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Setup 23xxx Tablet with AutoCAD 13 for
DOS
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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