i'm a lefty, and really haven't had issues using softimage or maya. way back in the day in 3ds max, i went to the bother of remapping everything to the right side of the keyboard, but when i switched to softimage, the entire num pad was already assigned to commands (i have a weird reluctance to overwrite existing mappings, just add to them).
of course, a pretty handed agnostic setup would be to have spacebar be the button to activate camera navigation (certain application comes to mind).. and then some kind of simple remap mirror setup (with H or whatever being the axis). but really, i've never really had any wrist issues, in fact, in many ways, i think having the right hand on the keyboard works very well for softimage. with my index on s, i can easily reach the other frequently hit keys (7-0, tyui, ]) etc with my pinky.... On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < [email protected]> wrote: > I was half poking fun, it's actually a nifty gadget. Doesn't look that > small (any she said jokes?), but I guess on the right of the keyboard it > might be viable. > You could also consider a nostromo game pad at that point. I tried using > one for a while actually but it didn't click for me, they're not bad > though, and a good deal cheaper than that pad. > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Eric Turman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Its small enough to co-exist with a normal keyboard, so you can still >> script. Meh, just thought I'd toss it out there for what it was worth. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Moving the keyboard to the right sorts the same effect, though you don't >>> get to choose the spacing and rearrange the arc. Neither goes any length to >>> addressing the fact that if you frequently both write and interact >>> (something Matt does, I'm sure) it's not a viable solution. >>> You need your keyboard mostly centered and your wrists more or less >>> spaced a certain way. If you're a lefty it's not possible, currently. >>> >>> Does XSI fare any better for lefties? I wouldn't know, I'm properly >>> handed :p >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Eric Turman <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I just use this (http://ergodex.com/mainpage.htm) with 50 keys and >>>> call it a day :P that way I don't have to deal with remapping the >>>> applications because the device switches its keyboard mapping based on >>>> which application is active. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it >>> and let them flee like the dogs they are! >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> -=T=- >> > > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! >
