How to Start with Visual basic Experss 2008

Question

I want to draw a figure of Gas turbine Power generator and make operator simulator for Gas turbnine generator
Can any one guide me about it

Answer 1

Hi viren,

Welcome to MSDN forums!

1.     Generally we can draw common graphics such as rectangles, ellipses, and 3D graphics objects via GDI+ in WinForms application.
System.Drawing.Graphics class has some methods in the format of Draw*** to draw graphics.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.graphics_members.aspx

Example GDI+ Samples - Rectangles, Ellipses, and 3D

The sample code in this article shows you how to use GDI+ and VB.NET to draw rectangles, ellipses, and 3D graphics objects.

 

2.     To create simple 3D graphics in VB.NET, you need to imports System.Drawing and System.Drawing.Drawing2D namespaces, fill the background using Solid brush, Overrides OnPaint() method. If you want to create 3D animation, suggest using Microsoft DirectX.

 

Examples:

1) GDI+ Samples - Rectangles, Ellipses, and 3D

The sample code in this article shows you how to use GDI+ and VB.NET to draw rectangles, ellipses, and 3D graphics objects.

 

2) Here is one 3D application, you can download its source project and view it.

3D tree rendering in C#/VB.NET
This program may help beginners learn more about graphics, GDI+, mathematical algorithms, fractals, recursive functions.

 

3) Using True Vision to Create 3D DirectX Animation in C# and .NET

This article will give you an easy way to create 3D animation using the True Vision Game Engine. True Vision wraps the DirectX framework for a more straightforward way of 3D game development in .NET.

3. If you want to build rich Windows smart client user experiences UI, you can try WPF.
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides developers with a unified programming model for building rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.
WPF Forum http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/threads

 

Best regards,
Martin Xie

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