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Beyond WYSIWYG: Display of Hidden Information in Graphics Editors
Author(s) -
Schleich R.,
Dürst M.J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
computer graphics forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1467-8659
pISSN - 0167-7055
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8659.1330185
Subject(s) - computer science , graphics , computer graphics , computer graphics (images) , object (grammar) , real time computer graphics , 3d computer graphics , 2d computer graphics , graphics software , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence
Graphics editors such as computer aided design systems are complex and difficult to use. We attribute this to the fact that only a small part of the information is visible and therefore accessible and understandable. Only the graphics objects themselves are visible, but the relations between these objects remain hidden. We propose an effective way to visualise this information in the form of trees and graphs in so‐called structure browsers. A prototype implements this proposal based on an object‐oriented application framework for graphics editors.