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2D Drawing System with Seamless Mode Transition

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Smart Graphics (SG 2005)

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Indirect and unintuitive commands like mode-switching are difficult operations for many users. In this paper, we describe a new simple interface for a 2D drawing system to lessen user’s confusion. Firstly, we propose a direct manipulation interface based on a set of geometric primitives and their geometric relationships. Secondly, we present a seamless drawing interface that users do not need to switch modes by clicking the toolbar. Through user tests using our prototypes and a standard commercial application, we confirmed that our system can complete certain drawing tasks with shorter completion time and less number of commands.

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  1. University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshihito Ohki & Yasushi Yamaguchi

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  1. Yoshihito Ohki
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  1. Media Informatics, University of Munich, Germany

    Andreas Butz

  2. Simon Fraser University at Surrey, 13450 102 Avenue, V3T 5X3, Surrey, BC, Canada

    Brian Fisher

  3. Institute for Geoinformatics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Weselerstrasse 253, 48161, Münster, Germany

    Antonio Krüger

  4. School of Computing Science, Culture Lab, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Patrick Olivier

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Ohki, Y., Yamaguchi, Y. (2005). 2D Drawing System with Seamless Mode Transition. In: Butz, A., Fisher, B., Krüger, A., Olivier, P. (eds) Smart Graphics. SG 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3638. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11536482_18

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11536482_18

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-28179-5

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