Overview

The Virtual Tablet Interface™ is a digitizer software suite for applications running under Microsoft® Windows™ 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP (both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms). In addition to the highest performance digitizer device drivers and utilities available for Windows, the Virtual Tablet Interface provides the capability to create color templates for use with any Windows application. Finally, the Virtual Tablet Interface is uniquely task-oriented which means that any feature can be set for a particular application, and will activate each time the application gets the input focus on the Windows desktop.

Operating Systems Supported

Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Premium (32-bit), Windows 7 Professional (32-bit), Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit), Windows 7 Premium (64-bit), Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Business (64-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic (64-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Business (32-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit), Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise (64-bit), Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, and Microsoft Windows XP x64.

Digitizers Supported

The Virtual Tablet Interface supports over 500 digitizer configurations from leading manufacturers including:

Summagraphics BitPad One, BitPad Two, BitPad Plus, Microgrid, Summagrid, Summa Pad, Summa Expression, Summa Scribe, Summa Draw and Summa Sketch series.
CalComp 2000, 2500, 9100, 9500, Drawing Board, Drawing Slate, Drawing Pad, EstiMat, Drawing Flex, CadPro, Creation Station and Design Station series.
Wacom ArtPad, SD, GD and UD series.
GTCO DigiPad, Rollups, Super L, Ultima, AccuTab and Super Menu series.
Numonics 2200, AccuGrid, BidMat, BidMate, Graphic Master and Grid Master series.
Kurta IS/One, IS/Three, Series One, Series Two, Series Three, XLC, XLP, XGT and XMT series.
ARISTO Graphic Systeme ARISTOTAB, ARISTOGRID, ARISTOhiGRID and ARISTOproGRID series.
ALTEK AC, Datatab, DataFlex and IQ-Automation series.
Genius NewSketch III series.
Kontron Digikon and Digicad Plus.
Hitachi B, C, D, E, J, S, and T series.
Houston HiPad and True Grid series.
Mitsubishi Grafnet 1 and 2 series.
Science Accessories GP9 series.
AceCad AceCat and Advanced series.
LASICO Arm, Area and Line series.

If your digitizer is not listed, then it is not supported. Only Numonics USB tablets are currently supported.

Device Drivers

The Virtual Tablet Interface includes device drivers for over 500 digitizer configurations running on Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP (both 32-bit and 64-bit editions). Key features include:

Fully compatible with all Virtual Tablet Interface digitizer applications including all prior versions through the current version.
Complete compatibility with all Wintab compatible applications such as AutoCAD, Photoshop, CorelDraw, MapInfo, ArcView, Painter, etc.
Runs concurrently on the Windows desktop as a mouse pointer and digitizing tablet.

Tablet Manager

The Virtual Tablet Manager, instantly available from the task bar, provides the gateway to the Virtual Tablet Interface’s wealth of digitizer features and multi-tasking support. Key features include:

Task-oriented interface permitting modifying digitizer properties on a per-application basis.
Tabbed dialogs for changing the digitizer’s active and screen areas, button configurations, screen movement, pressure scales, macro commands, device and driver properties, and system usage.
An innovative statistics page for diagnosing any type of driver, serial port, or system configuration or conflict.

Template Editor

The Virtual Tablet Editor allows users to interactively design digitizer template menus by drawing and specifying command functions for various types of graphical objects. These menus may be printed and used for command input. Key features include:

Create or edit template menus from scratch, using a template wizard, or by tracing directly from existing artwork.
Imports a variety of graphics file formats including metafiles, bitmaps, drawing exchange and encapsulated postscript.
Standard features including multiple document interface; drag & drop; pan, zoom, multiple-selections; undo, cut, copy, paste; and mail. Also includes a tool bar, style bar and status bar.

System Requirements

The Virtual Tablet Interface requires the following end-user hardware and software configuration:

Intel Pentium microprocessor-based system or higher.
Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP (either 32-bit or 64-bit edition).
An Internet connection with valid adapter address.
Any of 500 supported or compatible digitizing tablets.
Graphics display system capable of 1024 x 764 resolution.
3 MB free disk space.

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