DrawShare

DrawShare lets you connect with others so you can draw together 🖌️

Idea 💡

The idea came to my mind when I was talking to friends online: one of them tried to explain a situation and I thought "wouldn't it be funny if he would quickly draw what happend?". I realised I didn't know an application that could do that so I started working on this little program. No matter if you plan to visually support your explanations or just want to have fun, you may want to give it a try!

Usage 🔧

To start DrawShare simply download the exe-file here and open it. To connect with others one person needs to share his drawing board and then others can join.

• Share Mode: You become the host and friends can join via the shown ip address and port.
• Join Mode: You can assist your friend by typing in his data (ip and port).

Local Network

Using the program in your local network is very easy as explained above.

Global Network (also called the internet)

To use the program with others that are not in your local network an extra step is needed: Port Forwarding. Every router interface is different but this may help you:

1. Go into your router interface by typing your router-ip (gateway) into your browser.

2. Search for the feature "Port Forwarding" (likely under the tab "Security" or "Internet")

3. Fill in the form with following data:

   • Protocol: TCP
   • WAN Host IP: 0.0.0.0
   • LAN Host IP Address: <local ipv4 address of your computer>
   • WAN Port: <port>
   • LAN Host Port: <port>

Hints: The program uses port 5000 on default (as long as you only start one program in share mode). If the router interface requires a range (eg. WAN Host IP Range) just type in the value twice: WAN Host IP Range: 0.0.0.0 ~ 0.0.0.0

I hope the set up wasn't to complicated and you can start drawing. For help just ask me on twitter