Ab4d.SharpEngine 3.2.9501

Ab4d.SharpEngine

Ab4d.SharpEngine is a cross-platform Vulkan based 3D rendering engine for desktop and mobile .Net applications.

Vulkan is a high performance graphics and cross-platform API that is similar to DirectX 12 but can run on multiple platforms.

The following features are supported by the current version:

• Using any coordinate system (y-up or z-up, right-handed or left-handed)
• Many SceneNode objects (boxes, spheres, planes, cones, lines, poly-lines, curves, etc.)
• Render line caps (arrows, etc.), line with pattern, poly-lines with miter or bevel connections, hidden lines
• Object instancing (InstancedMeshNode) that allows rendering millions of mesh instances
• Simple to use cameras: TargetPositionCamera, FirstPersonCamera, FreeCamera, MatrixCamera
• Camera controllers that can rotate the camera around the mouse position, zoom to position and other advanced functions
• Lights: AmbientLight, DirectionalLight, PointLight, SpotLight, CameraLight
• Improved visual quality with super-sampling and multi-sampling
• Many post-processing effects
• Render vector and bitmap text
• Render CT and MRI scans by using Volume rendering
• Included reader and writer for .obj and .stl files.
• Import 3D objects from glTF files and export the scene to glTF file by using Ab4d.SharpEngine.glTF
• Assimp importer that uses a third-party library to import 3D models from almost any file format

Samples

Ab4d.SharpEngine.Samples on GitHub

Platforms and UI frameworks:

Windows:

• AvaloniaUI support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library)
• WPF full composition support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.Wpf library)
• WinUI 3 support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.WinUI library)
• WinForms support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.WinForms library)
• Uno Platform
• MAUI
• Using SDL or Glfw (using a third-party Silk.Net library; the same project also works on Linux)
• ImGui (using a third-party ImGui.NET library)

Linux (including Raspberry PI 4 and similar devices):

• AvaloniaUI support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library)
• Uno Platform
• Using SDL or Glfw (using third-party Silk.Net library; the same project also works on Windows)
• Off-screen rendering combined with Linux framebuffer display (FbDev or DRM/KMS).
• ImGui (using a third-party ImGui.NET library)
• See "Vulkan on Raspberry Pi 4" guide on how to use SharpEngine on Raspberry Pi 4 with an external monitor.

Android:

• Using AvaloniaUI with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library).
• Using SurfaceView in C# Android Application
• MAUI

macOS:

• Using AvaloniaUI with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library). Requires MoltenVK library - see special project for macos.
• Using MAUI - requires MoltenVK library - see "Building for macOS and iOS" on Ab4d.SharpEngine.Samples on GitHub.

iOS:

• AvaloniaUI with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library). Requires MoltenVK library - see Building for macOS and iOS below.
• Using MAUI - requires MoltenVK library - see "Building for macOS and iOS" on Ab4d.SharpEngine.Samples on GitHub.

Online help

Online Ab4d.SharpEngine Reference help