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Crosscut: Drawing Dynamic Models

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Uniting the directness of pen & paper with the dynamism of software.

Thinking, modeling, and computers Thinking doesn’t just happen in our heads. When faced with a problem, we rarely sit perfectly still and just think . Instead, we interact with the world around us. We move around the room, talk to other people or to ourselves, write notes, draw diagrams, build prototypes, act out scenarios. We externalize the thinking process. Each externalized thought forms a model —a simplified representation that allows us to preserve, communicate, or reflect on the thought. Computers have given us many new ways to work with our thoughts. Digital tools for professional draw

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