Tablet & Pen Question

[Chris Wool]

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Looking at Tablet & Pen setups. Will the pen only work when pressured on the Tablet?

yes but will work up to approx 4mm above the surface.
the bigger the better but expensive and difficult to get used to.

chris

[Paul Seamer]

Thanks for the reply chris.

So is there any Pens/Similar that i can draw straight onto a 3d shape to get the template etc?

[Martin Pearson]

Hi Paul, if it’s a 3d shape that you are trying to create on the computer then I would think you would probably be looking at a 3d scanner rather than a pen. Not sure how they work though and if you need the 3d software to view any scanned images.

[Paul Seamer]

Hi Martin,

I looking to draw with a pen around a certain shape then it appear on screen in 2d so that i then have a template to work from.

Is there anything like this on the market? Surely with so many graphic/sign makers there must be a market for this sort of thing to speed things up a bit.

Paul

[Chris Wool]

paul will it not go in the scanner ?

[Paul Seamer]

One of the things it was for is a Point of sale unit. There is a few cut out in it that we would like to fill with a graphic. It also has curves and corners.

That’s why i was thinking there must be a pen of some sort that I could put in the gap and draw around the outside, with the data being put onto the computer to do the design and cut.

I take it that there isn’t anything on the market like this?

Paul

[Martin Pearson]

Paul, if there is then I would think it would be extremely expensive, , when I have had the need to do something like that I have always found myself making a paper template the shape I wanted and then scanning that in to the computer, sometimes in several sections lol.

[Paul Seamer]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the reply. Would be good if anyone has any info if there is such a thing as I would like to find out. (even if the price is a little scary). Seems alot of messing about with paper and vinyls to get the templates etc.

Any More Info Greatly Appreciated

Paul

[Chris Wool]

any chance of seeing a pic of what you want to do.

[Phill Fenton]

That would be a useful invention Paul. And probably with today’s technology not too difficult too produce for someone with the "now how" – and I’m sure there is a market for such a device.

Meanwhile – I think we’re stuck with tracing photos and templates as Martin has already suggested

[Gill Harrison]

Hi Paul

It might be that there is something on the market along the lines of a digitizing tablet. The ones that I have used enable you to plot points around a lined drawing therefore transferring the lined image onto the screen…….sorry not sure if that makes sense 😕

I’m sure if you google digitizer then you might come across something which is close to what your hoping to find.

Gill

[David Rogers]

If you are 3D digitising…get your wallet out & hand over the contents ‘cos you just KNOW it’s not going to be cheap!

http://www.ghost3d.com/gt_systems.htm

have seen big ones too for modeling cars and such like.

Dave

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote Gill Harrison:

Hi Paul
It might be that there is something on the market along the lines of a digitizing tablet. The ones that I have used enable you to plot points around a lined drawing therefore transferring the lined image onto the screen
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is that called a puck gill? 😀

oh and sorry for not coming back to see you at signuk…..you know how they all lead me astray 🙄

nik

[Gill Harrison]

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is that called a puck gill? 😀

oh and sorry for not coming back to see you at signuk…..you know how they all lead me astray 🙄

Hi Nik

Yep I’m sure your right the points are plotted using a "puck"……..needless to say we called it a "mouse thingy"
:lol1: :lol1:
And yes I heard that you were begging to leave the bar and come back into the exhibition hall but the rest of the chaps just wouldn’t let you :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Paul Seamer]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the reply’s. I don’t have a picture at the minute as I never had a camera when I see it. I believe if such a product is out there or someone was to release one then it could be a decent seller and would be a major help I believe to many applications.

If anyone does here about anything on the market please let me know.

Paul