Sketchpad - Wikipedia
WEBSketchpad (a.k.a. Robot Draftsman[1]) is 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.
Sketchpad - Draw, Create, Share!
WEBSketchpad: Free online drawing application for all ages. Create digital artwork to share online and export to popular image formats JPEG, PNG, SVG, and PDF.
Sketchpad | Interactive Drawing, Vector Graphics & CAD
WEBSketchpad, the first interactive computer-graphics program. Sketchpad originated as American engineer Ivan Sutherland’s doctoral thesis project in the early 1960s and was one of the first graphical user interfaces.
The History of the Sketchpad Computer Program – A Complete …
WEBJul 28, 2023 · Sketchpad was a computer program that pioneered human-computer interface (HCI) and is widely regarded as the forerunner of current computer-aided design (CAD) tools, as well as a significant step forward in …
NIHF Inductee Ivan Sutherland Invented the Digital Drawing Tablet
WEBIn 1963, Ivan Sutherland engineered a revolution in computer graphics with his highly-interactive program Sketchpad. It enabled users to design and draw in real time directly on the computer display, using a light pen.
Sketchpad, by Dr. Ivan Sutherland with comments by Alan Kay
WEBJul 16, 2007 · Earliest known footage of Dr. Ivan Sutherland's MIT PhD. thesis, Sketchpad, the world's first computer graphics system, with commentary by Dr. Alan Kay, of PARC.
Sketchpad (1963) 1 of 3 - Intro and Interview : MIT - Archive.org
WEBDec 23, 2019 · Another, somewhat lesser-known, is Ivan Sutherland's "Sketchpad," developed at MIT in the early 1960s, running on the transistor-based TX-2 computer. Nearly all interactive graphics applications today can trace their roots back to …
Sketchpad - The History of Computing
WEBJul 13, 2020 · Sketchpad was the ancestor of the GUI, object oriented programming, and computer graphics. In fact, it was the first graphical user interface. And it was all made possible by the TX-2, a computer developed at the …
The Groundbreaking Innovation of Ivan Sutherland‘s Sketchpad …
WEBMar 27, 2024 · In 1963, a young PhD student named Ivan Sutherland developed a computer program as part of his thesis that would fundamentally transform the landscape of technology forever after. This revolutionary application was called Sketchpad, and it pioneered concepts like graphical user interfaces and computer-aided design that today seem commonplace.
January 7: Ivan Sutherland Introduces the Sketchpad | This Day …
WEBJan 7, 2013 · Ivan Sutherland introduces the Sketchpad submitting his PhD thesis to MIT. The Sketchpad, one of the earliest programs for the TX-0, allowed direct manipulation of objects on a computer screen. Using the Sketchpad, a user could create and manipulate graphical figures with a light pen.