SEANT Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I’m hoping to find a couple of AutoCAD users out there that have access to a tablet (Microsoft Surface, . . .), or 2 in 1, or convertible (Lenovo Yoga, . . .). Ideally, this touch capable devise will have a pen which allows for ‘hover’ functionality. I’m developing an Add-in UI that tries to compensate for some of AutoCAD’s current mouse and keyboard focus, and allow for more mobile field work. See these two screencasts to get a better idea of what I’m proposing: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/186cf7eb-293c-41e9-a99f-4734419914f9 https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/screencast/Main/Details/89d3ee5d-0736-4092-aec4-8fcdf6d68316.html I’m fairly close to a beta test release; if anyone is interested, and adventurous, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Seant know your work is great but could not the old old screen menu be used for a lot of this ? It was turned off by Autodesk but can be turned back on I found it great predefined info command line or input to lisps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 I was a big fan of the screen menu - it was AutoCAD's only Context Sensitive/Morphable interface for many releases. And I think you are right, it probably could be set up in such a way to allow for pen use. Finger use may be tricky, given the relative size of fingers, but that too may be accounted for in a highly customized menu. In a way, that's what I'm proposing here; a premade,highly customized, highly specialized menu. It does not bring anything new to the table. The commands are all the same, everything can be accessed in a somewhat familiar fashion - at least for AutoCAD users familiar with the command prompt input. Everything is just spaced differently to facilitate touch and pen. I guess if I really did want to be competitive with the Screen Menu I'd have to offer a way to allow individual users an ability to customize the interface, or button commands. Hmm, let me think about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 As a quick rundown on the screen menu for those readers unfamiliar with the interface, see this thread: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2013-2014-2015-2016-2017/custom-screen-menu-2016/m-p/5855812/highlight/true#M99181 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Another feature I had considered for the Number Pad tab was to morph the presentation to offer Degrees/Minutes/Seconds input when AutoCAD prompts for angle. Are Degrees/Minutes/Seconds still used in any of the disciplines these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Least Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Another feature I had considered for the Number Pad tab was to morph the presentation to offer Degrees/Minutes/Seconds input when AutoCAD prompts for angle. Are Degrees/Minutes/Seconds still used in any of the disciplines these days? Yep they do here. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Any one doing survey work still works in DDD.MMSS big hint there, much easier than ddd mm' ss" old HP calculators have a ddd.mmss button. Being able to have a small device for doing infield survey functions would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 A screencast describing some modifications and new features: http://autode.sk/2jivXWk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goran Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Autocad 10? (Not from year 2010, back in '80-90. I am old, very old:shock:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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