The Issue
I've been searching for an answer to this issue for a few days now. I need help finding a way to generate a basic star. I have the code to randomly generate the locations done; however, I am new to DirectX and came from the world of XNA and Unity. DirectX development seems overly-complicated at the best of times. I have found a few tutorials, but, I am finding them difficult to follow. I have been unable to render anything to the screen once I've cleared it. I'm using the basic setup as far as rendering goes, I haven't created any special classes or structs. I have been trying to follow the Richard's Software tutorials that were converted to C# from C++ in the book 3D Game Programming With DirectX 11 by Frank D. Luna. The farthest I have been able to successfully complete was clearing to Color.CornflowerBlue.
Question(s)
Are there any simplistic methods to draw/render objects to the screen, I'm able to render text just fine, but images (sprites) and 3D meshes seem to be giving me issues. Is there a simplistic method to draw basic geometric shapes? For example: Primitives.DrawSphere(float radius, Vector3 location, Color c);
If there aren't any simplistic methods available to draw primitives, what is going to be the simplest approach to rendering stars? I can do spheres, sprites with alpha blending to simulate distance, billboards, etc. What will be the simplest method to implement?
How do I implement the simplest method revealed by question 2 above? Code samples, tutorials (no videos), articles, etc. are greatly appreciated as I am having a hard time tracking down good C# references, it would appear that most are utilizing Unity and Unreal these days, but I don't have those options.
Notes
I work in a government environment and am unable to utilize third party tools that haven't been approved. The approval process is a nightmare so third party tools are typically a no go. All supplied answers, documentation, samples, etc. should be strictly utilizing SharpDX.
My Code
My project is a WindowsFormsApplicaiton where the primary form has been derived from RenderForm. I have created a single class called Engine that handles the DirectX code.
Engine.cs:
internal class Engine : IDisposable {
#region Fields
private Device device;
private SwapChain swapChain;
private DeviceContext context;
private Texture2D backBuffer;
private RenderTargetView renderView;
private SynchronizationContext syncContext;
#endregion
#region Events
public event EventHandler Draw;
public event EventHandler Update;
private void SendDraw(object data) { Draw(this, new EventArgs()); }
private void SendUpdate(object data) { Update(this, new EventArgs()); }
#endregion
#region Constructor(s)
public Engine(RenderForm form) {
SwapChainDescription description = new SwapChainDescription() {
ModeDescription = new ModeDescription(form.Width, form.Height, new Rational(60, 1), Format.R8G8B8A8_UNorm),
SampleDescription = new SampleDescription(1, 0),
Usage = Usage.RenderTargetOutput,
BufferCount = 1,
OutputHandle = form.Handle,
IsWindowed = !form.IsFullscreen
};
Device.CreateWithSwapChain(DriverType.Hardware, DeviceCreationFlags.Debug, description, out device, out swapChain);
backBuffer = Resource.FromSwapChain<Texture2D>(swapChain, 0);
renderView = new RenderTargetView(device, backBuffer);
context = device.ImmediateContext;
context.OutputMerger.SetRenderTargets(renderView);
context.Rasterizer.SetViewport(new Viewport(0, 0, form.Width, form.Height));
renderForm = form;
}
#endregion
#region Public Methods
public void Initialize() {
if (SynchronizationContext.Current != null)
syncContext = SynchronizationContext.Current;
else
syncContext = new SynchronizationContext();
RenderLoop.Run(renderForm, delegate() {
context.ClearRenderTargetView(renderView, Color.CornflowerBlue);
syncContext.Send(SendUpdate, null);
syncContext.Send(SendDraw, null);
swapChain.Present(0, 0);
});
}
public void Dispose() { }
#endregion
}
Form1.cs:
public partial class Form1: RenderForm {
private Engine gameEngine;
int count = 0;
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
gameEngine = new Engine(this);
gameEngine.Update += GameEngine_Update;
gameEngine.Draw += GameEngine_Draw;
gameEgnine.Initialize();
}
private void GameEngine_Update(object sender, EventArgs e) => Debug.WriteLine("Updated.");
private void GameEngine_Draw(object sender, EventArgs e) => Debug.WriteLine($"I've drawn {++count} times.");
}
Final Remarks
Any help is appreciated at this point because its going on day 4 and I am still struggling to understand most of the DirectX 11 code. I am by no means new to C# or development; I am just used to Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Unity, XNA, WPF, etc. This is my first experience with DirectX and its definitely over the top. Even worse than when I tried OpenGL ten years ago with hardly any development experience at all.
Few things to start with.
First, DirectX is a very low level API. The only way to get a lower level API on Windows is to go talk to the graphics driver directly, which would be even more of a nightmare. As a result, things tend to be extremely generic, which allows for high flexibility at the cost of being fairly complicated. If you ever wondered what Unity or Unreal were doing under the hood, this is it.
Second, DirectX, and Direct3D in particular, is written in and for C++. C# resources are hard to come by because the API wasn't really intended for use from C# (not that that's a good thing). As a result, discarding the documentation and answers written for C++ is a really bad idea. All the caveats and restrictions on the C++ API also apply to you in the C# world, and you will need to know them.
Third, I will not be able to provide you an entirely C#/SharpDX answer, since I don't use DirectX from C#, but from C++. I'll do what I can to provide accurate mappings, but be aware you are using an API wrapper, which can and will hide some of the details from you. Best option to discover those details would be to have the source code of SharpDX up as you go through the C++ documentation.
Now on to the questions you have. Strap in, this will be long.
First up: there's no simple way to render a primitive object in Direct3D 11. Rendering a six faced cube has the same steps as rendering a 200 million vertex mesh of New York City.
In the rendering loop, we need to do several actions to render anything. In this list, you've already done step 1 and 7, and partially done step 2:
Clear the back buffer and depth/stencil buffers.
Set the input layout, shaders, pipeline state objects, render targets, and viewports used in the current rendering pass.
Set the vertex buffer, index buffer, constant buffers, shader resources and samplers used by the current mesh being drawn.
Issue the draw call for the given mesh.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all meshes that must be drawn in the current rendering pass.
Repeat steps 2 through 5 for all passes defined by the application.
Present the swap chain.
Fairly complex, just to render something as simple as a cube. This process needs several objects, of which we already have a few:
A Device object instance, for creating new D3D objects
A DeviceContext object instance, for issuing drawing operations and setting pipeline state
A DXGI.SwapChain object instance, to manage the back buffer(s) and present the next buffer in the chain to the desktop
A Texture2D object instance, to represent the back buffer owned by the swap chain
A RenderTargetView object instance, to allow the graphics card to use a texture as the destination for a rendering operation
A DepthStencilView object instance, if we're are using the depth buffer
VertexShader and PixelShader object instances, representing the shaders used by the GPU during the vertex and pixel shader stages of the graphics pipeline
An InputLayout object instance, representing the exact layout of one vertex in our vertex buffer
A set of Buffer object instances, representing the vertex buffers and index buffers containing our geometry and the constant buffers containing parameters for our shaders
A set of Texture2D object instances with associated ShaderResourceView object instances, representing any textures or surface maps to be applied to our geometry
A set of SamplerState object instances, for sampling the above textures from our shaders
A RasterizerState object instance, to describe the culling, depth biasing, multisampling, and antialiasing parameters the rasterizer should use
A DepthStencilState object instance, to describe how the GPU should conduct the depth test, what causes a depth test fail, and what a fail should do
A BlendState object instance, to describe how the GPU should blend multiple render targets together
Now, what does this look like as actual C# code?
Probably something like this (for rendering):
//Step 1 - Clear the targets
// Clear the back buffer to blue
context.ClearRenderTargetView(BackBufferView, Color.CornflowerBlue);
// Clear the depth buffer to the maximum value.
context.ClearDepthStencilView(DepthStencilBuffer, DepthStencilClearFlags.Depth, 1.0f, 0);
//Step 2 - Set up the pipeline.
// Input Assembler (IA) stage
context.InputAssembler.InputLayout = VertexBufferLayout;
// Vertex Shader (VS) stage
context.VertexShader.Set(SimpleVertexShader);
// Rasterizer (RS) stage
context.Rasterizer.State = SimpleRasterState;
context.Rasterizer.SetViewport(new Viewport(0, 0, form.Width, form.Height));
// Pixel Shader (PS) stage
context.PixelShader.Set(SimplePixelShader);
// Output Merger (OM) stage
context.OutputMerger.SetRenderTargets(DepthStencilBuffer, BackBufferView);
context.OutputMerger.SetDepthStencilState(SimpleDepthStencilState);
context.OutputMerger.SetBlendState(SimpleBlendState);
//Step 3 - Set up the geometry
// Vertex buffers
context.InputAssembler.PrimitiveTopology = PrimitiveTopology.TriangleList;
context.InputAssembler.SetVertexBuffers(0, new VertexBufferBinding(VertexBuffer, sizeof(Vertex), 0));
// Index buffer
context.InputAssembler.SetIndexBuffer(IndexBuffer, Format.R16_UInt, 0);
// Constant buffers
context.VertexShader.SetConstantBuffer(0, TransformationMatrixBuffer);
context.PixelShader.SetConstantBuffer(0, AmbientLightBuffer);
// Shader resources
context.PixelShader.SetShaderResource(0, MeshTexture);
// Samplers
context.PixelShader.SetSampler(0, MeshTextureSampler);
//Step 4 - Draw the object
context.DrawIndexed(IndexBuffer.Count, 0, 0);
//Step 5 - Advance to the next object and repeat.
// No next object currently.
//Step 6 - Advance to the next pipeline configuration
// No next pipeline configuration currently.
//Step 7 - Present to the screen.
swapChain.Present(0, 0);
The vertex and pixel shaders in this example code expect:
A model with position, normal, and texture coordinates per vertex
The position of the camera in world space, the world-view-projection matrix, world inverse transpose matrix, and world matrix as a vertex shader constant buffer
The ambient, diffuse, and specular colors of the light, as well as its position in the world, as a pixel shader constant buffer
The 2D texture to apply to the surface of the model in the pixel shader, and
The sampler to use when accessing the pixels of the above texture.
Now the rendering code itself is fairly simple - the setup is the harder part of it:
//Create the vertex buffer
VertexBuffer = new Buffer(device, RawVertexInfo, new BufferDescription {
SizeInBytes = RawVertexInfo.Length * sizeof(Vertex),
Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
BindFlags = BindFlags.VertexBuffer,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.None,
StructureByteStride = sizeof(Vertex)
});
//Create the index buffer
IndexCount = (int)RawIndexInfo.Length;
IndexBuffer = new Buffer(device, RawIndexInfo, new BufferDescription {
SizeInBytes = IndexCount * sizeof(ushort),
Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
BindFlags = BindFlags.IndexBuffer,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.None,
StructureByteStride = sizeof(ushort)
});
//Create the Depth/Stencil view.
Texture2D DepthStencilTexture = new Texture2D(device, new Texture2DDescription {
Format = Format.D32_Float,
BindFlags = BindFlags.DepthStencil,
Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
Height = renderForm.Height,
Width = renderForm.Width,
ArraySize = 1,
MipLevels = 1,
SampleDescription = new SampleDescription {
Count = 1,
Quality = 0,
},
CpuAccessFlags = 0,
OptionFlags = 0
});
DepthStencilBuffer = new DepthStencilView(device, DepthStencilTexture);
SimpleDepthStencilState = new DepthStencilState(device, new DepthStencilStateDescription {
IsDepthEnabled = true,
DepthComparison = Comparison.Less,
});
//default blend state - can be omitted from the application if defaulted.
SimpleBlendState = new BlendState(device, new BlendStateDescription {
});
//Default rasterizer state - can be omitted from the application if defaulted.
SimpleRasterState = new RasterizerState(device, new RasterizerStateDescription {
CullMode = CullMode.Back,
IsFrontCounterClockwise = false,
});
// Input layout.
VertexBufferLayout = new InputLayout(device, VertexShaderByteCode, new InputElement[] {
new InputElement {
SemanticName = "POSITION",
Slot = 0,
SemanticIndex = 0,
Format = Format.R32G32B32_Float,
Classification = InputClassification.PerVertexData,
AlignedByteOffset = 0,
InstanceDataStepRate = 0,
},
new InputElement {
SemanticName = "NORMAL",
Slot = 0,
SemanticIndex = 0,
Format = Format.R32G32B32_Float,
Classification = InputClassification.PerVertexData,
AlignedByteOffset = InputElement.AppendAligned,
InstanceDataStepRate = 0,
},
new InputElement {
SemanticName = "TEXCOORD0",
Slot = 0,
SemanticIndex = 0,
Format = Format.R32G32_Float,
Classification = InputClassification.PerVertexData,
AlignedByteOffset = InputElement.AppendAligned,
InstanceDataStepRate = 0,
},
});
//Vertex/Pixel shaders
SimpleVertexShader = new VertexShader(device, VertexShaderByteCode);
SimplePixelShader = new PixelShader(device, PixelShaderByteCode);
//Constant buffers
TransformationMatrixBuffer = new Buffer(device, new BufferDescription {
SizeInBytes = sizeof(TransformationMatrixParameters),
BindFlags = BindFlags.ConstantBuffer,
Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
});
AmbientLightBuffer = new Buffer(device, new BufferDescription {
SizeInBytes = sizeof(AmbientLightParameters),
BindFlags = BindFlags.ConstantBuffer,
Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
});
// Mesh texture
MeshTexture = new Texture2D(device, new Texture2DDescription {
Format = Format.B8G8R8A8_UNorm,
BindFlags = BindFlags.ShaderResource,
Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
Height = MeshImage.Height,
Width = MeshImage.Width,
ArraySize = 1,
MipLevels = 0,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.None,
SampleDescription = new SampleDescription {
Count = 1,
Quality = 0,
}
});
//Shader view for the texture
MeshTextureView = new ShaderResourceView(device, MeshTexture);
//Sampler for the texture
MeshTextureSampler = new SamplerState(device, new SamplerStateDescription {
AddressU = TextureAddressMode.Clamp,
AddressV = TextureAddressMode.Clamp,
AddressW = TextureAddressMode.Border,
BorderColor = new SharpDX.Mathematics.Interop.RawColor4(255, 0, 255, 255),
Filter = Filter.MaximumMinMagMipLinear,
ComparisonFunction = Comparison.Never,
MaximumLod = float.MaxValue,
MinimumLod = float.MinValue,
MaximumAnisotropy = 1,
MipLodBias = 0,
});
As you can see, there's a lot of stuff to get through.
As this has already gotten a lot longer than most people have the patience for, I'd recommend getting and reading the book by Frank D. Luna, as he does a much better job of explaining the pipeline stages and the expectations Direct3D has of your application.
I'd also recommend reading through the C++ documentation for the Direct3D API, as, again, everything there will apply to SharpDX.
In addition, you'll want to look into HLSL, as you'll need to define and compile a shader to make any of the above code even work, and if you want any texturing, you'll need to figure out how to get the image data into Direct3D.
On the bright side, if you manage to implement all of this in a clean, extensible manner, you'll be able to render practically anything with little additional effort.
I am attempting to use alpha blending with SharpDX. If I set my blend state on my output merger, nothing renders at all, and I have absolutely no idea why. When never setting the blend state, everything works fine. Even if I set a blend state with the default blend description, nothing renders. I figure there's some step I'm missing or I am doing something in the wrong order, so I'll just paste what I've got and hope somebody can point something out...
I have a BlendState set up using the following code:
bs = new BlendState(Devices.Device11, new BlendStateDescription());
var blendDesc = new RenderTargetBlendDescription(
true,
BlendOption.SourceAlpha,
BlendOption.InverseSourceAlpha,
BlendOperation.Add,
BlendOption.One,
BlendOption.Zero,
BlendOperation.Add,
ColorWriteMaskFlags.All);
bs.Description.RenderTarget[0] = blendDesc;
...and here are the contents of my render loop. If all I do is comment out context.OutputMerger.SetBlendState(bs), my meshes render fine (without any blending, that is):
var context = Devices.Device11.ImmediateContext;
context.ClearDepthStencilView(DepthStencilView, DepthStencilClearFlags.Depth, 1.0f, 0);
context.ClearRenderTargetView(RenderTargetView, new Color4());
context.OutputMerger.SetTargets(DepthStencilView, RenderTargetView);
context.OutputMerger.SetBlendState(bs);
context.Rasterizer.State = rs;
context.Rasterizer.SetViewport(Viewport);
context.VertexShader.SetConstantBuffer(0, viewProjBuffer);
context.UpdateSubresource(Camera.ViewProjection.ToFloatArray(), viewProjBuffer);
Dictionary<Mesh, Buffer> vBuffers = VertexBuffers.ToDictionary(k => k.Key, v => v.Value);
Dictionary<Mesh, Buffer> iBuffers = IndexBuffers.ToDictionary(k => k.Key, v => v.Value);
foreach (var mesh in vBuffers.Keys)
{
if (mesh.MeshType == MeshType.LineStrip)
{
context.InputAssembler.PrimitiveTopology = PrimitiveTopology.LineStrip;
context.InputAssembler.InputLayout = Effects.LineEffect.InputLayout;
context.VertexShader.Set(Effects.LineEffect.VertexShader);
context.PixelShader.Set(Effects.LineEffect.PixelShader);
}
else
{
context.InputAssembler.PrimitiveTopology = PrimitiveTopology.TriangleList;
context.InputAssembler.InputLayout = Effects.FaceEffect.InputLayout;
context.VertexShader.Set(Effects.FaceEffect.VertexShader);
context.PixelShader.Set(Effects.FaceEffect.PixelShader);
}
context.InputAssembler.SetVertexBuffers(0, new VertexBufferBinding(vBuffers[mesh], GetMeshStride(mesh) * 4, 0));
context.InputAssembler.SetIndexBuffer(iBuffers[mesh], Format.R32_UInt, 0);
context.DrawIndexed(mesh.IndexUsage, 0, 0);
}
context.ResolveSubresource(RenderTarget, 0, SharedTexture, 0, Format.B8G8R8A8_UNorm);
context.Flush();
I am rendering to a texture, which is initialized using the following texture description:
Texture2DDescription colorDesc = new Texture2DDescription
{
BindFlags = BindFlags.RenderTarget | BindFlags.ShaderResource,
Format = Format.B8G8R8A8_UNorm,
Width = width,
Height = height,
MipLevels = 1,
SampleDescription = new SampleDescription(8, 32),
Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.Shared,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
ArraySize = 1
};
It is important for me to render to a texture and for me to use that format. I thought that maybe blending worked with particular formats, but I could not find any info suggesting anything of that sort.
I am also multisampling, which is why I call ResolveSubresource(...) at the end of my render method. The texture I am copying to has an identical description to RenderTarget, except with a different SampleDescription.
Speaking of multisampling, here's the RasterizerState I am using:
rs = new RasterizerState(Devices.Device11, new RasterizerStateDescription()
{
FillMode = FillMode.Solid,
CullMode = CullMode.Back,
IsFrontCounterClockwise = true,
DepthBias = 0,
DepthBiasClamp = 0,
SlopeScaledDepthBias = 0,
IsDepthClipEnabled = true,
IsScissorEnabled = false,
IsMultisampleEnabled = true,
IsAntialiasedLineEnabled = true
});
I am rendering with a shader, which is basically a "Hello World" shader plus a camera matrix and basic normal direction lighting. I've verified that my vertex alpha values are what they're supposed to be just as they're being populated into their vertex buffers... and even if I hardcode their alpha to 1 at the end of the pixel shader, I still get nothing, so long as I use that BlendState. Without using BlendState, everything renders opaque as expected, regardless of alpha values. I've even tried implementing the blend state in the shader itself, but that seems to have no effect whatsoever. Everything appears to render as if no blending was defined at all.
If it matters, I'm using FeatureLevel.Level.Level_11_0 with my Device.
Unfortunately this is about as much as I have to go on. Like I said this problem is a total mystery to me at this point.
Just wanted to update this for anyone who comes here in the future. Something that worked for me was quite simply:
BlendStateDescription blendStateDescription = new BlendStateDescription
{
AlphaToCoverageEnable = false,
};
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].IsBlendEnabled = true;
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].SourceBlend = BlendOption.SourceAlpha;
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].DestinationBlend = BlendOption.InverseSourceAlpha;
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].BlendOperation = BlendOperation.Add;
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].SourceAlphaBlend = BlendOption.Zero;
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].DestinationAlphaBlend = BlendOption.Zero;
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].AlphaBlendOperation = BlendOperation.Add;
blendStateDescription.RenderTarget[0].RenderTargetWriteMask = ColorWriteMaskFlags.All;
this._context.OutputMerger.BlendState = new BlendState(_device,blendStateDescription);
I also handled the alpha component in my shader, as well, in case you want to manually add transparency to a model, pseudo code:
float4 PixelShaderMain( PixelShaderArgs pixelShaderArgs )
: SV_Target
{
float u = pixelShaderArgs.col.x;
float v = pixelShaderArgs.col.y;
float4 color = ShaderTexture.Load(int3(convertUVToPixel(u,v),0));
return float4(color.r,color.g,color.b,0.5); // 50% transparency
}
Hope this helps someone instead of getting a dead page that basically points nowhere. Happy coding everyone!
iam using DevExpress v.10.2 and want to show a XRLabel on XtraReport with Angle. If iam using the Designer it is working fine. But now i want to do this at runtime, because the Label.Text is dynamic. My Problem is that the Report doesnt show my Label. I read some DevExpress Support article, which descripe that it is just working on PDF-Format. But in my case i just see a small grey line.
I tried following to just populating my XRLabel for the first:
XRLabel druckinfo = new XRLabel();
druckinfo.Text = string.Format("SB{0} {1} EMAIL {2}", _Sachbearbeiter.Sbnr, _Kennung,
_Sachbearbeiter.Email1); //The values are filled and working.
druckinfo.Visible = true;
druckinfo.AutoWidth = false;
druckinfo.Angle = 90;
druckinfo.Font = new Font("Arial", 6f);
band.Controls.Add(druckinfo); //This is the DetailBand where i add other Labels too and its working fine.
druckinfo.HeightF = 500f; //Setting Height very high, because the text turns and i thought this is working. But seems to have no effect :(
druckinfo.LocationF = new PointF(400f, 400f);
druckinfo.Borders = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BorderSide.All;
If i delete following line:
druckinfo.Angle = 90;
the Label becomes show fine but without Angle for sure.
Here a Screenshot which shows the Label with top settings on the PDF:
This are the settings of my Report:
_Report.PaperKind = PaperKind.A4;
_Report.ReportUnit = ReportUnit.HundredthsOfAnInch;
_Report.ShowPrintMarginsWarning = false;
_Report.Margins = new Margins(0, 0, 0, 0);
All other Properties are on default value. The Bands which exists are following:
PageHeaderBand
DetailBand
PageFooterBand
regards
This seems to be working :) I am not sure why this works and my top post dont. But i copied the code which is generated by designer and now it works.
XRLabel druckinfo = new XRLabel();
druckinfo.Angle = 90F;
druckinfo.Padding = new PaddingInfo(2, 2, 0, 0, 96F);
druckinfo.SizeF = new SizeF(29.16666F, 500F);
druckinfo.Font = new Font("Arial",8f);
druckinfo.Text = text;
_Band.Controls.Add(druckinfo);
druckinfo.LocationF = new PointF(0F, 500F);
I have a Canvas which I would need to animate the RenderTransform property of. The start and end matrices will be abitrary, so I can't pre write the storyboard in XAML, so I'm trying to do it in code, I can't find any example of how to do this, below is my best try which does not work (it compiles and runs, but the rendertransform does not change).
Any suggestions on how this should be done?
MatrixAnimationUsingKeyFrames anim = new MatrixAnimationUsingKeyFrames();
MatrixKeyFrameCollection keyframes = new MatrixKeyFrameCollection();
DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame start = new DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame(fromMatrix, KeyTime.FromPercent(0));
DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame end = new DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame(toMatrix, KeyTime.FromPercent(1));
keyframes.Add(start);
keyframes.Add(end);
anim.KeyFrames = keyframes;
Storyboard.SetTarget(anim, World.RenderTransform);
Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(anim, new PropertyPath("Matrix"));
Storyboard sb = new Storyboard();
sb.Children.Add(anim);
sb.Duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4);
sb.Begin();
I have implemented MatrixAnimation class which supports smooth translation, scaling and rotation animations. It also supports easing functions! Find at http://pwlodek.blogspot.com/2010/12/matrixanimation-for-wpf.html
I bumped into this problem this morning, although the solution I used won't cope with rotations or shearing. link
I managed to get matrixtransform working by setting rendersource and using beginanimation
something like this:
this.matrixTransform = new MatrixTransform();
this.canvas.RenderTransform = this.matrixTransform;
MatrixAnimationUsingKeyFrames anim = new MatrixAnimationUsingKeyFrames();
anim.KeyFrames = new MatrixKeyFrameCollection();
anim.Duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4);
Matrix fromMatrix = new Matrix(2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0);
Matrix toMatrix = new Matrix(3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0);
anim.FillBehavior = FillBehavior.HoldEnd;
DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame start = new DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame(fromMatrix, KeyTime.FromTimeSpan(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0)));
DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame end = new DiscreteMatrixKeyFrame(toMatrix, KeyTime.FromTimeSpan(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4)));
anim.KeyFrames.Add(start);
anim.KeyFrames.Add(end);
this.matrixTransform.BeginAnimation(MatrixTransform.MatrixProperty, anim);
Not sure exactly how I'm going to do the interpolation for all the keyframes myself though :)