magic trackpad

[Stephen Dolbee]

Apple just announced the release of the Magic Trackpad. I have always thought the mouse worked better than a trackpad could, but I have never done CAD work on a laptop. Does anyone think this is a viable alternative? What are the pros and cons now that it is available for the desktop?

[Andy Thomson]

OK, so some time has passed, any further reports? I just picked up a magic trackpad because my carpal tunnel started bugging the shit out of me. What is nice is I can avoid 'the claw' position that everyone says is the cause of the problem. And tapping commands is way less strain that clicking buttons. Zooming in/out with two fingers sliding right/left is not so bad (seems like it could be better with better graphics) - but pan is weak - I mean the opt/alt + two fingers panning. It works in reverse - like old cad. Anyone figured out how to normalize pan a bit - and get it to be as quick/seamless as panning with a middle click on a mouse? Magic prefs has a 'middle button' option for three finger tap or touch, but it will not invoke pan... I know there is a solution in there somewhere!

[aahatimo]

i setup two fingers for secondary tap in system prefs > trackpad. then i hold down pressure on trackpad w/ 2 fingers to pan. 3d orbit with same action but while holding down shift key. not the smoothest action, but works. i do not get same action using those settings in magic prefs.
i also setup the bottom left hand corner of magic trackpad to secondary click in system prefs > trackpad. this works like right click.
pinch to zoom does not work for me, but 2 fingers up and down does.
it will be great when this really gets worked out. a bit too inconsistent for me right now. i usually use magic mouse with ac. is it any different with lion, still on 10.6.8 for now here.

[Andy Thomson]

Tried all of these combos also. Pan really bites, it is the opposite direction of regular mouse panning. I don't mind zoom as up/down swiping so much - I just wish GS would enable panning the same way google maps does. It works fine with the track pad as one would expect, click-sliding results in panning, same as middle-click sliding does with a mouse!

[MrC]

http://magicprefs.com/
check this out

[aahatimo]

Just noticed new archicadwiki regarding ac and magic trackpad:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/MagicTrackpad
So gs is checking it out. No real new info.

[aahatimo]

I guess we will have to wait until ac19 is ready for El Capitan to see how Magic Trackpad 2 works with Archicad.
Does or will GS have any MT2 units to try out while working on compatibility?
Will GS enable Force Touch & Multi Touch actions in Archicad in v19 or future versions?

[aahatimo]

Has anyone been able to get the Magic Trackpad2 to work with AC 19 and OS 10.11.3? I have been trying using both trackpad settings and MagicPrefs.
Had it working pretty well before my update to the new trackpad, new iMac and El Cap.