Abstract: An apparatus for making drawings on a drawing carrier, for example a sheet of transparent paper, via a device for producing points or lines such as a pen or pencil, including a drawings surface which temporarily accommodates the drawings carrier and which is variable with respect to inclination relative to a support surface. The apparatus also includes a drawing aid in the form of a template which is displaceable over the drawing surface wherein the drawing aid is connected to a data receiving machine and is adapted to be activated by the pen for outputting data to the data receiving machine. The drawing aid may have at least one digitization plane associated therewith wherein data transfer can be activated at the meeting point between the drawing aid and the pen or the like.