[SML] Vectorworks and AutoCAD

[Steve Boone]

> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:33:08 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [SML] Vectorworks and AutoCAD
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> Can I throw a tiny tangent into this? ?Whatever happened to using a digitizer for AutoCAD input? ? When I learned AutoCAD ?I had a digitizer with a 16 button puck, 16 commands at my fingertips without ever moving the input cursor, so easy. ?Drafting with a mouse is such a come down.
> Stuart
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Every now and then I see a Calcomp version in a catalog.  Their product name is “Draftingboard…:” (followed by a number indicating the size).  I’ve never actually looked closely, so I don’t know for sure if they’re set up for AutoCad like the old ones were.   
They were always too pricy for me, so I learned with the regular mouse that came with the computer from the start.

Steve Boone