

You use it with your left hand, pointing around with a mouse in your right hand. You get fully customizable 15 keys, 3 keymaps, 8-way thumb pad, adjustable wrist pad, the whole thing is backlit and is just bad ass.

Belkin's n52te is another loan from the gamers (they always seem in need of more buttons) and what a beast it is. BelkinĮnough of the boring trackballs and mice, let's bring out the big guns. Those 12 buttons suggest that a mouse got naughty with a mobile phone… Price: $129 on Amazon right now. The design is an acquired taste, I personally think it looks awesome and really weird at the same time. Next up is an amazing mouse that is built for gamers but with it's 17 buttons gives enough setup options for geek engineers - the Razer Naga. He shot a pic of his own setup of TrackMan and Space Navigator. As commented on Twitter there's no arm movement required, minimal movement of thumb which in the long run means less stress to arm and shoulder muscles. TrackMan (pictured above) from Logitech are perfect, humble, well designed, built to last and buying one doesn't break the bank. Let's kick the list off with a humble trackball. Here's a run down of those that should be the best for CAD work in my opinion (updated: May 2014). And if you're spending 8 hours a day staring at CAD models you want a really good monitor and really good and mouse, trackball or one of these over-the-top devices. let's call them input devices, designed specifically for CAD engineers. While on the topic of gadgets (check out this groovy curved screen I wrote about) I stumbled upon some awesome hmm. CAD work can sometimes be a long and tedious process, but what better way to make it more interesting and exciting than to have the latest gadgets to assist you as you toil over your latest CAD model?
