Differential manipulation
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 17th Graphics Interface Conference (GI '91), pp. 61 - 67, June, 1991
Abstract
Direct manipulation has proven to be an excellent method for interacting with geometric objects. Unfortunately, traditional approaches for implementing direct manipulation suffer from a lack of generality, requiring the system designer to hand craft interfaces to different types of objects. In this paper we present Differential Manipulation, a new paradigm for direct manipulation of geometric objects. By interpreting graphical entities as physical objects, we obtain a uniform interface to a wide variety of geometric objects, making it simple to add new types of complicated or compound objects. Geometric constraints fit neatly into the paradigm.
BibTeX
@conference{Gleicher-1991-13258,author = {Michael Gleicher and Andrew Witkin},
title = {Differential manipulation},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 17th Graphics Interface Conference (GI '91)},
year = {1991},
month = {June},
pages = {61 - 67},
}
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