programming a vector drawing tool?

[Mad Scientist Jr]

I am looking to make a homegrown vector drawing tool, similar to making
vector drawings in Word or Powerpoint. It should be easy to use and
intuitive, like Word or the old MacDraw. I want to make it easy for
beginners, as opposed to something harder or more involved like
Illustrator or Flash...

It would support shapes like
* rectangle
* oval
* rounded rectangle
* line
* textbox

and commands like
* group objects
* fill color
* line color
* line width
* rotate object / group
* resize / skew object
* send to front / back
* align objects
* fill object with texture/pattern
etc.

Has anyone done any of the above?

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Mad,

This is in my opinion the first website to go to.

I have seen Bob not here frequently for a while, I assume he is busy.

http://www.bobpowell.net/

I hope this helps,

Cor

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Thanks Cor.

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[Guest]

In Short.
Yes.
I have for my own comercial app. There is also a .NET Based compoent
'MetaDraw?' that you could look at.

-paul