Project Settings - Digitizing Settings Page

Click the Tools | Project Settings command or click the button to open the Project Settings dialog. The Digitizing Settings page sets tablet button behavior on the digitizer puck. You can define operations for up to 16 buttons. Button settings are also available when calibrating the tablet.

 

Set table button options on the Digitizing

Settings page of the Project Settings dialog.

 

Setting Puck Buttons

To set puck buttons:

  1. Click the Tools | Project Settings command.

  2. In the Project Settings dialog, click on the Digitizing Settings tab.

  3. Click on a button name in the Tablet Button Settings list. For example, click on Button 2.

  4. Select an action from the Select Button list.

  5. Make any additional adjustments to the digitizing settings and click OK to close the Project Settings dialog.

 

NOTE: Some tablet pucks use buttons that begin numbering at zero rather than one. For these types of pucks, Button 1 in the dialog refers to button 0 on the puck.

 

Button Settings

Click the existing option next to Select Button to change the function of the selected button. The available options and the function description are listed below.

 

Beep on Object Completion

When Beep on Object Completion is checked, the system emits the "default beep" sound each time an object is finished being digitized. This signifies that the object was created without needing to look at the monitor. If the default beep is mapped to a .WAV file in Windows, that sound plays instead.

 

Stream Mode

When Stream Mode is checked, hold down the primary mouse button or digitize button and drag the puck to create a continuous stream of vertices. The minimum vertex spacing is controlled by the vertex tolerance settings.

 

Beep on Vertex Creation

When Beep on Vertex Creation is checked, the system emits the "default beep" sound each time a vertex in your polyline or polygon object is digitized. If the default beep is mapped to a .WAV file in Windows, that sound plays instead. If Stream Mode is checked, the beep sounds every few seconds.

 

Digitizing Cursor

The Digitizing Cursor list sets the default cursor type when digitizing. The cursor icon changes to the type selected. To change the cursor, click on the existing option and select the desired option from the list.

 

 

See Also

General

Tolerance Settings

Line Properties

Fill Properties

Text Properties

Symbol Properties

Introduction to Tablet Calibration

Tablet Digitizing

Tablet Calibration

Recalibrating an Existing Didger Project with a Tablet