Metaphors in the Interface of TAD Designer
All modeling software has an underlying set of metaphors. For example; a conventional CAD system would use the technical drawing paper as its metaphor.
TAD uses concepts that one finds in a vernacular construction (where there are no architects… the villages themselves go about directly designing and constructing the building) Hence, the metaphors are as follows:
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