Together with a 3Dconnexion 3D mouse, the Blender experience is enriched for this user community worldwide.