WPF3D Team Blog
As we mentioned earlier in this blog post, the default BitmapScalingMode has changed from Fant to...
Date: 05/26/2010
Last beta I mentioned we were saving the best for Beta 2 so thank you for waiting :) New Features...
Date: 10/20/2009
We use the standard fixed-function Blinn-Phong model. You can read up on all of the equations here...
Date: 06/29/2009
.NET 4.0 Beta 1 was released a few weeks ago and there’s a lot to it that you can read about...
Date: 06/24/2009
I hinted at this a long time ago and then forgot to follow up, whoops! As the old post says,...
Date: 06/18/2009
In 3.5 SP1 it was really easy to leak memory when doing software 3D rendering involving a...
Date: 06/08/2009
How to do 3D hit testing has come up a bit recently in the forums but essentially it isn’t any...
Date: 05/18/2009
Many haven’t realized this, but we added the ability to transform between 2D and 3D Visuals back in...
Date: 05/13/2009
If the WPF render thread is doing software rendering, D3DImage will not show up. I don't think we...
Date: 01/13/2009
Sorry for the lack of updates, but we've been pretty busy. On what, you may ask? Our PM, David...
Date: 05/13/2008
Robert Hogue has updated the Python script with a bunch of new features. See this forum post for the...
Date: 01/28/2008
Yesterday, .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 went live on MSDN. You can see what's new in...
Date: 11/20/2007
Augmented Reality is the process of taking real world data, typically video, and enhancing it with...
Date: 10/15/2007
In July I promised to track down the Blender exporter that was lost during the GotDotNet phase out....
Date: 09/30/2007
Charles Petzold has posted his WPF3D library on the web. It includes sphere, cube, cylinder, torus,...
Date: 09/08/2007
Charles Petzold has been experimenting with cel shading on his blog at the request of Chris Cavanagh...
Date: 09/08/2007
Subclassing from UIElement3D to create your own elements that respond to input, focus and eventing...
Date: 09/05/2007
With the release of WPF 3.5 beta 2 (download here:...
Date: 07/30/2007
The WPF Feature Montage has been updated to include a custom transition control that contains four...
Date: 06/18/2007
It sounds like the Shaxam folks are improving their Lightwave to XAML exporter. Richard Godfrey has...
Date: 05/01/2007
WPF Architect Greg Schecter has written a few really cool 3D transitions for 2D elements. We've...
Date: 04/04/2007
We gave a lecture on 3D yesterday at a "WPF Bootcamp" event and I've attached the slides. Here's the...
Date: 03/29/2007
What Material you choose will impact your GeometryModel3D in three ways: Lighting model Depth write...
Date: 03/08/2007
In the Channel9 video showing the 2D on 3D feature found in the 3DTools Codeplex project, we demoed...
Date: 03/01/2007
We just released the 1.01 version of the 3DTools for the Windows Presentation Foundation. This...
Date: 03/01/2007
During our lecture, David Teitlebaum demoed a scatter plot application and people expressed interest...
Date: 02/28/2007
Apologies for the lack of updates recently, but we were busy preparing an internal lecture on WPF3D....
Date: 02/27/2007
Turning the Pages 2.0 by Armadillo Systems uses WPF3D to allow you to manipulate books in 3D space...
Date: 01/31/2007
For the Japanese launch of Vista, design firm Bascule used WPF3D to create something unlike any...
Date: 01/26/2007
David Teitlebaum has put together a set of perf guidelines which should help you get the most out of...
Date: 01/16/2007
Our own DanLehen has written the 3D chapter in Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed by Adam...
Date: 01/15/2007
If you've never encountered texture coordinates before, DanLehen has a detailed introduction that...
Date: 01/15/2007
Windows programming writer extraordinaire Charles Petzold has announced the tentatively titled...
Date: 12/14/2006
Interacting with 2D placed on 3D is now possible in v1 of the Windows Presentation Foundation! In...
Date: 12/12/2006
We affectionately refer to DiffuseMaterial.Color, DiffuseMaterial.AmbientColor,...
Date: 12/08/2006
Soon we'll be posting things like design tips, perf tricks, feature discussions, 3D basics, and more...
Date: 12/05/2006