Comparing SESAME and Sketching on Paper for Conceptual 3D Design

Oh, Ji-Young; Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang; Danahy, John

Comparing SESAME and Sketching on Paper for Conceptual 3D Design

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Date

2005

Authors

Oh, Ji-Young
Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang
Danahy, John

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

In the early stages of design, several concepts are usually generated to explore the possibilities. This paper investigates how well a computer-based system can support design thinking. SESAME is a novel 3D design system that aims to support creativity during the explorative phase of the design process. We report an evaluation comparing SESAME to paper sketching for early design exploration in an urban design scenario. Through the user evaluation, we illustrate how important it is to support essential properties of traditional sketching, such as rapid creation/ modification, emergent shapes, and tolerance to ambiguity. Additionally, we show that a 3D system can indeed facilitate form exploration at the early stages of design thinking.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/SBM/SBM05/081-087
,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling
},
editor = {Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge and Takeo Igarashi
},
title = {{Comparing SESAME and Sketching on Paper for Conceptual 3D Design
}},
author = {Oh, Ji-Young and 
Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang and 
Danahy, John
},
year = {2005
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1812-3503
},
ISBN = {3-905673-30-4
},
DOI = {/10.2312/SBM/SBM05/081-087
}
}