Depending AutoCAD Map3D version, the SKETCH command, being used with a touchscreen, work more or less well.
AutoCAD 2022 and prior works fine : type the command and its parameters like "_SKETCH I 1" and draw something hand free with finger or stylus.
AutoCAD 2023 and later gives a degraded experience : with stylus or finger the first stroke is never detected, whereas with trackpad or mouse it works as intended.
Problem spotted on Surface Pro and a Panasonic CF-20 (rugged tablet).
Disclaimer : i know the general consensus is that AutoCAD is not a good fit for touchscreen, BUT :
- we call this command in a house-developped plugin (tablet centric, used on construction site for reporting) and because of this degraded behavior we completely lose a feature.
- this application has been developped and has been calling the SKETCH command for almost 20 years. The first release worked with AutoCAD 2007, it's been then ported to AutoCAD 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022, always working.
- I insist it is a change of behavior between AutoCAD 2022 (still working) and AutoCAD 2023 (not working anymore)
- Sorry for this defensive statements, but I'm looking for a fix for something that broke, not advice for giving up on a convenience.
Note : I have a similar, probably related problem with .NET API for which I will make a post in the developers forums.
