Category Archives: XAML

Use XAML data binding to display an animated rectangle’s location

Posted on November 6, 2020 by RodStephens

This example uses storyboard animation to move a rectangle and uses XAML data binding to display the rectangle’s location as it moves. It’s actually fairly simple, at least a far as WPF goes, once you figure out how to do … Continue reading →

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Pingback: Code Project post “Clipping Plane in WPF 3D”

Posted on July 12, 2020 by RodStephens

The Code Project post Clipping Plane in WPF 3D by charles922 references a couple of my WPF 3D posts. His post explains several WPF 3D concepts including; Manger sponges (refers to my post Use a dictionary to draw a 3D … Continue reading →

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Move and resize polygons in WPF and C#

Posted on March 12, 2020 by RodStephens

The example Move and resize multiple shapes in WPF and C# shows how to resize some shapes in WPF, but it doesn’t let you resize polygons. You determine the position and size of most shapes by giving their left, top, … Continue reading →

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Move and resize multiple shapes in WPF and C#

Posted on March 10, 2020 by RodStephens

The example Move and resize multiple rectangles in WPF and C# shows how to let the user move and resize multiple rectangles in a WPF program. This example extends that one to let you move and resize multiple shapes. See … Continue reading →

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Make a pie slice drawing extension in WPF and C#

Posted on June 2, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to make an extension method to draw a pie slice easily in WPF and C#. My post Make an intuitive extension method to draw an elliptical arc in WPF and C# shows how to make an … Continue reading →

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Make an intuitive extension method to draw an elliptical arc in WPF and C#

Posted on May 20, 2019 by RodStephens

In my previous post Draw an elliptical arc in WPF and XAML, I explained how WPF makes you define an elliptical arc. Their method almost makes sense if you want draw an arc as part of a path. however, if … Continue reading →

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Draw an elliptical arc in WPF and XAML

Posted on May 17, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to use XAML code to draw an elliptical arc in a WPF. The following sections explain how to specify an elliptical arc and how to draw one in XAML. Specifying an Elliptical Arc WPF provides several … Continue reading →

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Make drawing extension methods in WPF and C#

Posted on May 15, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to make a few handy extension methods for drawing in WPF. Drawing in WPF is at best awkward and at worst downright painful. For example, the following XAML code draws a rectangle. <Grid> <Canvas Name=”canDrawing”> <Rectangle … 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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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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