How can I get a perfect isometric perspective in Silverlight ?
I want to create a 3D environment in Silverlight, which has to be in Isometric perspective. If I use the planeprojection, I can make a grid resemble the Isometric perspective, but it is not a perfect Isometric perspective, as the gridcells are not equal.
http://uwconcept.be/projects/uwconceptcity/grid_base_1.jpg
People will have to be able to "scroll" along the grid; i.e. move forward, backward, left and right on it. You can see it as flying over the grid, but keeping the correct Isometric perspective at all times. Rotating will not be implemented ( in a first version ). And even if it would be implemented, the rotating would be exactly 90 degrees, as to keep the Isometric perspective.
Edit: I also noticed that the "normal" isometric x,y,z Coordinates do not apply when i tried to reproduce the perspective in Silverlight. The "normal" transformations are shown in the following Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_isometric_cube_3.jpg
If you can wait for SL5 to be released, it is supposed to have a 3D API. Silverlight 5 beta was announced for release in the 1st half of 2011 (should be any day now). The final release is planned for the end of 2011.
I assume the SL API should be similar to WPF's 3D API. From my casual understanding, you can create an isometric projection with the correct angling of an OrthographicCamera (which is included in WPF).
