Power tools and composite tools: integrating automation with direct manipulation

Authors:
John M. Daughtry;Robert St. Amant
Affiliations:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC;North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Venue:
Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Year:
2003

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Abstract

This paper describes a drawing system that incorporates two novel interaction techniques based on analogies to physical tools. Power tools add limited autonomy in the form of rotators and movers for automated circular, linear, and Bezier-curve movement. Composite tools are user-constructed combinations of existing tools to create new functionality.