Monitors, How many do you use?
Monitors, How many do you use?
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Just curious how many designers out there use more than one (1) monitor? Advantages, disadvantages? Thank you.
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RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
Our head engineered poo-pooed having two monitors until I set him up with a pair, now he swears by it.
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
Desktop real estate could be an issue, since I have 2 computers. Adding a second monitor to the one would work, but would be crowded.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
Main display is a 22" widescreen.
2nd is a standard 20".
I undock my machining navigator, assembly navigator and my part navigator and put them on the secondary monitor.
This way I have the entire widescreen for visuals. Works great.
J
NX 6.0.5.3
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
Until you have used 2 monitors, you don't see the benefit.
Once you have used 2 monitors, you wonder how you lived without them for so long.
Flatscreen technology has made this more affordable.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
Note that in my office I have 2 workstations, an older desktop machine which I use only for 'office automation' (that is I don't use it for NX) with a single 22". As for the other, that's my mainline mobile workstation (i.e, laptop) with a full fledged docking station setup which includes a full-size external keyboard, mouse, 3D Connexion's Space Pilot-Pro and a single 24" monitor (which I actually purchased myself). While I would personally like to have a dual monitor set-up, mine is a special situation. You see, Ben is RIGHT, once you start using dual-monitors you'll never go back (sort of like a Spaceball, which is why I carry one the compact ones with me when I'm on the road), but in my case since what I give presentations and demos at User Group meetings and when meeting with customers, almost always this will involve projecting the display from my laptop and so inorder to not fall into 'bad' habits and to keep my demo skills honed, I have NO choice but to also run in my office on a single large screen.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
I am a huge fan of Dell Ultrasharp monitors. They always go on sale, usually during what Dell calls "Days of Deals", about 4 to 6 times a year. Savings are usually better than 25% off, and sometimes hit close to 40% off. Often shipping is free as well.
For CAD work the Ultrasharp monitors are fantastic.
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
They are Optiquest Q20wb. I also bought them myself since work would not spring. Got them all used for udner $100 a piece.
I'll never go back to a single monitor - unless it's a 55" LCD tv - which I use at home : )
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
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Bill
RE: Monitors, How many do you use?
I have been using a 30" LP3065 for NX and a 23" for office apps, vieuwing PDF's etc. for 2 years now. I undock the assembly and part navigator and display them on the 23" so I have full 30" for 3D modelling.
I am planning (er...advising my manager that is) to buy a new 30", because I use also NX viewer to display the same part on the other monitor and I also want to stretch my desktop.
In some cases I use a single monitor configuration. Makes me desperate, wondering how I managed to live with this little workspace available...
Older budweiser
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