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This article proposes a solution to a common problem in CAD applications: saving a bitmap for each leaf node in an assembly.  The suggested method is based on Eyeshot's assembly navigation system, so it is recommended that you read the article Assembly Navigation first. Our Pulley Transmission arti…

by Leone Ruggiero | May 03, 2023 | Share

A 3D mouse is an input device used by some CAD users. After a 3D mouse is detected for the first time, whenever the user right-clicks on an Eyeshot control with their (standard) mouse the normal shortcut menu is repopulated with navigation options specific for 3D mice. Please be aware that Eyeshot …

by Stefano Volpe | April 28, 2023 | Share

Starting from Eyeshot 2023 the EntityGraphicsData class is abstract. This article explains the recommended approach for creating an instance of the concrete class in a custom Entity. For a complete sample, you can see the SelectTriangle source code. To create an instance you should override the Ent…

by Simone Maccaferri | April 18, 2023 | Share

Eyeshot offers the possibility to enable multisample anti-aliasing (MSAA), a technique that removes the artifacts known as jaggies from the raster image of a 3d scene. It can be activated like this: design1.AskForAntiAliasing = true; // in the Form/Window constructor design1.AntiAlisasing = true; …

by Leone Ruggiero | April 14, 2023 | Share

Sometimes it is convenient to get a rough estimate of the 3d position of whatever is under the mouse cursor. It is possible to get that information by reading the depth value corresponding to the mouse screen location.  The method Workspace.ScreenToWorld() does exactly that. The following code sam…

by Leone Ruggiero | April 06, 2023 | Share

Bologna, Italy — April 5, 2023. devDept Software S.r.l., leading provider of software development tools to the engineering industry, today announces the release of Eyeshot 2023, the native CAD control for .NET New Architecture Document classes have been introduced Workspace.Document now contains …

April 05, 2023 | Share

  Ambient occlusion is a shading and rendering technique used to calculate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting (source: Wikipedia). Starting from Eyeshot 2023, it is possible to enable the Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion effect (SSAO): a fast approximation of ambient occlusion …

by Leone Ruggiero | March 14, 2023 | Share

Starting from Eyeshot 2023, it is possible to detect and draw silhouettes by leveraging the computational power of the GPU. To enable this feature you should set the relative property:  DisplayModeSettings.SilhouettesDrawingMode = silhouettesDrawingType.ImageBased;   Benefits Fast Independent fr…

by Leone Ruggiero | March 13, 2023 | Share

devDept Software is proud to announce a new Eyeshot 2023 Beta build. Having now completed several migrations, we have a final Workspaces architecture that no longer requires Design/DesignUI separated objects. This initial design didn’t allow full customization, as we discovered when migrating actu…

February 27, 2023 | Share

var sk1 = new devDept.Geometry.ConstraintSolver.Sketch(); // Create the linear border. var l1 = sk1.AddLine(0, 0, 20, 0); var l2 = sk1.AddLine(20, 0, 20, 10); var l3 = sk1.AddLine(20, 10, 12.4142, 10); var l4 = sk1.AddLine(11.7071, 11.7071, 20, 20); var l5 = sk1.AddLine(20, 20, 0, 20); var l6 = …

by Federico Fucci | February 23, 2023 | Share