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To configure the digitizing tablet, you define screen pointing areas. A screen
pointing area is a rectangular region on the digitizer surface within which the
digitizer acts like a mouse and can access windows, menus, and dialog boxes.
You can configure two screen pointing areas, one fixed and one floating.
When you digitize, the fixed screen pointing area is disabled. To access the
menus from the digitizer, use the floating screen pointing area.
You can toggle between the fixed and floating screen pointing areas with the
F12 key.
See also:
■
Registering the Map (page 133)
■ Setting Digitizing Specifications (page 136)
■ Digitizing Objects (page 1073)
■ Overview of Digitizing Maps (page 1073)
To configure the digitizer
1 Click
➤ Options. In the Options dialog box, click the System tab.
2 Select your digitizer in the Current Pointing Device list.
3 Start the TABLET command, and use the CFG option to configure the
tablet. Specify the fixed screen pointing area and a floating screen pointing
area in a corner of your tablet area.
4 Mark the floating screen area on your tablet with a marker or piece of
paper.
When you complete the configuration, two new options appear on the
status bar at the bottom of the AutoCAD Map 3D window. Tablet and
FLOAT let you toggle the two modes.
Use the Options dialog box to disable the mouse while you are digitizing.
1 Click
➤ Options. In the Options dialog box, click the System tab.
2 Under Accept Input From, select Digitizer Only.
3 Click OK.
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