{"id":9139,"date":"2024-06-21T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/?post_type=manual_documentation&#038;p=9139"},"modified":"2025-06-07T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:10:21","slug":"tablet-setup","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/manual\/getting-started\/linux-setup\/tablet-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablet setup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On start-up &#8220;3DCoat for Linux&#8221; automatically enables tablets which it is able to recognize. <br \/>Otherwise the tablet should be enabled manually by defining the environment variable &#8220;<em><strong>COAT_PEN<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; equals the name of the input stylus device. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wacom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<br \/><em>export COAT_PEN=&#8221;Wacom Intuos3 4&#215;6 Pen stylus&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since &#8220;3DCoat 4.9.70 for Linux&#8221; it outputs into the Terminal the list of your input devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the attached screenshot as an example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have to send a screenshot with the name of your input stylus device (similar screenshot as the attached) to me (support.linux@3dcoat.com). <br \/>Then your input device name will be added into &#8220;3DCoat&#8221; to automatically enable it in the future builds.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6-300x114.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6-768x292.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You have to add the tablet name a first time before it revealed more input device names. <br \/>One of the new ones revealed will be the correct one. 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