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WORKING WITH AUTOCAD
AutoCAD for Windows can support the Intuos tablet as a System Pointing Device or as a Wintab
Compatible Digitizer. By default, AutoCAD is configured to use Intuos as a System Pointing Device. If you
will be using Intuos with tablet menus or to digitize drawings to proper scale, you will need to follow the
procedures below.
CONFIGURING FOR A WINTAB COMPATIBLE DIGITIZER
For AutoCAD Release 2000:
1. Start AutoCAD. From the D
RAWING
E
DITOR
, open the T
OOLS
menu and select O
PTIONS
.
2. From the O
PTIONS
window, select the S
YSTEM
tab.
3. Under C
URRENT
P
OINTING
D
EVICE
, select the Wintab compatible digitizer option.
4. Decide from which device AutoCAD will accept input. Choose an option from the A
CCEPT
I
NPUT
F
ROM
section:
•
D
IGITIZER
O
NLY
. The AutoCAD drawing editor only accepts input from Intuos.
•
D
IGITIZER
AND
M
OUSE
. The AutoCAD drawing editor accepts input from both Intuos and your
mouse.
5. Click OK to close the O
PTIONS
window.