Comments on: AutoCAD 2009 - The Prequel Part 18 - Another Interface Option http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/ A strange mix of AutoCAD, music, image manipulation and video Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steve Johnson http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-175 Steve Johnson Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:28:17 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-175 See "Background" in the post "AutoCAD 2009 - Putting things back to “normal”", which is the most recent post in this blog right now. See “Background” in the post “AutoCAD 2009 - Putting things back to “normal””, which is the most recent post in this blog right now.

]]> By: Mel Kuch http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-174 Mel Kuch Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:09:22 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-174 How do I change the white screen in AutoCAD 2009 back to the traditional black screen? How do I change the white screen in AutoCAD 2009 back to the traditional black screen?

]]> By: Bill Fane http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-147 Bill Fane Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:20:22 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-147 The screen menu! Now there's a blast from the past. I spent many a pleasant hour customizing it. Actually, its operation was remarkably similar to the now-defunct (already!) dashboard, or to a side-docked toolbar, or to a tool palette, or to a side-docked ribbon. I still mourn the passing of one of the best CAD input devices. The earliest mainframe systems all used a joystick, so when AutoCAD came along it did too. Unfortunately they developed a "gaming" connotation so support was dropped. Advantages over a mouse: - take up less desktop real estate - no problem with slipping on older ball-type mice, or trying to operate an optical mouse on a clear, black, or glossy surface. - absolute, not relative input. Bill Fane The screen menu! Now there’s a blast from the past. I spent many a pleasant hour customizing it.

Actually, its operation was remarkably similar to the now-defunct (already!) dashboard, or to a side-docked toolbar, or to a tool palette, or to a side-docked ribbon.

I still mourn the passing of one of the best CAD input devices. The earliest mainframe systems all used a joystick, so when AutoCAD came along it did too. Unfortunately they developed a “gaming” connotation so support was dropped.

Advantages over a mouse:

- take up less desktop real estate
- no problem with slipping on older ball-type mice, or trying to operate an optical mouse on a clear, black, or glossy surface.
- absolute, not relative input.

Bill Fane

]]> By: Steve Johnson http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-144 Steve Johnson Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:15:24 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-144 Hard work as in "difficult to maintain", or as in "having to fight internal political battles to keep it alive"? Hard work as in “difficult to maintain”, or as in “having to fight internal political battles to keep it alive”?

]]> By: ralphg http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-142 ralphg Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:57:49 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/03/17/autocad-2009-the-prequel-part-18-another-interface-option/#comment-142 An Autodesker told me it's been hard work to keep the screen menu intact, but there are still tablet users who make use of AutoCAD's original "GUI." An Autodesker told me it’s been hard work to keep the screen menu intact, but there are still tablet users who make use of AutoCAD’s original “GUI.”

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