Ask HN: Sutherland's Sketchpad for linux?

6 points by kraemate 15y ago ↗ HN

Is there something similar to Ivan Sutherland's legendary Sketchpad available for linux, or even an online javascript based version? Something which combines object recognition and the constraints management. I could only find the geometric constraint solving tools as the closest approximation.

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bmelton 15y ago ↗

It might be overkill, but the nearest analog (perhaps successor would be a better term) that I can think of is SketchUp.

kraemate 15y ago ↗

Thanks, but i was looking at something simple and more of a sketchpad clone. Its surprising that there aren't such software even 40 years later.