Disable control points in sketched lines?

[Fred C]

I don’t understand: How can you do pen-on-paper like sketching with the pen tool?

I didn't say it could. You asked about, "a way to draw points." Good luck finding something that works for you.

[feklee]

Finally, found a good program for sketching, and I even had it installed: Microsoft OneNote

Documents can be exported to PDF, with sketches as splines. Points are line segments. Perfect!

For sketching, I remember that in the 90s there was a Wacom stylus with a pen built in. So you could sketch on paper, and the pressure information would be passed on to the Wacom tablet. Do these styluses still exist?

[feklee]

For sketching, I remember that in the 90s there was a Wacom stylus with a pen built in.

Found it for the current generation Wacom Intuous tablets. It's called Inking Pen. Ordered it right away.

[Fred C]

Found it for the current generation Wacom Intuous tablets. It's called Inking Pen. Ordered it right away.

Glad you found a way; please let us know how it works out.

[feklee]

Glad you found a way; please let us know how it works out.

Received it yesterday, and it works as expected. It's a stylus with a ballpoint pen cartridge. To use it, I taped a paper on top of an Intuos4 tablet. Obviously, it's extremely easy to use: You draw on the paper, and the computer records it. For drawing I use OneNote then export to PDF. The recorded strokes are rendered to vector lines.

[Fred C]

Thanks for the update. I don't have a Intuos tablet, but now I've got to check this out. Have fun!