Microsoft Physics Illustrator

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Microsoft Physics Illustrator, also known as Magic Paper, is software designed by Microsoft and MIT for a tablet PC. It is a 2-D editing plane, where the user can draw various shapes and bodies and apply forces between them to make them interact.³ Because of this, it is also referred to as Natural Interaction.

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has been implemented in a variety of domains, including simple 2-D mechanical devices and UML software diagrams
deals with the noise inherent in hand-drawn sketches
uses a variety of knowledge sources to resolve ambiguity
provides modeless interaction for both sketching and editing
allows ideas to be evaluated early in the design cycle

Live Video Demonstration: Physics Illustrator on Youtube

[edit] Other Versions

Despite Physics Illustrator's initial release for tablet PCs, various users have modified the version to get it to work on regular Windows PCs and Macs. ³