Get a focused introduction to programming 3D graphics with the Windows Presentation Foundation 3D API. Complementing his book Applications = Code + Markup, award-winning author Charles Petzold builds on XAML essentials, teaching you how to display and animate 3D graphics under the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Vista. You€ll get expert guidance and code samples in XAML and Microsoft Visual C#€" helping you master the skills you need to create high-fidelity user interfaces.
Discover how to:
- Define complex 3D objects with triangle meshes
- Enhance the illumination of 3D surfaces with light and shading effects
- Color 3D figures with gradients, bitmaps, and drawings
- Add animation with transforms and vertex manipulation
- Represent linear, affine, and camera transforms by using matrices
- Calculate vector angles, angles of rotation, and axes of rotation
- Generate triangle meshes efficiently by using C# code
- Express rotation by using quaternion computation
- Provide a user interface for manipulating and drawing 3D figures
PLUS€"Get Visual C# and XAML code samples on the Web
