Sketchpad
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computer graphics software
computer program
computer-aided design software
interactive graphics system
Sketchpad is a pioneering early computer graphics program, created by Ivan Sutherland in the 1960s, that introduced fundamental concepts of interactive graphical user interfaces and computer-aided design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sketchpad canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer graphics software
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computer program ⓘ computer-aided design software ⓘ interactive graphics system ⓘ |
| academicThesisTitle | Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System ⓘ |
| academicThesisYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| basedOn | interactive graphical input ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Ivan Sutherland ⓘ |
| demonstratedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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surface form:
MIT
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| developer | Ivan Sutherland ⓘ |
| developmentStartYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| field |
computer graphics
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computer-aided design ⓘ graphical user interfaces ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ |
| genre |
design software
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engineering software ⓘ |
| hasPart |
constraint solver for geometry
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hierarchical instance system for drawings ⓘ |
| inception | 1963 ⓘ |
| influenced |
computer-aided design systems
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graphical user interfaces ⓘ human–computer interaction research ⓘ interactive design tools ⓘ object-oriented programming concepts in graphics ⓘ |
| inputDevice |
keyboard
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light pen ⓘ |
| institution |
Lincoln Laboratory
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surface form:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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| introducedConcept |
constraint-based drawing
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hierarchical modeling ⓘ icons and menus for interaction ⓘ interactive manipulation of geometric objects ⓘ object-oriented graphics ⓘ rubber-banding of lines ⓘ use of a light pen for direct manipulation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first interactive computer graphics programs
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early demonstration of direct manipulation interfaces ⓘ pioneering constraint-based graphical editing ⓘ pioneering hierarchical graphical structures ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
TX-2 computer
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surface form:
TX-2 computer system
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| outputDevice | CRT display ⓘ |
| platform | TX-2 computer ⓘ |
| thesisOf | Ivan Sutherland ⓘ |
| use |
computer-aided design experiments
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engineering drawing ⓘ interactive drawing of geometric figures ⓘ |
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