topic Re: Tablet PC in Modeling

Tablet PC

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:50:09 GMT

Is there a version of AC that works with a Tablet PC?

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:38:24 GMT

As addition to your question,
I'm interested to know if AC9 is compatible with Wacom's Tablets (especially with Intuos3 12x19)? On www.wacom.com I haven't found ArchiCAD in softwares list. But GS says that most of digitizers etc are working well AC.

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:23:02 GMT

Z.Bauer wrote:
...AC9 is compatible with Wacom's Tablets (especially with Intuos3 12x19)...

Yip - we have a guy using a small Wacom tablet in our office.

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:14:01 GMT

Tom wrote:
Z.Bauer wrote:
...AC9 is compatible with Wacom's Tablets (especially with Intuos3 12x19)...
Yip - we have a guy using a small Wacom tablet in our office.

Thank's for feedback Tom.
He works with pen instead mouse all time or he does only some specific jobs in AC? And what this guy says; is he happy with this alternative, I would say more natural, work technique?

Re: Tablet PC

Rakela Raul — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:02:25 GMT

same here, it is fine,,but mouse is better for me....x photoshop is ok

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:09:38 GMT

erh - back to jcude's question?

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:38:32 GMT

Z.Bauer wrote:
He works with pen instead mouse all time or he does only some specific jobs in AC?

He started off just working in AC, but now he never uses his mouse.

Z.Bauer wrote:
Is he happy with this alternative, I would say more natural, work technique?

Yip, he thinks it feels far more natural, and he also says it's speeded up his workflow by alot.

Re: Tablet PC

ci-JoshOs — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:49:51 GMT

ArchiCAD should work with a Tablet PC seeing as XP Tablet edition is just XP pro with a few additions. I'm not sure what archicad will think of the touch screen though.

Re: Tablet PC

__archiben — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:38:21 GMT

Tom wrote:
Yip, he thinks it feels far more natural, and he also says it's speeded up his workflow by alot.

i 'test-drove' an intuos 3 a few months back. it felt great except i could not find anyway of replacing the efficient zoom/pan functionality of a mouse scroll wheel. this was the one thing that went again it, yet the one thing that stopped me going for it. i would be interested to know how your colleague 'gets around' the zoom/pan issue . . ?

~/archiben

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:52:32 GMT

~/archiben wrote:

i 'test-drove' an intuos 3 a few months back. it felt great except i could not find anyway of replacing the efficient zoom/pan functionality of a mouse scroll wheel. this was the one thing that went again it, yet the one thing that stopped me going for it. i would be interested to know how your colleague 'gets around' the zoom/pan issue . . ?

Apparently he's been using the tablet since before the zoom/pan - scroll wheel function existed (V7?), so he doesn't miss it. He just uses keyboard shortcuts...

Re: Tablet PC

Stephen Dolbee — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:34:58 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
i 'test-drove' an intuos 3 a few months back. it felt great except i could not find anyway of replacing the efficient zoom/pan functionality of a mouse scroll wheel. this was the one thing that went again it, yet the one thing that stopped me going for it. i would be interested to know how your colleague 'gets around' the zoom/pan issue . . ?

~/archiben

I purchased a Wacom Graphire3 last year and like being able to switch between pen and mouse. I also NEEDED the scroll wheel, so at the same time ordered a Nostromo Speedpad N52 from Belkin. (For the left hand), it has programmable keys and a scroll wheel. I think this is the perfect combination. My only complaint is, after about 6 months, the Speedpad wheel broke. They sent me a new one immediately, but now the second one has broken as well. Maybe I'm zooming in and out too much?

Steve

p.s. I know this is off-topic from the original question.

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:27:39 GMT

how cool would it be to use ArchiCAD with this?

wait for the quicktime movie.

Re: Tablet PC

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:39:39 GMT

JNTDigital wrote:
how cool would it be to use ArchiCAD with this?

wait for the quicktime movie.

quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen

Re: Tablet PC

Fritz T — Thu, 11 May 2006 15:57:27 GMT

A while ago I read in WIRED that apparently Apple & MIT is working on a peripheral input device that would consist of something very similar as this, where input would be done on a large pad surface, almost like a draughting table. Apparently the next generation iPod will be a forerunner of a portion of the technology, containing a single screen the full size of the ipod, but with the scroll controls working with touch-screen type functionality. This is all just speculation, of course, no idea of how soon it will be available.
Imagine being able to design like this...