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I Googled "Vector Networks" and it also seems to be a term that they invented. Figma (their product) is sadly a UI mocking tool and not a vector graphics editor. "Pathfinder" (the tool in Adobe products that calculates fills based on winding order) is notoriously unusable. I'm sure that graphics designers would gobble up tool that had sane path finding.

I'd love to see some literature on how these vector networks work.

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I'm not sure why you see a strict delineation. One of the few reasons most designers prefer purpose made graphic design tools is for the pen tooling. The other big one is color management. If Figma can nail both in a UI design tool there's no reason it can't be used for graphic design.

People already use Sketch for some graphic design despite its reeaaallly unimpressive path tooling, typography tooling, and color tooling.

Speeding up the 90% usecase goes a long way.

That said, I haven't actually seen Figma so maybe it really is more purpose built than I'm imagining.

Figma is not just a UI mocking tool. It's a full general-purpose vector graphics editor. Vector networks work similar to meshes in 3D.

That was my first thought. The way he describes vector networks sounds exactly like how creating models in something like Sketchup works.

I'll have to wait for my beta invite to put this to the test, but color me intrigued.

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