Basic tablet question

[rsa]

This may be a dumb question...

I've never used a tablet - could a tablet user explain to me the advantages over the basic mouse? I can see the advantage for photoshop etc. but it's not so clear for CAD

Thanks!

Rob

[Donald Wardlaw]

Hi Rob,

I've been using a small 4"x5" tablet by wacom for must be about 15 years. I prefer it because, and this may seem hard to believe at first, I have much better control over cursor movement and the actual movement of the hand is easy but short. (And, I don't have surgeon type hands---they shake a bit and as a boy my model cars were terrible). But, I trained and worked for years with a pencil/pen and the tablet pen feels very natural in my hand. I don't even use the button on the pen, you can set the preferences to just tap once or twice to select or double click. Whole wrist motion with a mouse sometimes feels very unnatural, especially with things like curves.

All in all the tablet seems like a more precise and efficient tool. I never use a mouse.

Regards,

Donald

[rsa]

Thanks Donald,

I'm thinking about trying it out.