Constellation

An advanced 2D drawing, drafting and design package

Objective

To create a state of the art 2D drawing package in 100% pure Java (Java2D and Swing interface).

Features

1. Advanced geometry: lines, circles, ellipses, and Bezier curves
2. Collaboration
   • The Concurrent Design module enables users to concurrently create/update models (joint session)
   • The Remote Assistance module enables users to remotely control a user's session
3. Customization
   • A scripting language which can be used to create user commands and functions
   • A Java-based API will be exposed to create new types of geometric elements and functions.
4. Supports embedded images (jpeg, gif, png, tiff)
5. Integrated Help & Online Documentation
6. IGES format import

Upcoming Features

1. Versioning System
   • Retain revisions of models for restoration based on version number or date
   • Support customized curves through the evaluation of user defined functions.

Build Requirements

• JDK 11+
• Maven 3.9+

Building the code

$ mvn clean package

Running the tests

$ mvn test   

Run the application

$ java -jar constellation-0.50-jar-with-dependencies.jar

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