Introduction

This document is a work in progress.

The aim of the Adage project is to develop a powerful, flexible and extensible drawing engine. This document is a pictorial survey of drawing genres; it sets out the vision for the project by example.

The survey is designed to be representative of the forms of drawing to be supported. The drawings are composed entirely of lines, points, filled areas, and text. They are grouped into categories, as follows.

Basic drawings

These drawings are simple and illustrate the basic operation of the Adage system.

Connected nodes

Many drawings are composed of nodes that are connected together. Nodes sometimes represent objects (nouns), and others processes or actions (verbs) with inputs and outputs. Connections indicate relationships, dependencies, sequences and transfers (such as outputs to inputs).

Representing reality

Typically the most sophisticated type, these drawings are a literal representation of something real. This category inclues engineering drawing and architecture.

Plotting and charting

A major category of drawing is the representation of data. Often the aim is illustration with impact, rather than precise detail.

Note that many of these drawings would not be produced by Adage on its own, but rather in combination with another program. For example, the plots of data would be produced by data analysis programs with Adage as the output generator.