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October 2005 - Posts

Databinding in 3D

In discussing the change to ModelVisual3D , I mentioned two benefits of the change are databinding and subclassing. Daniel Lehenbauer has a post with a code sample that shows sub-classing 3D objects to create primitives that can be used in markup and Read More...
Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 4:20 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

3M eLearning app -- sophisticated example of Avalon hosted in a browser

Okay, this is slightly old news (I was on vacation two weeks ago and on the road this week) but worth posting nonetheless. Up on Channel9 is the 3M eLearning demo built by LogicBay . Reasons to watch this: 1. Entire demo runs in browser, probably the Read More...
Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 2:14 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

WPF (Avalon) PDC Hands-On Labs Posted To MSDN -- Great Training Materials

If you want to learn Avalon, the PDC Hands-On Labs are probably one of the best sources of material currently available. They were just posted to the general public . These labs really allow you to walk through a bunch of different Avalon features and Read More...
Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 4:03 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

Nifty Sample of WPF in an IFrame

Viliescu , an active member of the Avalon community, has posted a sample that shows WPF in an IFrame . Very nice demo -- should get the gears turning... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:34 PM by karstenj | 1 Comments

ModelVisual3D -- Changes to WPF 3D

Having worked with Avalon for a couple years now, I've gotten used to ignoring compiler errors. So often, the warnings are the result of XAML schema false positives and negatives. In the September CTP of Avalon, if you are working with 3D and you use Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 4:01 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

Late to the Party -- WPF (Avalon) on MSDN Forums

I was so head's down in PDC crunch mode that I only now discovered the WPF Forum on the MSDN Forums. Prior to this, I'd bee monitoring the newsgroup at microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.avalon but now I'll watch the forums as well. Looks like there Read More...
Posted Monday, October 10, 2005 3:50 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

Maya to XAML Exporter Plug-In Posted -- Latest WPF 3D Converter Tool

Just posted on Thomas Goddard's blog: A plug-in for Maya to export XAML . I don't have Maya myself, so I can't vouch for this, but there are some screenshots of some meshes exported to XAML that look rockin' to me. Here's the view of a model in Maya: Read More...
Posted Friday, October 07, 2005 10:32 AM by karstenj | 1 Comments

Sandbox3D v.0.0.0.4 -- Updated for Sept 05 CTP

I've updated Sandbox3D , an application that allows you to place primitives in a WPF 3D space and manipulate their transforms, including drawing video on them. It also shows off some databinding. No new features for this release, just the port to the Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:12 PM by karstenj | 1 Comments

More on ScreenSpaceLines3D aka "Magic Lines"

I didn't accurately represent ScreenSpaceLines3D when I called the class a kind of "line primitive." Unlike a primitive, the class, when rendered, will create a line that has a constant thickness in screen-space. In this way, it can be reliably seen regardless Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:48 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

ScreenSpaceLines3D - WPF (Avalon) 3D Line Primitive

New in the September CTP is the ScreenSpaceLines3D class in System.Windows.Media.Media3D. This class is functionally a line primitive. Syntax-wise, it is quite easy to use. Here is an example: <ScreenSpaceLines3D Color="Black" Thickness="4.0" Points="0, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:54 PM by karstenj | 1 Comments
 
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