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Setup 3xxxx Tablet with AutoCAD 12 for
Windows 3.x
A. Change Digitizer in AutoCAD to "System Pointing Device"
1. Enter Windows
2. Enter AutoCAD for Windows
3. Type CONFIG at the Command Line to Configure AutoCAD
4. Select "Configure Digitizer"
5. Do you want to select a different one? [Y]
6. Select "Current System Pointing Device"
7. Select option "0" and EXIT with changes saved.
8. Exit AutoCAD for Windows and EXIT Windows.
B. Set the tablet soft switches to GTCO settings.
1. Use the pointing device to click on the CONFIG/EXIT key on the
tablet menu strip using the pick button on the
pointing device. The
CONFIGURATION light on the digitizer should turn on.
2. Click on the Bank A key.
3. As you place the pointing device on each button of the tablet 1
through 18, the POWER light will be either on or
off. You can toggle the
setting of any button by pressing the pick button. The settings should be as
follows:
Bank A-1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Bank B-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(1=POWER light on 0=POWER light off)
4. Click on the SAVE DEFAULT key to save these settings as the
power-on default.
5. Click on the CONFIG/EXIT key to EXIT the CONFIGURATION. The
CONFIGURATION light on the digitizer should turn
off.
C. Reconfigure AutoCAD for the CalComp Driver
1. Enter Windows
2. Enter AutoCAD for Windows
3. Type CONFIG at the Command Line to Configure AutoCAD
4. Select "Configure Digitizer"
5. Do you want to select a different one? [Y]
6. Select "Wintab Compatible Digitizer by CalComp"
7. Answer the following questions:
a. Do you want to configure your digitizer as a mole? [Y]
b. Do you want an audible mole/context state indicator? [Y/N]
c. Do you want an visible mole/context state indicator? [Y/N]
d. Do you want to assign a CURSOR BUTTON to toggle modes? [N]
e. Do you want a PRIMARY MOLE area? [Y]
f. "Enter Lower-left Hand corner now." (Defining the lower
left corner of the active mole area. Select just inside the
lower left hand
corner of the active screen pointing area.)
g. "Enter Upper-right hand corner now." (Define the upper
right corner of the active mole area. Select just inside the
upper right
hand corner of the screen pointing area. )
NOTE: The lower-left and upper-right corners that you pick for the
MOLE area should define a square area just
inside the drawing area of your
template.
h. Do you want a SECONDARY MOLE area? [N]
i. Do you want a PRIMARY TOGGLE area? [N]
j. Do you want a SECONDARY TOGGLE area? [N]
8. Type "0" to Exit to the drawing editor.
9. Keep configuration changes. [Y]
10. Select "Preferences" under the "File" menu.
11. Select "Digitizer/Mouse Arbitrate" under the Digitizer Input
section.
12. Select "Save to ACAD.INI" under AutoCAD Settings.
13. Select [OK]
14. Begin Using AutoCAD for Windows
D. Configuring the AutoCAD Template (ACAD.MNU only)
1. Type "TABLET" [ENTER] at the command line.
2. Type "CFG" [ENTER]
3. Enter the number of menu areas.
4. Select "4" [ENTER]
5. AutoCAD will now ask you to select the, Upper Left, Lower Left, and
Lower Right corners of Menu Area 1
located at the top of your AutoCAD template.
6. Enter the number of columns for menu area 1:
7. Type "25" [Enter]
8. Enter the number of rows for menu area 1:
9. Type "9" [Enter]
10. Repeat steps 5-10 for menu areas 2, 3 and 4 using the columns and rows
from the following table:
a. MENU AREA COLUMNS
ROWS
1
25
9
2
11
9
3
9
13
4
25
7
11. Do you want to respecify the Fixed Screen pointing area? [Y]
a. "Digitize lower left corner of Screen Pointing Area."
(Defining the lower left corner of the active mole area.
Select the lower left
hand corner of the active screen pointing area located on the template.)
b. "Digitize upper right corner of Screen Pointing Area."
(Defining the upper right corner of the active mole area.
Select the upper right
hand corner of the active screen pointing area located on the template.)
12. The tablet is now configured for the AutoCAD template.
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