K4KarolE / Magnetic_Drawing_Board

Digital version of the beloved Magnetic Drawing Board

Magnetic Drawing Board

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prez_classic.mp4

Picture used from (link)

Requirements

Python and Modules

Install packages\dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Separately

Python 3 - used: 3.11

• https://www.python.org/

Pygame

• https://www.pygame.org
• https://pypi.org/project/pygame/

Others

OS

• Windows (tested on 10)

Guide

• Pick up a drawing shape(circle, square, triangle, pen):
  • move the cursor over a shape listed above, the default arrow cursor will be changed to hand, left-click once and the shape will be picked up
  • left-clicking again will drop the shape back to the original position (even if the shape was previously rotated)
    • to drop/place back the current shape the cursor has to be in the same shape specific spot where the shape was picked up
  • not able to pick up a new drawing shape until the current one is not placed back
  • not able to use the eraser slide until any of the drawing shapes is selected/picked up
  • able to switch skins when a drawing shape is selected/picked up
• Drawing:
  • once a drawing shape is picked up move over the drawing surface and left-click
  • hold the button down and move the cursor for continuous drawing
• Shape rotation:
  • able to rotate the square and triangle drawing shapes anywhere in the app
  • middle-click will rotate the shape left with 10°
  • right-click will rotate the shape right with 10°
• Skins:
  • The app starts with the default skin: Classic
  • The skin menu is visible once the cursor reaching the right top corner
    • able to switch between the sknins any time, by doing so:
      • The current drawing will be lost
      • The current drawing shape will be dropped

Modules used, which are part of Python 3.11

• json
• os
• pathlib
• sys

Thank you all the contributors of Pygame and the modules listed in this document!