Lineogrammer: creating diagrams by drawing Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:4791665, abstract = {We present the design of Lineogrammer, a diagram-drawing system motivated by the immediacy and fluidity of pencil-drawing. We attempted for Lineogrammer to feel like a modeless diagramming "medium" in which stylus input is immediately interpreted as a command, text label or a drawing element, and drawing elements snap to or sculpt from existing elements. An inferred dual representation allows geometric diagram elements, no matter how they were entered, to be manipulated at granularities ranging from vertices to lines to shapes. We also integrate lightweight tools, based on rulers and construction lines, for controlling higher-level diagram attributes, such as symmetry and alignment. We include preliminary usability observations to help identify areas of strength and weakness with this approach.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Zeleznik, Robert C. and Bragdon, Andrew and Liu, Chu C. and Forsberg, Andrew}, booktitle = {UIST '08: Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology}, citeulike-article-id = {4791665}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1449715.1449741}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1449715.1449741}, doi = {10.1145/1449715.1449741}, isbn = {978-1-59593-975-3}, keywords = {sketch}, location = {Monterey, CA, USA}, pages = {161--170}, posted-at = {2009-06-10 00:17:16}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Lineogrammer: creating diagrams by drawing}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1449715.1449741}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:4791665 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4791665 N2 - We present the design of Lineogrammer, a diagram-drawing system motivated by the immediacy and fluidity of pencil-drawing. We attempted for Lineogrammer to feel like a modeless diagramming "medium" in which stylus input is immediately interpreted as a command, text label or a drawing element, and drawing elements snap to or sculpt from existing elements. An inferred dual representation allows geometric diagram elements, no matter how they were entered, to be manipulated at granularities ranging from vertices to lines to shapes. We also integrate lightweight tools, based on rulers and construction lines, for controlling higher-level diagram attributes, such as symmetry and alignment. We include preliminary usability observations to help identify areas of strength and weakness with this approach. CY - Monterey, CA, USA SN - 978-1-59593-975-3 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 170 TI - Lineogrammer: creating diagrams by drawing PB - ACM T2 - UIST '08: Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology SP - 161 KW - sketch AU - Zeleznik, Robert AU - Bragdon, Andrew AU - Liu, Chu AU - Forsberg, Andrew PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1449715.1449741 ER -