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Virtual Graph Paper (virtual-graph-paper.com)
ccakes 650 days ago [-]
Another tool in the same vein is Exalidraw - https://excalidraw.com/

Started out as a COVID side project (not mine, just a fan) and seems to be turning into a solid business.

hatchoo 650 days ago [-]
+1 for Excalidraw. I just love the hand drawn feel
selecsosi 650 days ago [-]
My team has been using this for collaborative / ephemeral whiteboarding sessions https://excalidraw.com/. This tool looks simple but well built, and in the same vein (hotkey driven).
layer8 650 days ago [-]
An isometric version would be neat, like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Isometri...
themodelplumber 650 days ago [-]
I see both dots and grid for isometric drawing, in Setup
layer8 650 days ago [-]
Ooh, I missed that. Still, it would be nice if it had subdivisions like the square grid.
smegsicle 650 days ago [-]
the isometric is not right! as a grid for drawing it may be what you're looking for, but as dots it's missing every other (offset) column
samwillis 650 days ago [-]
This is really nice, love a grid (always user grid (paper) notebooks), I hadn't seen this one before.

I also love https://www.tldraw.com, worth following its creator on Twitter (https://twitter.com/steveruizok). He posts loads of interesting thoughts and insights into designing this sort of app.

rschachte 650 days ago [-]
Neat thanks! I love this
bzxcvbn 650 days ago [-]
Neat! Does it have any compelling features over e.g. geogebra, or inkscape? It looks very minimalistic.
themodelplumber 650 days ago [-]
> Neat! Does it have any compelling features over e.g. geogebra, or inkscape?

minimalistic, you called it

smegsicle 650 days ago [-]
a virtual graph paper is not compelling until it has a 'draw the cubic from five given points' tool
jameshart 650 days ago [-]
Defaulting to four subdivisions? Is that an American thing or a CompSci thing?

Surely a decimal-compatible subdivision is more usual as a default? A nice subtle 5/10 thin thick variation would be great.

imgabe 650 days ago [-]
4 subdivisions is 5 points per box
jameshart 650 days ago [-]
Yes, at 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0.

These are not useful choices for graphing decimal data or plotting metric measurements - which is why most graph paper I have ever encountered has 5 or 10 subdivisions.

breckinloggins 650 days ago [-]
I like that this works reasonably well on mobile.

I certainly wouldn’t use it that way most of the time but I waswaiting in line somewhere and was able to create a doodle with just one finger.

js8 650 days ago [-]
This seems like a pretty ordinary drawing program, like Dia or Inkscape. But I did "quad paper emulator" on a Hackathon once.

The key idea/feature was ability to put icons/colors/text (from a palette) into the squares. You could create maps and schematics with it. So it was like a crossover between a spreadsheet and a drawing program.

ortusdux 650 days ago [-]
Very nice. If you draw a simple hourglass and color fill one triangle, both are filled. Is this the intended behavior?
layer8 650 days ago [-]
If you draw it as a single connected path, that’s the normal polygon fill behavior.
bityard 650 days ago [-]
Once you save a drawing as an SVG, there's no way to load it back in without creating an account, is that correct?
coda_ 650 days ago [-]
using the share button creates a link to a copy of the drawing that can be edited it looks like
howmayiannoyyou 650 days ago [-]
Been using whatboard.app for things like this and has the ability to import/embed graphs.
controversial97 650 days ago [-]
It would be nice if there was an option to type in text with one character per grid square.
adhesive_wombat 650 days ago [-]
Apparently more useable than Draw.io, which is inflicted on me on a semi-regular basis.
dividedbyzero 650 days ago [-]
What issues are you having with Draw.io?
adhesive_wombat 650 days ago [-]
Mostly having it snap to anything other than the grid, adding tiny twists on the end of arrowed points that can't be easily removed and overlapping lines show up darker so you can't just leave little tails. And trying to select one of many text boxes is hard because the hitboxes include huge amounts of blank area.
jnash 650 days ago [-]
Nice. A bug: the fill color is still drawn when drawing an arrow.
psyc 650 days ago [-]
There are lots of these, and they all have +Y going down. >:(
smegsicle 650 days ago [-]
life in quadrant four
visarga 650 days ago [-]
Is there a way to move things around after you create them?
meatsauce 650 days ago [-]
Thank you! This is great
s1mon 650 days ago [-]
I've been using vector-based object-oriented drawing programs since MacDraw came out in 1984. This program does many things which are counter to to 4 decades of design patterns for such programs (e.g. Adobe, Microsoft, and Apple drawing/presenting/layout software, as well as various 2D/3D CAD packages, etc).

1. Selection is a mode, not the default state. Similarly, move is a mode, not the default state.

2. Selecting non-closed shapes (lines, curves, arrows) is challenging, and the highlight of selection is a nausea-inducing animated pattern.

3. Move doesn't grab the object where the mouse grabbed it, it picks up at the upper left. Move requires so many more clicks than something where you just click and drag, and then after you click into position, you have to reselect move mode to move again.

4. Scale goes from upper left to some place in the middle of the object. "Stroke should be scaled" mode is not sticky. Scale seems to try to keep objects sized by the grid, but it doesn't always work that way.

5. There's no way to edit a curve other than the transformations of the whole shape - you can't move the end points or the middle control points. Also, curves are all just degree-2 Béziers (AKA parabolas).

What problem is being solved here by re-inventing so many wheels?

themodelplumber 650 days ago [-]
I've also been using vector-based ... etc ... 1980s just can't remember the year...

...it's simple drawing software, not sure there is really a need to indulge in the rigorous critique format. IMO simple software and credential-pulling critiques are a kind of unwarranted match. Logically you'd think it'd also be better to keep it upbeat and maybe incentivize the author as opposed to measuring them against all of vector drawing history.

You can draw with it, I tried it myself!

Some of the coolest things about reinventing wheels are A) it's your wheel and thus motivation levels tend to be higher that way, and B) maybe you find new standards that work for you and reveal new leverage points. Otherwise the wheel critique also starts to converge with new-idea / new-opportunity critique.

I don't see those items as fixes so much as alignments that are optional. Maybe those changes are made to console you, great, but you can also use many other drawing tools if you want that type of configuration.

funcDropShadow 650 days ago [-]
> Some of the coolest things about reinventing wheels are A) it's your wheel and thus motivation levels tend to be higher that way

That is nice reason for somebody to create a solution to scratch once own itch. But it is completely relevant to others. As a user, I have no benefit if somebody reinvents a wheel per se.

webmaven 649 days ago [-]
The coolest thing about reinventing the wheel is that you get to make your version ROUND.
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anchit_rana 647 days ago [-]
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