Legacy Space Pilot device in Rhino 6

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Wow, I found a solution! Rhino 7 now works with my SpacePilot. Here is what I did to make it happen:

  1. On Windows 10 I already had 3DxWare version 10.3.0 installed.
  2. I opened the following folder: “C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins”.
  3. Then I made a back-up copy of the “3dxrhino.rhp” plug-in and placed it in another folder just in case.
  4. Then I used the following plug-in from Rhino 6.3 and replaced the original Rhino 7 plug-in:
    3dxrhino.rar (130.6 KB)
  5. Then I started Rhino 7 and the 3d connexion plug-in recognized the program as Rhinoceros 5 (SpacePilot has an LCD screen that shows that information).
  6. The SpacePilot required some settings to be made inside Rhino 7, such as “Lock Horizon” etc, just the usual customization that everyone does.

The only thing that didn’t not work at first were the custom macros assigned to the 6 function buttons under the LCD screen of SpacePilot. Other than that, the rest buttons work as expected. However, I also found a fix for that. All the macros must be deleted and made from scratch. Then they work again.

It works for now and I tested it with a restart of the PC. Hopefully that future updates will not break this “hack” with swapping the plug-in with an older version.
Is there a way that “McNeel” could ship future Rhino 7 updates with support for the old plug-in that I uploaded above?

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