Its incredible to see the sketchpad system in action. The program allowed users to visualize and control program functions and became a foundation for computer graphics, computer operating system interfaces, and software applications. Sketchpad is a tool for drawing and editing bpmn business process modeling notation diagrams. Sutherland, 1997 although the gui graphical user interface was. The system contains input, output, and computation programs which enable it to interpret information drawn directly on a computer display. Fifty years ago in 1963, ivan sutherland first demonstrated sketchpad, one of the most important contributions to the field of computer science. Human computer interaction hci designing interactive systems lecture 1 dr kristina lapin 1. Sketchpad, the first interactive computergraphics program. The 1960s was the most critical research period for interactive computer graphics. Sutherland 1963 sketchpad introduced a direct manipulation interface, in which a pointing. Allows to view, edit, print, save, convert your files.
For his pioneering and visionary contributions to computer graphics, starting with sketchpad, and continuing after. The central device is a 7 by 7 inch scope with a 1024 by 1024. Human computer interaction hci vilniaus universitetas. In this very first interactive computer graphics system, in 1963, sutherland drew directly on the crt with a lightpen. The sketchpad system was the first graphical computer interface. Robot draftsman was a computer program written by ivan sutherland in 1963 in the course of his phd thesis, for which he received the turing award in 1988, and the kyoto prize in 2012. It is a tribute to sketchpad s uniqueness that it defined a gui graphical user interface more than 20 years before the term was first used. In contrast, sketchpad promised to turn the computer into a tool that any one might use.
Ivan sutherlands sketchpad is one of the most influential computer pro. Sutherland, 1997 although the gui graphical user interface was being developed at xerox palo alto lab during. Project sketchpad ivan sutherland mit 1963 established the basic interactive paradigm that characterizes interactive computer graphics. The sketchpad uses drawing as a novel communication medium for a computer. Amazing that in some ways we have not come very far at all. Ivan sutherland sketch pad demo short version youtube. Introduction the sketchpad system makes it possible for a man and a computer to converse rapidly through the medium of. Media in category sketchpad the following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total. January 7, 1963, in partial fulfillment of the require ments for the degree of doctor of. Examples of plotter output, screenshots, and photographs of usage from ivan sutherlands sketchpad program on the tx2 computer. Sketchpad originated as american engineer ivan sutherland s doctoral thesis project in the early 1960s and was one of the first graphical user interfaces. Browse makeagifs great section of animated gifs, or make your very own. Its a 2d drawing cad program with support for geometrical constraints and the inclusion of instances referencing other drawings. The evolution and future of the graphical user interface in.
View profile view forum posts aluminum join date oct 2011 country united states stateprovince michigan. Vector graphics could be stored in multitude of formats. Such knowledge is the major promise of computer displays. Im trying to find examples of other interfaces, or interfaces in science fiction films, from this time period. Ivan sutherland is considered by many to be the creator of computer graphics and an internet pioneer. Upload, customize and create the best gifs with our free gif animator. Even at this early stage, the program allowed someone with no programming experience to solve complex engineering problems through the sitting at the console of the lincoln lab tx2 computer, programmer ivan sutherland uses the sketchpad.
Apr 10, 20 fifty years ago in 1963, ivan sutherland first demonstrated sketchpad, one of the most important contributions to the field of computer science. Born may 16, 1938, hastings, neb inventor of the 1963 interactive graphics systemsketchpad, later commercial developer of graphical systems and. Abstract 2the sketchpad system uses drawing as a nove1 communication medium for a computer. The sketchpad system makes it possible for a man and a. Turing award for his pioneering contributions to the field of computer graphics. The computer and the image three dimensional exhibits description 19th century jacquarq sales model illustrating punched card principleearly graphical interface not working simulation of tx2 running ivan sutherlands sketchpad program mice, track balls, light pens, joysticks, tablets, digitisers crystal globe used to. Everyone should read ivans thesis sketchpad, a manmachine communication system 1963 one of the greats of all time, and it also answer. Sketchpad, a manmachine graphical communication system by ivan edward sutherland submitted to the department of electrical engineering on. Ivan sutherland mit, sketchpad, 1962 it could draw both horizontal and.
Sketch pad a manmachine graphical communication system. Ivan edward sutherland born 1938 is an american computer scientist and internet pioneer. Sutherlands program for mits tx2 computer enabled him to draw directly on its nineinch cathode ray tube with a. Ivan sutherland born may 16, 1938 in hastings, nebraska, united. Robot draftsman was a computer program written by ivan sutherland in. Ivan sutherland and sketchpad on tx2 3am6am at lincoln labs in 1962 about 10 years ago i wrote a history paper about our groups research available online. Sketchpad was developed at mits lincoln laboratory on a tx2. Camsketchpad is a modern recreation of ivan sutherland s seminal sketchpad program.
Sketchpad process models are serialized and stored as xpdl 2. Sutherland consultant, lincoln laboratory massachusetts institute of technology i. The sketchpad system makes it possible for a man and a computer to converse rapidly through the medium of line drawings. Sketchpad application developed by ivan sutherland which is though as one of the first and important examples of computer user interface was built based on vector graphics only. Air force and the national science foundation nsf, resulted in the program sketchpad, which sutherland called a manmachine graphical communication system. Sketchpad ideas that are still with us hierarchical structures e. Alan kay presenting ivan sutherlands sketchpad, one of most influential programs in the history of graphical user interfaces.
According to reference 23, in 1960, ivan suther land, a brilliant student supervised by claude shannon inventor of the theory of information that forms the foundation of digital communications, used the combination of the tx2 and the light pen to create the seminal sketchpad program. It made it possible for a man and a computer to converse rapidly through the medium. Sketchpad was an innovative system developed in 1963 by ivan sutherland as part of his phd thesis. Jan 18, 2010 well, most significantly, it was the same year that ivan sutherland published his phd thesis at mit for which he developed the revolutionary computer program sketchpad. Sketchpad a manmachine graphical communication system ivan e. Sketchpad a manmachine graphical communication system ivan. Article information, pdf download for sketchpad a man machine graphical communication system, open epub for sketchpad a. The program allowed users to visualize and control program functions and became a foundation for computer graphics, computer. Sketchpad the computer laboratory university of cambridge. Nx 12 for engineering design missouri university of science and technology.
He received the turing award from the association for computing machinery in 1988 for the invention of sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface that has become ubiquitous in personal computers. A manmachine graphical communication system pdf phd thesis, uk. Heretofore, most interaction between man and computers has been slowed down by the need to reduce all communication to written statements that can be typed. User sees an objecton the displayuser points to picks the object with an input device. Introduction the sketchpad system makes it possible for a man and a computer to converse rapidly through the medium of line drawings. Ivan sutherland developed a sketchpad system, which demonstrated the possibility of creating drawings and altercations of objects interactively on a cathode ray tube crt. Sketchpad was an innovative system developed in by ivan sutherland as part of his phd thesis. Sketchpad developed beginning in 1961 by ivan sutherland at mit is unveiled ref. If you have any suggestions please post it as a comment below or contact me via the about page. With its long history, you may assume that autocad was the first program to implement the use of vector files. The lightpen, shown below, and the keyboard function control are the precursors for the mouse and right and left mouseclicks prevalent today. Ivan sutherlands sketchpad iso50 blog the blog of scott. Fundamentals, evolving technologies, and emerging applications. Sketchpad was developed at mits lincoln laboratory on a tx2 computer.
Sep 04, 2009 its incredible to see the sketchpad system in action. Sketchpad is operated with a light pen and a command button box under left hand. Sketchpad was originally developed by global 360 as process modeler analyst edition. Sketchpad originated as american engineer ivan sutherlands doctoral thesis project in the early 1960s and was one of the first graphical user interfaces. Ivan sutherlands sketchpad is one of the most inuential computer programs ever written by an individual, as recognized in his citation for the turing award in 1988.
Sketchpad was the first program to have a graphic user interface. However, it was a couple of decades previous that sketchpad, a drawing program thought up by ivan sutherland, enabled users to join points with linesessentially the same technique that is used for drafting vectors today since then, there has been some debate over terminology. Ivan sutherland s sketchpad is one of the most inuential computer programs ever written by an individual, as recognized in his citation for the turing award in 1988. Of the 36 bits available to store each display spot in the display file, 20 gave the coordinates of that spot for the display system and the. The four black knobs below the screen control position and scale of the picture. Take a look at ivans commemorative lecture for the kyoto prize for some insight into his special mind. Apr 12, 2014 now since the whole development of the gui graphical user interface and wysiwyg what you see is what you get interface back at the xerox parc research center, and even before that, ivan sutherlands sketchpad 1963which produced the concept behind the user interface we are so familiar with in the microsoft windows and apple macintosh.
The sketchpad program itself had limited distribution s executable versions were limited to a customized machine at the mit lincoln. It was a general purpose system and has been used to draw electrical, mechanical. Human computer interaction hci 1 lecture dr kristina lapin 1. Human computer interaction cse 556a cornell university. May 30, 2012 this video is a tv show made about the software ivan sutherland developed in his 1963 thesis at mits lincoln labs, sketchpad, a manmachine graphical communication system, described as one of. The sketchpad system uses drawing as a nove1 communication medium for a computer. We now file away the basic hexagon and begin work on a. Worked with ivan sutherland on sketchpad dynabook 1969 notebook sized computer loaded with multimedia and can store everything personal computing desktop interface metaphor the best way to predict the future is to invent it. Ivan sutherland operating sketchpad on the tx2 computer at mit. Now since the whole development of the gui graphical user interface and wysiwyg what you see is what you get interface back at the xerox parc research center, and even before that, ivan sutherlands sketchpad 1963which produced the concept behind the user interface we are so familiar with in the microsoft windows and apple macintosh. Aug 12, 20 this feature is not available right now. Sketchpad, a manmachine graphical communication system.
Sutherlands program for mits tx2 computer enabled him to draw directly on its nineinch cathode ray tube with a light pen. The home page for the american memory historical collections from the library of congress. This video is a tv show made about the software ivan sutherland developed in his 1963 thesis at mits lincoln labs, sketchpad, a manmachine graphical communication system, described as one of. Using a light pen, users could draw directly on the screen.
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. Sketch pad this paper was reproduced from the afips conference. Sketchpad demo part 22 winking girl, from sketchpad thesis. Tx2 was an online computer at that time most computers would run batches of jobs and were not interactiveused to investigate the use of surface barrier transistors for digital circuits. The headmounted display aka the sword of damocles worn by donald l.
Examples of plotter output, screenshots, and photographs of usage from ivan sutherland s sketchpad program on the tx2 computer. The ultimate display would, of course, be a room within which the computer can control the existence of matter. The evolution and future of the graphical user interface. Imagining and inventing computer graphics polygon by polygon pearls of computation. It is a tribute to sketchpad s uniqueness that it defined a. Camsketchpad is a modern recreation of ivan sutherlands seminal sketchpad program. The files of components are also available online to download and use. Sketchpad complete history of the sketchpad computer program. Ivan sutherlands sketchpad was the early precursor to macpaint and photoshop. Its twentyfour year old father, ivan sutherland, was then a graduate student at the massachusetts institute of technology, and his child, who he named sketchpad, was his doctoral thesis. By working with such displays of mathematical phenomena we can learn to know them as well as we know our own natural world. The console to operate the sketchpad system is shown in fig.
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