Category Archives: drawing

Make a picture with a transparent hole in it in C#

Posted on March 13, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Create oval images in C# shows how to make a transparent image with an oval-shaped picture in it. This example shows how to do the converse: it makes an image with a transparent hole in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Let the user zoom on a picture and draw in C#

Posted on March 8, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Let the user zoom on a picture in C# allows the user to zoom in on a picture and draw on it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t handle the drawing properly when the image is scaled. It doesn’t scale the … Continue reading →

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Segmented Turning Helper, Version 3

Posted on February 13, 2019 by RodStephens

John Di Stefano has released version 3 of this free tool Segmented Turning Helper. The program helps you design segmented turning projects such as turned bowls and vases. Here’s the basic description of the tool. Segmented Turning Helper assists you … Continue reading →

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Pingback: Code Project post “Orbital Mechanics Introduction, Part 2”

Posted on January 24, 2019 by RodStephens

The Code Project post Orbital Mechanics Introduction, Part 2 by charles922 uses some code from my WPF 3D posts. His program lets you experiment with the following orbital parameters: Eccentricity – the eccentricity of the orbit’s ellipse. Inclination – the … Continue reading →

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Save and restore lines drawn by a WPF line editor in C#

Posted on January 10, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Make a WPF line editor C# shows how to make a program that lets the user draw lines on a WPF canvas. This example is similar but it also allows you to save and restore drawings. The WPF … Continue reading →

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Create sized oval images in C#

Posted on December 27, 2018 by RodStephens

Almost as soon as I had finished the example Create oval images in C#, I realized that it wouldn’t work for my purposes. I wanted to make oval images for several people. Unfortunately, that program didn’t let you make images … Continue reading →

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Use WPF 3d techniques to draw a snowman with WPF and C#

Posted on December 24, 2018 by RodStephens

This example shows how to use the tools and techniques described in my book WPF 3d, Three-Dimensional Graphics with WPF and C# to draw a three-dimensional snowman. I won’t go into all of the details because there are a whole … Continue reading →

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Create oval images in C#

Posted on December 13, 2018 by RodStephens

This example lets you create oval images with transparent backgrounds. It includes some features such as menus that let you load and save files. Download the example to see those details. The more interesting part is the code that creates … Continue reading →

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Let the user draw lines in C#

Posted on December 1, 2018 by RodStephens

This example lets the user click and draw to draw lines. To make working with lines easier, the program uses the following Segment class. class Segment { public Pen Pen; public Point Point1, Point2; public Segment(Pen pen, Point point1, Point … Continue reading →

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Tile a board with randomly colored trominoes in C#

Posted on October 17, 2018 by RodStephens

The post Tile a board with colored trominoes in C#explains how to color a tromino filing so no two adjacent trominoes share the same color. That example basically tried every possible color for each of the trominoes until it found … Continue reading →