Sketchpad system
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computer graphics program
computer-aided design system
human–computer interaction milestone
interactive graphics system
The Sketchpad system is a pioneering computer graphics program created by Ivan Sutherland that introduced interactive, graphical user interfaces and laid the foundation for modern CAD and object-oriented graphics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sketchpad system canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
computer graphics program
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computer-aided design system ⓘ human–computer interaction milestone ⓘ interactive graphics system ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Claude Shannon ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sutherland's PhD thesis ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Ivan Sutherland ⓘ |
| developedAt |
Lincoln Laboratory
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surface form:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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| developer | Ivan Sutherland ⓘ |
| field |
computer graphics
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computer-aided design ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| hardwarePlatform |
TX-2 computer
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surface form:
TX-2 experimental computer
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| historicalSignificance |
first program to use a complete graphical user interface
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foundation for modern computer-aided design ⓘ pioneering demonstration of interactive computing ⓘ |
| inception | 1961 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Smalltalk environment design
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computer-aided engineering tools ⓘ graphical user interfaces ⓘ interactive computer graphics research ⓘ modern CAD systems ⓘ object-oriented programming ideas ⓘ |
| inputDevice |
keyboard
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light pen ⓘ |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
constraint-based drawing
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direct manipulation of graphical objects ⓘ geometric constraints solving ⓘ hierarchical modeling of graphics ⓘ instances and masters for graphical objects ⓘ interactive graphical user interface ⓘ object-oriented graphics ⓘ rubber-banding for line drawing ⓘ symbol libraries ⓘ windowing and zooming of drawings ⓘ |
| language | machine code for TX-2 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ability to define reusable subpictures
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hierarchical picture structure ⓘ real-time feedback while drawing ⓘ support for constraints like perpendicularity and equality ⓘ |
| outputDevice | vector display ⓘ |
| runsOn | TX-2 computer ⓘ |
| thesisInstitution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| thesisTitle | Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System ⓘ |
| thesisYear | 1963 ⓘ |
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