11. mda-other-apps-en

Apple Mac applications that generate SVG format images can be used to create images that can be sketched on the MDA, either automatically, or they can be saved to be sketched later.

Examples of this are, applications like Adobe’s Illustrator, or free software tools like Inkscape or Vectr that run under MacOS and can create SVG format images.

In order to sketch directly from those applications to the MDA, you have to setup the connection from your PC to the MDA using the mount option, as described in chapter 7.04 (section on Mac). Then save your files to the drive you’ve created as per chapter 7.04.

There is a free app available from the Google Play store that allows you to create and save a drawing as an SVG: “Simplector“. There are also several programs available on Android that feature exporting images as SVG’s as a premium feature. To name a few: Adobe Illustrator Draw, ScribMaster and Inker. If you have a different sketching app that you prefer, which also allows you to save your sketches as SVGs, please let us know.

Make your sketch, then save the sketch as an SVG file on your Android device. Go to the interface and browse to uploads. Click select file at the bottom of the page. Android should now show you several different actions depending on the software you have installed on your Android device. Click documents, and then images. Browse to the folder that the SVG was saved in, and click on it. Your image should now be uploaded to the upload folder.

iOS apps that generate SVG format images can be used to create images which can be automatically sketched on the MDA, or can be saved on the MDA to be sketched later.

There are a number of apps available in the App-Store. As an example on how to create and upload an SVG image from the iPhone or iPad to the MDA, we will show you how to do so with  “Vectornator Pro”. For our purpose an app like “Vectornator Pro” is excellent, as it is easy to work with, has the capability to create images in a number of formats (one of which is SVG), and can be used together with an app that can be used for uploading the resulting image to the MDA, ie. the “FileBrowser” app.

In order to sketch directly from an iPad/iPhone to the MDA, you have to setup the connection from your device to the MDA using the “FileBrowser” app. The setup for “FileBrowser” needs to be done once, as described in chapter 7.04 (section on iPad).

To create and sketch an image with “Vectornator” and your iPad with, do the following:

Start “Vectornator”, select “New Document” and then select “A4”, either Landscape or Portrait (selectable in the top-right corner). “Vectornator” then creates a new empty document on its document overview page. You can modify the document name by clicking on the name and enter a new description. Click on the empty document itself and start drawing with the drawing tools on the left side bar.

Upon completion, select the “share/export” icon  in the top-right-hand corner and then select the “SVG” option, select “Save” and then select “Copy to FileBrowser”.

“FileBrowser” now opens with a popup mentioning that you have to browse to the folder you would like to save the file to. Click OK to close this popup and select “mda” in the left bar (or whatever other name you have used for the MDA in your setup).  You now see two directories of the MDA on the right-hand side. Select MDA-autosketch if you want to have your image being sketched directly and then deleted, or select MDA-upload if you want to have your image being saved in the upload directory, so you can sketch later from the upload page of the MDA interface. After selecting one of the two folders, press “Paste 1 item here…” at the top right corner and then press “Paste 1 item” again.  Your image is now either been sketched directly or available for you to sketch later.

Windows applications that generate SVG format images can be used to create images that can be sketched on the MDA, either automatically, or they can be saved to be sketched later.

Examples of this are, applications like Adobe’s Illustrator, or free software like Inkscape or Gimp that run under Windows and can create SVG format images.

In order to sketch directly from those applications to the MDA, you have to setup the connection from your PC to the MDA using the mount option, as described in chapter 7.04 (section on PC). Then save your files to the drive you’ve created as per chapter 7.04.