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Dave
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:06 am Post subject:
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Drawing tablets like the WACOM Intuos tablets work great in applications
like Photoshop.
Has anybody found them to be equally useful in ACAD?
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Dean Saadallah
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:10 am Post subject:
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Oh yes, tablets are THE way to work in AutoCAD, always have been since the
dawn of..., well, AutoCAD.
Just realize pen pressure type features are not found in AutoCAD, otherwise
explore the topic of TABLET in AutoCAD's HELP and search using any internet
search engine you prefer to use.
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Dean Saadallah
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
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Tracy W. Lincoln
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Paul Turvill
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:53 am Post subject:
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Not just useful ... virtually *mandatory.*
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"Dave" <dpriedel@engineering.uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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Jerry
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:10 am Post subject:
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Why?
Paul Turvill <nospam@turvill.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Not just useful ... virtually *mandatory.*
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"Dave" <dpriedel@engineering.uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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Has anybody found them to be equally useful in ACAD?
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Paul Turvill
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:15 am Post subject:
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Many reasons, but probably the most important one in our shop is the instant
availability of one-click standard and custom commands, without having the
screen full of toolbars, popups, pulldowns, flyouts and other clutter.
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> Why? |
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Jerry
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:20 am Post subject:
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Understood. I used tablets when using Versacad, and Autocad R14, but not
since. What I DO have that you apparently don't is two 21" monitors.
Jerry
Paul Turvill <nospam@turvill.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Many reasons, but probably the most important one in our shop is the
instant
availability of one-click standard and custom commands, without having the
screen full of toolbars, popups, pulldowns, flyouts and other clutter.
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"Jerry" <jlr071543@cuisp.com> wrote in message
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Why?
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Dave Byrnes
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:53 am Post subject:
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Paul - doesn't this require the use of at least a 12x12 tablet & AutoCAD's
tablet menu & template?
I haven't used a tablet since R12 DOS & figured Windows & the mouse (and
custom tool buttons, of course) made a tablet pretty well unnecessary. What
can you do with a tablet that you can't do with a mouse & custom toolbars?
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Dave Byrnes / Vancouver, BC
Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator
"Paul Turvill" <nospam@turvill.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Many reasons, but probably the most important one in our shop is the
instant
availability of one-click standard and custom commands, without having the
screen full of toolbars, popups, pulldowns, flyouts and other clutter.
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"Jerry" <jlr071543@cuisp.com> wrote in message
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Why?
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Dick Alvarez
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:45 am Post subject:
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Dave Byrnes <discussion@autodesk.com> wrote <<What can you do
with a tablet that you can't do with a mouse & custom toolbars?>>
You can trace free-hand drawings and maps, and build your own
special-purpose maps around the tracings. I use a Summagraphics
"SummaSketch II Plus" 12-inch-square tablet with a 4-button puck,
that I bought long ago, with new Calcomp software to use the tablet
with Microsoft Windows XP. Other apparently good tablets and
software are available.
To make a special-purpose map, I start with U.S. Geological Survey
maps, which are in the public domain (not copyrighted), digitize
points into AutoCAD, and then use AutoCAD spline functions to connect
the points to form roads etc. On the puck, I programmed one button
with the AutoCAD commands "multiple" and "point"; that sets me up for
digitizing a series of points. The top button is "left-click"; I
press that once to digitize each point.
I use "National Geographic Seamless USGS Topographic Maps on
CD-ROM". It can scale the USGS maps to any desired magnification for
printing and digitizing.
If you need to digitize from a sheet that is larger than the
active area of your tablet, then you can use various AutoCAD
functions to align the parts of the large sheet into one drawing. If
you want details, let me know. My method seems to be quite easy, but
somebody may be able to suggest a better method.
One caution: For mapping, be sure that the tablet is configured
to preserve shape. The default configuration may, for example, map a
square into a non-square rectangle. I configured my tablet to map
its whole active area into the largest possible area of the same
shape, on my monitor screen when I have my AutoCAD screen configured
the way I like it (only the layers toolbar, and just a few lines in
the command area near the bottom of the screen). The tablet
configuration is easy to change. Microsoft Windows service pack 2
interfered with the Calcomp software, and Calcomp generated an
update; you may need that.
Dick Alvarez
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Harold Leveritt
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:23 pm Post subject:
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I got tired of looking up and down from screen to tablet.
Made use of a good Pop0 menu and discarded the table. |
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Walt Engle
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:50 pm Post subject:
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Got away from tablets years ago - same thing: looking from tablet to
screen when using pulldown with eyes on screen much better. Tablet - NO,
Screen - YES. |
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Paul Turvill
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:50 pm Post subject:
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I do have dual monitors (although not 21-inchers), and I *still* don't want
them cluttered with all the aforementioned junk.
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"Jerry" <jlr071543@cuisp.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Understood. I used tablets when using Versacad, and Autocad R14, but not
since. What I DO have that you apparently don't is two 21" monitors. |
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Paul Turvill
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:52 pm Post subject:
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Yes ... so?
We don't use "AutoCAD's" tablet menu, however. We use our own which we have
developed (and are still developing) in stages dating back to R9.
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"Dave Byrnes" <discussion@autodesk.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Paul - doesn't this require the use of at least a 12x12 tablet & AutoCAD's
tablet menu & template? |
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Joe Butler
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:47 pm Post subject:
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Just like a good piano player :). When I got my laptop, guess what was the
first thing I bought for it....You got it. JoeB
"Harold Leveritt" <caddata@NObellsouthSPAM.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I got tired of looking up and down from screen to tablet.
Made use of a good Pop0 menu and discarded the table. |
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Dave Byrnes
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:54 pm Post subject:
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I see. Judging from other replies, it sounds like tablets aren't used so
much any more.
I tossed mine when I started using R12 for Windows. Didn't miss it then, and
post-2000, with toolbars and palettes, I see even less use for it.
I might actually have hung on to it a while longer, but Summagraphics,
Calcomp et al were pretty slow off the mark getting Windows drivers out.
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Dave Byrnes / Vancouver, BC
Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator
"Paul Turvill" <nospam@turvill.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Yes ... so?
We don't use "AutoCAD's" tablet menu, however. We use our own which we
have
developed (and are still developing) in stages dating back to R9.
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"Dave Byrnes" <discussion@autodesk.com> wrote in message
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Paul - doesn't this require the use of at least a 12x12 tablet &
AutoCAD's
tablet menu & template?
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