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Sketchy CAD

A specific subset of use cases that revolve around using pen & paper in contexts such as woodworking, gardening, interior design, architecture or engineering.

A lot of these activities involve some on-paper sketching, as well as basic geometric problem solving and back-of-the napkin math.

We’ve been referring to this as ‘Sketchy CAD’, to distinguish it from ‘Trad CAD’, which is typically hyper-formal and rigid.

Some existing sketchy CAD tools that are worth looking into include:

• Morpholio trace, an iPad app geared specifically towards architects, landscape architects and interior designers.
• Feather, an iPad app that allows you to draw in 3D.