Drawing Tablet 4k
Maribeth Seagers
I too am interested in this. We have a number of people who do numerous boundary edits per day and with future changes to our work process, the amount of digitizing we do will increase dramatically. I'm wondering if a drawing tablet is a good option to consider for this sort of work instead of using the standard mouse and risking RSI issues.
I'm using a Monoprice/Huion H610. I have used a graphics tablet for years with ArcGIS and for a few hours (it's not easy so far) with ArcGIS Pro. Overall I find it to be a very good editing solution that for me, has solved a lot of the physical pain of editing with a mouse. It's not easy at first, but I find it better in the long run. I also use a thumbball mouse, that I will switch to my left hand and often use it for my "clicks" and simply use the stylus as a pointer and right/middle click tool.
WRT "sharing setup", yes, let's do that. I have a Huion XP-Pen 22E, which has the programmable buttons on the side, plus the Shortcut Remote, which can be used with any Huion. I've not yet dived into what shortcuts should be put in the programmable buttons. Any suggestions? I'll edit this post as I go, building a reference resource.
In my so far limited experience with Pro and a tablet with stylus: it's a mixed bag. Pro doesn't really have the concept of a pen and that gets in the way using the pen features. The biggest chore is switching between the various tools and their modes. Pro has a lot keyboard shortcuts (which is awesome, thank you developers who did that work!), but using those in conjunction with a stylus is difficult because of the constant switching between physical input devices. An intelligently constructed toolbar for pen input would go a long way to addressing this. Pro can do this, but there's a lot thinking about what tools are needed and what to assign them to. I've started but only moved a short way down this road (daily work needs to get done first).
I am interested in a tablet that will work with the apps? We have an ag appraiser that submits ag use changes to GIS data and the freehand drawing tool doesn't well if she's submitting changes on a large parcel as once you zoom in and start drawing, you can't pan around the area to be drawn around. Any ideas on tablets that will work with apps?
Anyway, it all goes back to when I got an Intuos tablet for my 18th birthday, I was really bad with it to be honest but when I got my first job after University at WIRED magazine everybody in the office had one, no matter what job you were doing (using a pen helps reduce RSI most associated with using a mouse).
Rather than using a tablet a few times a week to draw I was using it everyday all day for all tasks from emails to In Design. Naturally at this time I started using it with SketchUp thinking nothing of it. Over the years tablets have advanced, they are now displays with multi gestures and with more advanced inputs.
Wacom were good enough to lend me a MobileStudioPro 16 so I thought since I have both an OSX and Windows powered input at home I would take some questions over the weekend. Feel free to ask me any questions and I will do my best to answer them.
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Segment editor works well on Windows computers with stylus (and Surface Dial, etc.). You can draw directly on the screen on all Windows touch-enabled PCs and modern stylii are fast, highly sensitive and support tilting. Do you still need Wacom pen? Does Wacom pen work differently?
For example, a very effective shortcut is space key, which switches between last two effects (for example: paint/erase) or activates/deactivates an effect (for example: activate scissors/deactivate scissors so you can rotate the 3D view).
What do you mean? Display where?
Using shift key, you should be able to translate the view.
Does the tablet has programmable keys? If yes, then you can configure keyboard shortcuts for translating views.
Maybe it would be an idea to build a live-usb-stick containing Linux Mint 19.1. Then boot your computer up from the USB-stick, download Slicer and unpack it. Plug in a drawing tablet and try it out.
Hopefully you will experince what I mean.
Furthermore, how do drawing tablets work on PDN? Does it act as a mouse or will I need a mouse to select tools and other features? If I press the pen against the tablet will it automatically start drawing on the canvas or is that a limitation?
@BoltBait linked to the post for the first "alpha" build for 5.0, which contains a detailed description of all the new features in 5.0. Only the latest build (currently 5.0 beta build 8382) will have valid download links.
Can anyone recommend a good desktop drawing tablet that works with Inventor? Would something such as the Wacom Cintiq Pro work? I would like to hear others experiences with using a device like this. I am looking to clear paper clutter from my desk and I like to make hand notes on drawings when I am sketching my ideas for a project, but I end up with a large stack of papers I have to keep up with until the project is over. I really want to go digital with these kinds of notes so I can archive them better and not spend hours shredding later.
Unplug your mouse for a few days. Trust me it works :) It can be a pain at first, but you'd be surprised how fast you get used to it. Of course getting good with it at illustration/drawing takes a bit longer.
Open up Photoshop/Gimp, pick a tiny brush and start drawing. Pick something complicated that has a lot of details and just start drawing. Before anything, you need to get comfortable to not looking at your hand, you need to learn to use it with at least a little precision without thinking about it.
Trying to draw something is probably the best way to practice the coordination. You can also pick something geometrical, like a house, which will teach you to draw a straight line. Actually learning to draw a straight line in any direction is very hard.
When I faced the problem, pretty much of my trouble was based on my working position and the will to get fast results with all these smarty setup.In the past I worked alot with pens, drew out of the wrist crooked over the desk.
Keep calm.: When you try to bring down a line your concentration will be tensed mostly in the middle of the trace. Don't get in a hurry. Slow, but steady lines will bring the clearest result.
I am thinking about getting my first drawing tablet how is Aseprite compatible with drawing tablets in general? The tablet would be for 99% from Wacom which usually work with almost anything but I want to be sure.
I used a digitizer tablet 25 years ago for Autocad 14. My nephew works for Falcon's Creative Group in Orlando doing theme park design and they seem to be using a mix of Wacom tablets AND Wacom Cintiq onscreen drawing computer/monitors.
Has anyone been able to implement a tablet, Wacom or any other brand, with a stylus pen rather than a puck/mouse? The reason I'm thinking of this is, I'd like to also use the stylus for redlining pdf drawings and a stylus is more intuitive than a mouse. I've also looked at an IPAD using Morpholio Trace or Procreate, but I'm not an Apple fan and I'm not really interested in adding any Apple products to my office workflow.
Yeah, that old puck with the crosshairs and the tablet menu was amazing for AutoCAD. I've tried to implement a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet without success, but maybe I didn't give it enough time. I found it difficult to be precise with the point entry as a tap, and the lack of additional buttons on the pen slowed me down without the keyboard shortcuts. However, even though my main desktop is Windows, I have an iPad Pro with both Morpholio Trace and Procreate. An iPad with an Apple Pencil and these apps is AWESOME, and worth the money for these apps alone, not to mention having the LiDAR on the iPad Pro. I have no problem going back and forth between the iPad and Windows. The key to making this work is having a "paper-like" screen protector that makes using the pencil feel more like a paper experience. It also works really well with note-taking apps like Notability. I frankly wouldn't mind doing everything on the iPad Pro (recommend the 12.9 inch model), except keeping the desktop mostly for Chief. The iPad is great for taking to jobsites or meetings where you then have a camera as well as handwriting. In Notability for example, you can do a punch list that includes photographs of the issues, and email to everyone directly from the jobsite when you're finished.
I use a 27" Wacom Cintiq for both drawing, sketching, modeling, and a second monitor. I've come to like a top/bottom config for 2 monitor setup better than side-to-side....especially since i can start drawing on the lower monitor anytime I want.
I don't use Chief a lot with the Wacom, but I have. However, I LOVE using it with Vectorworks and other drawing apps like Concepts. I use it a LOT and found it helps to have an architectural drafting height table.
I have an iPad Pro with both Morpholio Trace and Procreate. An iPad with an Apple Pencil and these apps is AWESOME, and worth the money for these apps alone, not to mention having the LiDAR on the iPad Pro. I have no problem going back and forth between the iPad and Windows. iPad Pro (recommend the 12.9 inch model), except keeping the desktop mostly for Chief.
Nice setup. I don't do much sketching and modeling anymore. My office has become more utilitarian, and the need for easy redlining of drawings is a bigger need. I'm traveling more between NY and Florida, and need a good option for redlining pdf checkprints produced by my staff. I want to be able to do redlining anywhere......at the airport, on a plane, at a coffee table, in bed......anywhere I can squeeze in some productivity time.
It looks like it'll be either an Ipad Pro, or my existing Samsung Chromebook plus with Kami pdf and the included stylus. Dam Ipads are freaking expensive, plus apple pen, plus floating keyboard. Jeez I hate Apple.
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