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We are proud to announce the availability of a new Eyeshot 12 stable build: 12.0.520 In Brief This build includes bug fixing, small speed improvements and code samples refactoring. Here are a few highlights: Improved Mesh section speed using Octree Fixed realistic shadow flickering with complex scene graphs bug Added parallel execution to MarchingCubes and M…

August 14, 2019 | Share

In Eyeshot ProgressBar can be used only in asynchronous WorkUnits (the ones ran with model.StartWork()). In case you would like to use ProgressBar in a synchronous way, independently from WorkUnits, updating its value when needed and then calling Invalidate(), you can use this trick:   Derive ProgressBar class and expose its Draw method: public class MyProgressBar : de…

by Manuel Nucci | July 31, 2019 | Share

It is common the need to draw an entity that will be shown above all other entities. For this task, there is not a univocal answer and there are different solutions that can be implemented based on the working context. For one of them, you can use the approach shown here. Here, we discuss the possibility to use our TempEntities to achieve this task.  Here is a sample code: B…

by Antonio Spagnuolo | July 05, 2019 | Share

We are proud to announce the availability of a new Eyeshot 12 stable build: 12.0.456 In Brief This build includes mostly bug fixing. Here are a few highlights: Added the DrawingPanel user control and refactored PaperSpace source code sample Added support for hyperbola and parabola curves in STEP import Added support for creating lines and circles tangent to tw…

May 31, 2019 | Share

Animation is performed only on the GPU, entities are not truly moved, vertices and bounding box don't change, collision detection doesn't work and so on. To edit entities position you can apply a transformation, but the computation is heavier and the animation slower. You can see the difference between these approaches in the Assemble sample. The steps to animate a…

by Simone Maccaferri | April 11, 2019 | Share

This article shows how to create streamlines using the PointCloud class. With the first approach,  you will have full control over the streamlines colors since you can set the RBG color of each the PointCloud's vertexes. With the second approach, you can choose colors by means of a Color Table. This is a tool that allows you to easily create a map between numerical va…

by Antonio Spagnuolo | February 28, 2019 | Share

Subscribing to CompositionTarget.Rendering is sometimes useful or even needed but should be used wisely because it forces WPF to constantly render window. For this reason, starting from Eyeshot 12, we introduced the NativeExperimental renderer to stop using this event for rendering. When I should use the NativeExperimental renderer? If you experience a pe…

by Marcello Stagni | February 27, 2019 | Share

The proposed solution is not natively supported and may not work in all scenarios or versions. You can have a Mesh entity displayed always as Rendered, regardless of the active display mode, by using the following class derived from Mesh: public class MyShadedMesh : Mesh { public MyShadedMesh(Point3D[] vertices, IndexTriangle[] triangles) : base(vertices, triangles) { } p…

by Antonio Spagnuolo | February 14, 2019 | Share

When opening a ticket, your expectation is likely to receive a prompt and helpful response. We strive to provide you with high-quality support, and here are some tips to enhance your chances of receiving the best possible answer:  Ensure that the issue you're experiencing is directly related to Eyeshot before opening a ticket.If you have questions or inquiries ab…

by Antonio Spagnuolo | February 12, 2019 | Share

Here's the Eyeshot code to simulate the selection style of AutoCAD®. Clicking the mouse will set the pick state to "Pick". When moving the mouse to the right more than 10 pixels, the pick state changes to Enclosed and when moving to the left of the same amount the pick state becomes Crossing. A transparent rectangle is drawn in overlay according to the pick state and whe…

by Antonio Spagnuolo | February 06, 2019 | Share