Sketchpad was not really a visual programming system, but rather the first computer application with a purely visual interface. Sketchpad, a manmachine graphical communication system by ivan edward sutherland submitted to the department of electrical engineering on. Ivan sutherland sketchpad pdf sketchpad was an innovative system developed in by ivan sutherland as part of his phd thesis. A manmachine graphical communication system to make the hexagonal pattern in figure 4 we wish to attach a large number of hexagons together by their corners, and so we designate the six corners of our hexagon as attachment points by pointing to each and pressing a but ton.
Sketchpad, a manmachine graphical communication system. Sutherland was awarded the turing award in 1968 for this work. Ivan sutherlands sketchpad is one of the most influential computer pro. Sketch pad this paper was reproduced from the afips conference. A manmachine graphical communication system 333 some specified location on it, usually first or last. January 7, 1963, in partial fulfillment of the require ments for the degree of doctor of. The sketchpad system stores information about drawings in two separate foms. Putting all the members of one ring, in order, into another at some specified loca tion in it, usually first or last. Fifty years ago in 1963, ivan sutherland first demonstrated sketchpad, one of the most important contributions to the field of computer science. Ivan sutherland is considered by many to be the creator of computer graphics and an internet pioneer. This paper is based in part on a thesis submitted tothe department of electrical engineering. Create digital artwork to share online and export to popular image formats jpeg, png, svg, and pdf. It is a tribute to sketchpads uniqueness that it defined a gui graphical user interface more than 20 years before the term was first used.
Proceedings of the share design automation workshopjanuary 1964 pages. Sketchpad itself is able to move parts of the drawing around to. Robot draftsman was a computer program written by ivan sutherland in 1963 in the course of his phd. Sketchpad gives students at all levelsfrom third grade through collegea tangible, visual way to learn. The ultimate display by ivan sutherland, 1965 this famous essay from 1965 was a seedbomb of emergent technologies. Sketch pad a manmachine graphical communication system. Abstract 2the sketchpad system uses drawing as a nove1 communication medium for a computer. The geometers sketchpad free download and software. It is a tribute to sketchpads uniqueness that it defined a. Download this app from microsoft store for windows 10 mobile, windows phone 8.
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