Crosscut: a drawing tool that uses dynamic models to aid thinking
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Crosscut, a drawing tool, was featured on the Hacker News front page on October 26 for its approach of using dynamic models to aid thinking. Crosscut lets people externalize ideas as casually as with pen and paper, while drawing on software's computing and dynamic capabilities. The article says CAD, DAW and NLE tools confine expression to preset forms and favor finished output, while programming is flexible but forces people to think in functions and data. Crosscut aims for a middle ground between casual expression and computation.
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- Hacker News front pageCrosscut – Drawing Dynamic Models
Crosscut 是一款探索用动态模型辅助思考的绘图工具，主张像纸笔一样随手外化想法，同时具备软件的计算与动态能力。文章指出，现有 CAD、DAW、NLE 等工具把表达限制在预设形式并偏重成品，而编程虽灵活却要求人按函数和数据思考。Crosscut 试图在两者之间取得平衡。
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