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c#wpf3ddrawingsystem.drawing

Render Tube and resize, dynamically add text

What I am looking to do in my Windows Forms application (or even WPF). Is to dynamically render an image of a tube, or cylinder (with a 3d look or having some sort of depth for a better visual experience), setting the length and hieght and so on, (also need rulers and such to zoom in and out). But then allow the user to enter some text, which will then be placed on that tube or cylinder, for display purposes, able to scale the text size, to create a visual representation of what it would look like IRL.

Any ideas on where I can start, or some examples I can build off of? This vector type display is new to me, so any help would be appreciated.

Solution

  • This article looked interesting. I would imagine you could tweak it to do what you were after.

    http://kindohm.com/technical/WPF3DTutorial.htm

    Also I googled "WPF 3D drawing".

    If you have the choice WPF is better suited for graphics than WinForms out of the box. Though a good programmer can make WinForms do similar.