Digitizer Settings
This command allows you to select the puck layout and set Auto On/Off
features.
Auto Tablet On For Digitize Commands
means after you select a digitize command your puck will automatically
be put in Digitize Mode. If this is toggle off, then you will need to
turn Tablet on seperately from running a digitize command.
Auto Tablet Off After
Digitize Commands means you will return to Mouse Mode after
running a digitize command. Read below for more on Mouse and Digitize
Mode.
Puck
Layout
The 16-button puck can be used as
either
a mouse or a digitizer. It's very important to understand how the 16
buttons are
mapped in both modes.
Mouse Mode:
When the tablet is off, the puck
is in Mouse Mode. The top-left button is the left mouse click, and the
top-right button
is the right mouse click. The labels on the other buttons do not mean
anything. All buttons are mapped as same as the buttons of the default
pointing
device in AutoCad . Please refer to AutoCad Reference manual for
further
information.
Digitize Mode:
When tablet has been calibrated and is
on, the puck is in digitize mode. It is mapped as a small
keyboard, which enables you to enter numerous values such as elevation,
thickness and offset etc., and
also provide you some functionality to digitize various entities.
Currently there are two puck layouts in Takeoff, shown in the figure
below. After you install Carlson Takeoff and finish setting up
the digitizer, you go to the pull-down menu Digitize->Puck Layout to select a
16-button puck layout.
A button mapping would be created and Takeoff would recognize the
buttons as represented.
Layout 1 is Carlson Puck Layout, which
is the
most common
layout used in Carlson Takeoff. Layout 2 is for users who don't have a
Carlson Puck. If your puck is different than these two layouts, please
contact Technical Support for help setting the mapping for your 16
button puck.
Prompts
Digitizer Settings Dialog
Specify the Digitizer Puck Layout to layout 1 or 2
Prerequisite: Have a
digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab
driver installed.
Keyboard Command: dig_config