Some questions for Nostromo N52 users

[madcadder]

I've been looking at this thing for close to a year now and have decided to get one... Maybe.


What I'm curious to is:

1) Does the D-pad control the cross-hair in acad?
2) Can the D-pad be programmed to keystrokes?
3) What key is the orange "fire" button programmed to by default?
4) Can the "fire" button be reprogrammed to keystokes?
5) Any issues with programming the 14 programmable keys?

6) How is yours set up?

[cstanley]

I've been looking at this thing for close to a year now and have decided to get one... Maybe.


What I'm curious to is:

1) Does the D-pad control the cross-hair in acad?
2) Can the D-pad be programmed to keystrokes?
3) What key is the orange "fire" button programmed to by default?
4) Can the "fire" button be reprogrammed to keystokes?
5) Any issues with programming the 14 programmable keys?

6) How is yours set up?

1) No
2) Yes
3) "enter" i think. i'm not at my N52. it can be whatever you want.
4) yes
5) none, whatsoever. i love using it. the cool part is programming multiple keystrokes, macros, pauses between strokes, and multiple commands.
6) i used default settings in cad, just to test it out. mine is set up for revit. i will post pics of my mappings below, but they may not do you much good.

well worth the coin, IMO. I use mine for Revit (i can run it faster than revit can respond) and it runs like a scalded dog in acad...

also, there are really more than 14 programmable keys.
15 keys
1 d-pad (x8 directions)
scroll wheel with button (3 programmable "buttons")
1 red button

all x4 (there are 4 separate "states" that can be programmed individually and switch between on the fly.)

that's a lot of buttons!

all that plus a 5 button mouse makes for a mean cad machine...

[madcadder]

PERFECT!

Those answers were exactly what I needed to hear.

Even the added info was what I wanted to hear.

Thanks ya sir,

[cstanley]

PERFECT!

Those answers were exactly what I needed to hear.

Even the added info was what I wanted to hear.

Thanks ya sir,

glad it helped. note that i also edited my post for a little more info.

[madcadder]

Decisions has been made!

I'm running around the corner to Best Buy at lunch to pick one up. It's $37 and change there.

Cheapest on the net through PriceGrabber at $30 delivered to my zip code.

[madcadder]

I've got my new toy and it's COOL

But I'm trying to figure out the quickest way to program this button into it the UP on the D-Pad.

'-pan (trans (list 0 (* -0.125 (getvar "viewsize"))) 0 1);;

Right now I get to watch it type out every letter and it takes a second. Even with all the delays set to "0.01".

Idea? Thoughts? Workarounds?

Right now my only idea is to turn it into a command (PanUp), maybe set it to an accelerator like CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+8, and launch that.

[jmctamney]

Could someone go into a little greater detail on how to set this up for Revit?

[Robert.Hall]

Anyone use the speedpad in other programs?

If so, which ones?

Can the profile be changed while swapping to
another program?

[CADDmanVA]

Anyone use the speedpad in other programs?

If so, which ones?

Can the profile be changed while swapping to
another program?

I've played around with Photoshop a little. Seems to do nicely so far.

I think you can change the profile on the fly with automatic mode, but I haven't tested it. I tend to run AutoCAD or Photoshop when I'm using Photoshop enough to require the pad, so I keep to manual mode.

[Robert.Hall]

I've played around with Photoshop a little. Seems to do nicely so far.

I think you can change the profile on the fly with automatic mode, but I haven't tested it. I tend to run AutoCAD or Photoshop when I'm using Photoshop enough to require the pad, so I keep to manual mode.

All I am using are the common keys. Shift, backspace, escape, etc.
They work from the speedpad for any application.