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Written by Autodesk
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A Tips & Techniques document for use with AutoCAD
January 31, 1996
Introduction:
This document provides general information on the three most common configuration options for digitizers in AutoCAD R13c4 for Windows 3.11, Windows 95 and Windows NT. The digitizer setup options for these three operating systems are the same. A brief section is given at the end of the document for configuring the digitizer puck buttons in the acad.mnu file. There is also an explanation of the causes of the "***digitizer not responding" and "*can not open port" error messages.
Wintab / Wintab Compatible Digitizer Driver ADI 4.2 by Autodesk
Configuring Windows for the Wintab driver, and AutoCAD for the Wintab Compatible Digitizer Driver is the preferred method for configuring your Digitizer. Using this setup, you can configure the tablet menu areas and assign commands to the buttons on the digitizer puck. Many Wintab drivers will allow you to set up both a mouse and your digitizer on two different ports and use them interchangeably in both AutoCAD as well as all other Windows applications. Check the documentation that came with your Wintab driver to see if it has this capability. Most digitizer manufacturers provide an installation program which will install their Wintab drivers onto your hard drive and configure Windows for their Wintab driver.
NOTE: Autodesk does not write Wintab drivers. You must get the appropriate Wintab driver for your digitizer from the digitizer manufacturer. It is important that you are using the latest version of their Wintab driver which can usually be downloaded from the manufacturers BBS. Summagraphics Wintab version 1.3 does not work with AutoCAD R13c4 under Windows 95. If you are using this digitizer and this operating system, make sure you are using a version later than v1.3.
If you configure Windows for a Mouse, and AutoCAD for the appropriate ADI driver (your digitizer must be a supported model), you can set up a mouse on one port and a digitizer on another port and use them both. When you first open Windows your digitizer will not yet work and you will have to use your mouse to start AutoCAD. Once you are in AutoCAD, you can configure for the ADI driver and both your digitizer and mouse will work in AutoCAD. (Both devices will also function in all other Windows applications as long as AutoCAD is minimized or running in the background.) For information on assigning commands to the digitizer puck buttons see "button assignments" below.
The operating system detected the following error(s) on com(x). Digitizer disabled.
* Cannot open port
When you select
Under this configuration, AutoCAD is unable to use the ADI driver, and it defaults to the "current system pointing device" driver. The "tablet" command still works because the configuration file still reports that you have a digitizer configured.
This problem will also arise if AutoCAD has a problem initializing the digitizer. If this is the case, when you scroll back up the AutoCAD Text Window you may see the following message:
** Digitizer not responding
If using the Wintab driver in AutoCAD release 13, access to the button commands as defined in the loaded menu under ***BUTTONS1 is only available if the cursor is outside of the screen pointing area. Move the cursor to any area which is outside the fixed screen pointing area and press the desired button. The command as defined in the loaded menu file should now be accessed.
It is possible that when the puck is inside the screen pointing area you may be able to use some or all of the buttons by specifying their definition under ***AUX1 of the loaded menu file. This is dependent on the Wintab driver you have installed. When the digitizer puck is outside the screen pointing area, the button definitions will be specified under ***BUTTONS1. The ***BUTTONS1 and ***AUX1 sections of the loaded menu file may be edited as follows to determine exactly where each button gets it's definition.
The ADI digitizer driver could not initialize
Digitizer disabled
(You may not notice this message if you only have 1 or 2 command lines visible and the error message scrolls by.) This will again cause AutoCAD to default to the "current system pointing device" driver, and allow the tablet command to execute improperly. To reconfigure your device properly, type config at the AutoCAD command line.
***BUTTONS1
^p(prompt "first line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "second line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "third line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fourth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fifth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "sixth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "seventh line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "eighth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "ninth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "tenth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "eleventh line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "twelfth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "thirteenth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fourteenth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fifteenth line under ***buttons1")(princ)
***AUX1
^p(prompt "first line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "second line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "third line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fourth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fifth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "sixth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "seventh line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "eighth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "ninth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "tenth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "eleventh line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "twelfth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "thirteenth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fourteenth line under ***aux1")(princ)
^p(prompt "fifteenth line under ***aux1")(princ)
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