by DrPR » Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:31 pm
Derrils,
I am not familiar with Hexagon or the intuious tablet, so I cannot offer any specific help.
My experience with drawing tablets has been very frustrating. Drivers for tablets often are so finely tuned to the specific tablet that a lot of software cannot work with them. I never got my HP tablet to work as a drawing tool, so I tossed the useless junk in the trash about 20 years ago. I have used trackballs ever since.
There is one thing you might try. Windows handles all input/output for programs working under Windows. Every program depends upon the Windows driver for the user input device. You might try using the tablet with the standard Windows mouse driver. That was the only way I got the HP tablet to work. But, unfortunately, all special features like pressure sensitivity for controlling line width will be lost.
Another problem with using a mouse driver for tablets is that when you raise the pen you lose all position information. Windows assumes that if you lift the mouse and set it back down again the cursor position (drawing position) does not change. So when you pick up the tablet pen, move it, and set it back down again the cursor will still be in the last position. This is exactly the opposite to how most tablets are supposed to work.
Phil
Derrils,
I am not familiar with Hexagon or the intuious tablet, so I cannot offer any specific help.
My experience with drawing tablets has been very frustrating. Drivers for tablets often are so finely tuned to the specific tablet that a lot of software cannot work with them. I never got my HP tablet to work as a drawing tool, so I tossed the useless junk in the trash about 20 years ago. I have used trackballs ever since.
There is one thing you might try. Windows handles all input/output for programs working under Windows. Every program depends upon the Windows driver for the user input device. You might try using the tablet with the standard Windows mouse driver. That was the only way I got the HP tablet to work. But, unfortunately, all special features like pressure sensitivity for controlling line width will be lost.
Another problem with using a mouse driver for tablets is that when you raise the pen you lose all position information. Windows assumes that if you lift the mouse and set it back down again the cursor position (drawing position) does not change. So when you pick up the tablet pen, move it, and set it back down again the cursor will still be in the last position. This is exactly the opposite to how most tablets are supposed to work.
Phil