Does anyone use a pen tablet for vectorworks?

[hongjun]

I am using Vectorworks a lot in my work, And I'm in thoughts of getting a new drawing tablet to practise Vectorworks on.
It seems like a great way to have extreme preciseness over what you're doing when making sketches inside and outside of Vectorworks.
I've seen some related posts like https://pctechtest.com/best-drawing-tablets-for-architects-and-designers , but still not sure.
Anyone using one? If so, got any recommendations? Not a huge budget but I’m willing to spend a few hundred dollars.

[Jonathan Pickup]

I used to use a small Wacom tablet. it was good. I used to get annoyed finding the pen after typing, or else I’d have to hold onto the pen while typing...

 

These days I prefer using my mouse, with the speed of the mouse turned down. this gives me the control that I need and it do not get a sore wrist after hours on the computer. 

[line-weight]

I used one for a short while too, but also now just use the mouse.

 

It doesn't really help you to be more "precise" in Vectorworks, because you shouldn't really be doing things by eye anyway. If you want to place something precisely, you should be using snaps or entering dimensions manually. A decent mouse is more than adequate. I don't even find I need to turn the speed down especially - it's quite possible to move it slowly enough that I can advance it by a pixel or two in any direction.

 

I do have a pen display, which I sometimes use for drawing, but hand drawing, in Affinity apps (similar to photoshop/illustrator), not in CAD.

 

I have to say that I don't use it as much as I thought I would, even for that purpose. That's because each time I have to remember all the quirks of the software and my best method for getting the look I want (it would be different if I used it every day I'm sure). So, quite often find myself just drawing stuff on paper and scanning it, like I have done for years, when I want to do that kind of drawing.

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4 hours ago, hongjun said:

I am using Vectorworks a lot in my work, And I'm in thoughts of getting a new drawing tablet to practise Vectorworks on.
It seems like a great way to have extreme preciseness over what you're doing when making sketches inside and outside of Vectorworks.
I've seen some related posts like https://pctechtest.com/best-drawing-tablets-for-architects-and-designers , but still not sure.
Anyone using one? If so, got any recommendations? Not a huge budget but I’m willing to spend a few hundred dollars.

 

Sorry but I think this is just Link SPAM.

 

I remember a similar post on the Bricscad Forum :

 

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I often draw sketches in BricsCAD but find it slow and tedious, especially when making interacting mechanisms. I would love a drawing tablet, but don't know where to start.

I have seen some related posts like this https://pctechtest.com/best-drawing-tablets-for-architects-and-designers , but still not sure.

Is it easier or more difficult to use BricsCAD with a drawing tablet? and which one to get? a wacom or do other tablets work too?

 

BTW

I already wondered who would ever use Bricscad for sketching !?

 

 

 

[line-weight]

If it's link spam, it's not very competent link-spam as they haven't even enabled a hyperlink in their post!

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4 hours ago, line-weight said:

If it's link spam, it's not very competent link-spam as they haven't even enabled a hyperlink in their post!

 

 

I see in my quote, it was hyperlinked before.

Maybe an admin cleaned it up ....

[P Retondo]

Wacom tablet works fine, the only thing missing is the mouse scroll button.  I use it constantly to keep carpal tunnel syndrome at bay.

[jmcewen]

Anyone tried the Huion pen displays? It looks like it may be a decent value proposition if the Wacoms are out of reach, and most reviews I read are saying the gap in quality to the Cintiqs is shrinking. Sometimes it is hard to tell if reviews are just fanboys, though (for Huion or for Wacom.) Huion just released a 27" 4k model for about $1500 less than the 27" Cintiq 4k pen display.

[line-weight]

It's a Huion (now a few years old) that I have. As per my post above I don't use it as much as I thought I would. I'm not able to compare directly with a Wacom unfortunately.

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I have an old 27" Cintiq.

 

I think the Huion and specs look quite good.

 

Like for Photoshop I also like more competition for Wacom.