Using a tablet with SolidWorks?
Using a tablet with SolidWorks?
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Has anyone ever used a tablet with SW?
From all the threads on the forum, it seems like most people are using trackballs and spaceballs. But to me it would just seem more natural to use a pen as an alternative input device in SW...
What do you guys think? Has anyone tried to use such a device?
Thanks,
Werner Buhler
Project Engineer
Ausco, Inc.
From all the threads on the forum, it seems like most people are using trackballs and spaceballs. But to me it would just seem more natural to use a pen as an alternative input device in SW...
What do you guys think? Has anyone tried to use such a device?
Thanks,
Werner Buhler
Project Engineer
Ausco, Inc.






RE: Using a tablet with SolidWorks?
Jeff Mowry
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RE: Using a tablet with SolidWorks?
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RE: Using a tablet with SolidWorks?
My Wacom tablet allows me to literally draw in the computer--any line I like, in pencil, marker, pen, airbrush, etc.--in such a way as cannot be had using a mouse. There are also tablet PCs and even LCD monitors whose surface can be drawn upon directly. This is great for creating artwork. The rectangular background cells on my website were "drawn" digitally in Photoshop--the fills were created with airbrush strokes.
CAD tablets are completely different. These were useful when OS limitations and software interfaces did not have tool buttons all over the place. So pre-assigned areas on the tablet allowed tools to be selected without the use of momorized commands or extensive menu lists. I used one in the mid-1990's before switching to upgraded ACAD and eventually to SolidWorks. I would have absolutely no use for one of these types of tablets now.
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mncad
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smcadman: Yes, I was talking about a pen tablet.
The pen tablet is probably not faster than a traditional pointing device, I agree, but it would guess that it relieves any stress on the hand. The problem is that after a few hours of SW, my hand start to hurt, nothing major, just uncomfortable. A well known phenomenom that I would like to reduce... Hence the search for another pointing device.
Werner
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Werner
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If you are feeling pain from using a mouse I would highly suggest investing in a 6X8 or 9X12 Intuos 2 tablet that can be found at www.wacom.com
RE: Using a tablet with SolidWorks?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.