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3D Programming For Windows: Three-Dimensional Graphics Programming for the Windows Presentation Foundation (Pro - Developer) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: MICROSOFT PRESS (1 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0735623945
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735623941
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 328,640 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Get a focused introduction to programming 3D graphics with the Windows Presentation Foundation 3D API. Complementing his book Applications = Code + Markup, award-winning author Charles Petzold builds on XAML essentials, teaching you how to display and animate 3D graphics under the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Vista. You’ll get expert guidance and code samples in XAML and Microsoft Visual C#— helping you master the skills you need to create high-fidelity user interfaces. Discover how to: • Define complex 3D objects with triangle meshes • Enhance the illumination of 3D surfaces with light and shading effects • Color 3D figures with gradients, bitmaps, and drawings • Add animation with transforms and vertex manipulation • Represent linear, affine, and camera transforms by using matrices • Calculate vector angles, angles of rotation, and axes of rotation • Generate triangle meshes efficiently by using C# code • Express rotation by using quaternion computation • Provide a user interface for manipulating and drawing 3D figures PLUS—Get Visual C# and XAML code samples on the Web 


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Charles Petzold wrote the classic Programming Windows, which is currently in its fifth edition and one of the best-known and widely used programming books of all time. He was honored in 1994 with the Windows Pioneer Award, presented by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Windows Magazine. He has been programming with Windows since first obtaining a beta Windows 1.0 SDK in the spring of 1985, and he wrote the very first magazine article on Windows programming in 1986. Charles is an MVP for Client Application Development and the author of several other books including Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Must have for someone working with WPF 3D, 13 Nov 2007
By Mr. John Twist (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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If you've read Petzold's previous book on WPF "Applications = Code + Markup" the first thing you'll want to know about this book is 'Has Charles made the same mistake and conciously opted to use barely any images or diagrams?'. The good news is no, he hasn't. The book has plenty of screenshots and diagrams that really complement the text.

Petzold has covered the subject in tremendous detail and with a thouroughness I really didn't expect, uncovering mathematical topics I haven't even thought about since I left University. For example, three of the chapters are called "Algorithmic Mesh Geometries", "Matrix Transforms" and "Quaternions" - 3D programming isn't for the mathematically impaired.

As a reference, this book is a *must have* for anyone working with, or about to work with 3D in WPF. On the other hand, if you're looking for a quick overview of the 'art of the possible' with WPF 3D then this probably isn't the book for you. Indeed I think it might have benefited from a longer, gentler introduction to ease you into the subject matter; a 10,000 feet view, if you will.

The prose of the book is very dry making it an almost impossible casual read but, given the subject matter, it would be hard to avoid this problem. So in summary: an OK read for the curious, a great reference and good book overall.
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