topic Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Digitising with WACOM tablet

DavidFotheringham1 — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:12:32 GMT

I've recently purchased a 'One by Wacom' pen tablet and looking to use it to help digitize features. In Desktop I am able to use it as expected. In Pro it seems to be attempting to both digitize and move the map extent at the same time, which means my polygons are just squiggles.

I would assume Pro supports the use of such devices, perhaps I'm overlooking a setting?

The pen itself has 2 hot key buttons which I could use to disable navigation if there is such a shortcut in Pro

Any suggestions would be most welcomed

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

KoryKramer — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:16:50 GMT

I'm not sure what may or may not work with the WACOM tablet, but there is this idea Drawing Tablet toolbar and compatibility in Arcgis... - GeoNet, The Esri Community suggesting that it is not yet supported in ArcGIS Pro.

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

DavidFotheringham1 — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 10:15:24 GMT

Thanks Kroy

Hopefully something on the horizon to bring parity with Desktop

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

NathanPamperin1 — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:43:46 GMT

Hi David,

If you're still having issues digitizing with the Wacom tablet (panning behavior), try unchecking the "Use Windows Ink" setting in the calibration properties window of the Wacom software.

Cheers,

Nate

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

DavidFotheringham1 — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:36:24 GMT

Thanks this did the trick! (Apologies for the delay in testing, a combination of moving house and then the tablet broke!)

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

AngelaBender — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:17:07 GMT

Hi David, I am purchasing a Wacom Draw for digitising in ArcGIS Pro so I am interested to know if you have had any further problems, or any advice.

Thanks, Angela

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

DavidFotheringham1 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:54:55 GMT

Hi Angela. I have to admit I don't actually use the WACOM for much digitising at the moment. Not the tablets fault, just not the kind of work I've been doing recently. From previous experience there is a little bit of adjusting the WACOM settings to get it work best for you. If the device you get has buttons on the pen (mine did) or tablet these can be set to something specific in Pro. I had mine set to pan around and zoom in/out by holding them which was really useful. Enjoy!

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

SjoerdDeboer — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 22:26:54 GMT

Hoi,

Dank voor de Topic, ik liep tegen hetzelfde probleem aan met mijn Wacom Intuos Pro in Arcgis Pro (it is in the name).

Ik heb in de Wacom instellingen de optie van 'Gebuik Windows inkt" uitgevinkt en het werkt :)!!

Super handig en heerlijk werken om met je pen te kunnen Pannen en in combinatie met Shift toets makkelijk in te zoomen.

Dus geen bellemering om met een wacom te werken !! kan het zeker aanraden.

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

DavidFotheringham1 — Sun, 01 May 2022 01:31:45 GMT

Interesting idea of using the Wacom to navigate. I’d only ever thought of it in the literal drawing (digitising) sense but will try using it as an alternative to the mouse now! Thanks!

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

oceanl3h — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:16:56 GMT

How is this working out for you? I'm still on the fence about giving it a go. Do you have the tablet with a screen?

Re: Digitising with WACOM tablet

AngelaBender — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:47 GMT

I have the tablet plugged into my laptop by usb as I heard the wireless version can be problematic. My second screen is a large monitor. The tablet works fantastically for all screen navigating and data creation/editing, you quickly get used to it and it's much more efficient and less tiring than mouse.