Title:	Examples of plotter output, screenshots, and photographs of usage from Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad program on the TX2 computer.
Authors:	Sutherland, Ivan
Contributors:	Blackwell, Alan Rodden, Kerry
Issue Date:	1963
Publisher:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
URI:	http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/243359
Appears in Collections:	Scholarly works - Computer Laboratory

Files in This Item: File Description Size Format Wikimedia+Commons-20120614113420.xml Media wiki backup of Wikimedia Commons page 4.64 MB Text View/Open 1-2lossy-page1-748px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig1-2.tif.jpg Ivan Sutherland operating the Sketchpad system. 119.94 kB JPEG View/Open 1-2SketchpadDissertation-Fig1-2.tif Ivan Sutherland operating the Sketchpad system. 1.26 MB TIFF View/Open 1-4lossy-page1-350px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig1-4.tif.jpg Early implementation of 'rubber banding' in a GUI. 33.68 kB JPEG View/Open 1-4SketchpadDissertation-Fig1-4.tif Early implementation of 'rubber banding' in a GUI. 1.91 MB TIFF View/Open 1-5lossy-page1-375px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig1-5.tif.jpg Examples of geometric shapes being created by constraint definition. 40.61 kB JPEG View/Open 1-5SketchpadDissertation-Fig1-5.tif Examples of geometric shapes being created by constraint definition. 2.07 MB TIFF View/Open 3-1lossy-page1-611px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig3-1.tif.jpg Early example of a record-like data structure. 52.67 kB JPEG View/Open 3-1SketchpadDissertation-Fig3-1.tif Early example of a record-like data structure. 1.17 MB TIFF View/Open 3-2lossy-page1-800px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig3-2.tif.jpg Early ring data structure - 'hen and chickens'. 85.08 kB JPEG View/Open 3-2SketchpadDissertation-Fig3-2.tif Early ring data structure - 'hen and chickens'. 2.12 MB TIFF View/Open 4-1lossy-page1-800px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig4-1.tif.jpg Lightpen from the TX2 computer. 139.25 kB JPEG View/Open 4-2lossy-page1-800px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig4-2.tif.jpg Early light pen. 69.36 kB JPEG View/Open 4-2SketchpadDissertation-Fig4-2.tif Early light pen. 656.81 kB TIFF View/Open 5-1lossy-page1-607px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig5-1.tif.jpg Screen photograph of graphical output from Sketchpad. 148.67 kB JPEG View/Open 5-1SketchpadDissertation-Fig5-1.tif Screen photograph of graphical output from Sketchpad. 1.31 MB TIFF View/Open 6-1lossy-page1-409px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig6-1.tif.jpg Constraint specification in Sketchpad. 53.58 kB JPEG View/Open 6-1SketchpadDissertation-Fig6-1.tif Constraint specification in Sketchpad. 1.79 MB TIFF View/Open 9-3lossy-page1-746px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-3.tif.jpg 15 second time exposure of an animation created by Sketchpad, showing the paths of four points that are constrained by a mechanical linkage. 152.45 kB JPEG View/Open 9-3SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-3.tif 15 second time exposure of an animation created by Sketchpad, showing the paths of four points that are constrained by a mechanical linkage. 413.04 kB TIFF View/Open 9-4lossy-page1-800px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-4.tif.jpg Construction of a linkage in Sketchpad (left) that generates a conic section. The time exposure at the right shows the resulting conic section traced by the moving point. 71.33 kB JPEG View/Open 9-6lossy-page1-800px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-6.tif.jpg Forces on a mechanical truss, as calculated from a geometric construction in Sketchpad. 76.32 kB JPEG View/Open 9-6SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-6.tif Forces on a mechanical truss, as calculated from a geometric construction in Sketchpad. 741.96 kB TIFF View/Open 9-7lossy-page1-800px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-7.tif.jpg Diagram of bridge loading forces created using Sutherland's Sketchpad. 86.87 kB JPEG View/Open 9-7SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-7.tif Diagram of bridge loading forces created using Sutherland's Sketchpad. 1.63 MB TIFF View/Open 9-8lossy-page1-377px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-8.tif.jpg Early computer animation: Geometric elements used to create an animation of a girl winking in Sketchpad. 30.87 kB JPEG View/Open 9-8SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-8.tif Early computer animation: Geometric elements used to create an animation of a girl winking in Sketchpad. 1.72 MB TIFF View/Open 9-11lossy-page1-360px-SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-11.tif.jpg Early example of electronic CAD. 34.4 kB JPEG View/Open 9-11SketchpadDissertation-Fig9-11.tif Early example of electronic CAD. 1.98 MB TIFF View/Open

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