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Tracy W. Lincoln
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:21 am Post subject:
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On rare ocassons I still see them being used to digitize maps or hand
drawings... typically ones that aren't clean enough to scan and use a
raster/vector application to clean up or convert.
Like you I haven't used one since Windows/Toolbars came on the scene, and do
not miss it.
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"Dave Byrnes" <discussion@autodesk.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | 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,
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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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"Paul Turvill" <nospam@turvill.com> wrote in message
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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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Paul - doesn't this require the use of at least a 12x12 tablet &
AutoCAD's
tablet menu & template?
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Huw
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:20 am Post subject:
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The thing that might tempt me back to a tablet is a stylus - a much more natrual hand position than a mouse - but I think I'd miss my five mouse buttons. Do most of you with tablets use pucks? and how do you cope swithching between different software applications all day?
Paul Turvill wrote:
| 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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DaveS
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:20 am Post subject:
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Tracy W. Lincoln wrote:
| Quote: | On rare ocassons I still see them being used to digitize maps or hand
drawings... typically ones that aren't clean enough to scan and use a
raster/vector application to clean up or convert.
Like you I haven't used one since Windows/Toolbars came on the scene, and do
not miss it.
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I miss it. It took me a good year to get used to using the mouse. With
the tablet, I always knew where my cursor was. With the mouse, I'm
always guessing and sliding the dang mouse around on the table and
trying to figure out where I'm at on screen. I still miss the positive
placement the tablet gave me. Even though that "missing it" is just a
long gone memory now, I know the tablet has some very good pints to
recommend it.
As far as looking down at the tablet all the time, that was never a
problem. It's like people who type without looking at the keyboard.
Once you use it enough, you just know where things are.
All that said, I still miss poofie bags too... the slap of a straight
edge on Borco... the clack of the triangle on the straight edge...
dang... now ya'll got me all sentimental... :O)
Have fun,
Dave
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Paul Turvill
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 6:21 am Post subject:
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No "coping" is required. The tablet and the mouse co-exist. I use what is
best for the application. And even if they couldn't co-exist, the tablet has
a "mouse mode" that works just fine in all Windows apps.
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"Huw" <hgree@removethisbit.unimelb.edu.au.andremovethisbittoo> wrote in
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how do you cope swithching between different software applications all day? |
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Huw
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:42 am Post subject:
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Thanks. Does that mean they're both plugged in at the same time? What happens if you knock one whilst using the other?
Paul Turvill wrote:
| Quote: | No "coping" is required. The tablet and the mouse co-exist. I use
what is best for the application. And even if they couldn't co-exist,
the tablet has a "mouse mode" that works just fine in all Windows
apps. ___
"Huw" <hgree@removethisbit.unimelb.edu.au.andremovethisbittoo> wrote
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how do you cope swithching between different software applications
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Dean Saadallah
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject:
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Tablets these days come with a mouse AND a pen: both wireless, both work,
all you have to do is pick one and put it on the tablet to activate it.
It's really simple: http://www.wacom.com for all your other questions and
needs. Tablet works in WINDOWS all the time, no need for your current
pointing device ever again.
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Dean Saadallah
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http://www.pendean.com/lt
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Paul Turvill
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject:
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Yes. You just have to move the one not in use out of the way. (If you do
bump one while using the other, the cursor moves, as one would expect, but
it's no problem to move it back to where you want it, and place the other
device out of the way.)
Or, as Dean suggests, just give up on the mouse and use the tablet in mouse
mode.
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"Huw" <hgree@removethisbit.unimelb.edu.au.andremovethisbittoo> wrote in
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Thanks. Does that mean they're both plugged in at the same time? What
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Huw
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:35 am Post subject:
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Thanks both
Paul Turvill wrote:
| Quote: | Yes. You just have to move the one not in use out of the way. (If you
do bump one while using the other, the cursor moves, as one would
expect, but it's no problem to move it back to where you want it, and
place the other device out of the way.)
Or, as Dean suggests, just give up on the mouse and use the tablet in
mouse mode. |
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