The buttons I programmed do not work in SolidWorks 2007 or earlier

As of release v. 3.7.16, this article only applies to SolidWorks 2007 based solutions and earlier.

The add-in feature "Button Mapping" (assignment of application commands to 3D mouse buttons) is limited to the application commands that are available on toolbars. All commands that are available as "tool buttons" will work but not if available as "flyout buttons". For example, application commands in the "Flyout Toolbar" category will not work when mapped to a button.

Example - Mapping the "Line" command to a button using the "Macro" toolbar (you can use any other toolbar you want):

    A) Open SolidWorks
    B) Right-click on the toolbar and select "Customize"
    C) Enable the "Macro" toolbar
    D) Go to the "Commands"-tab
    E) Choose the "Sketch" Category
    F) Drag and drop the "Line"-command to the Macro-toolbar

You can move all needed commands (except the ones in the "Flyout Toolbars"-category) to the toolbar. Then open the 3Dconnexion Button Mapping Panel for SolidWorks (do not use the 3Dconnexion Control Panel) and expand the "Macro" category. You will find all commands in there which were moved to the Macro-toolbar. You can drag-and-drop these commands to buttons of your 3D mouse. Then close the Button Mapping Panel with "Ok".

After you are finished mapping your buttons, you can again right-click on the SolidWorks toolbar and hide the "Macro" toolbar.