2024-11-05T18:50:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149936034/morpholio-s-new-scalepen-offers-a-new-way-to-draw-on-trace-app Alexis Petrunia 2016-03-22T18:44:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qe/qeyzcdrcp5t2ybeq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It is not only a new way of working, it is part of the latest renaissance in drawing; imagining the heart of the designer merged with the brain of a computer.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Morpholio has just released &ldquo;ScalePen&rdquo;, a patent-pending tool used to draft on the developer&rsquo;s popular <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/140882350/take-your-sketching-to-the-next-level-morpholio-launches-trace-pro-app-for-the-ipad-pro-pencil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Trace" app</a> for the iPad.&nbsp;The company&rsquo;s co-creator, Anna Kenoff, views ScalePen as an &ldquo;entirely new opportunity for architectural drawing&hellip; Rather than setting or keeping records of your own pen weight, Morpholio makes the software do the work for you.&rdquo;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/6b/6b7ixskfp21t9id8.jpg"></p><p>With the development of CAD, hand drafting has seemingly become a thing of the past. &ldquo;Fortunately, creative production is fueled by much more than just efficiency&rdquo;, says Morpholio, adding that &ldquo;architects and designers have given new rise to hand drawing and sketching as part of their process - a renaissance no doubt ushered in by the touchscreen and stylus.&rdquo;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ju/ju4si3r47uexrodn.jpg"></p><p>The app offers an assortment of pen sizes that respond as the stylus is moved around, through and into the drawing. The ScalePen feature checks the drawing scale and zoom level continuously to automatically assign a calibrated set of technical pens.&nbsp;Morpholio suggests that it save...</p>