Ab4d.SharpEngine is Vulkan based cross-platform 3D rendering engine for desktop and mobile .Net applications.
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Ab4d.SharpEngine
Ab4d.SharpEngine is a cross-platform Vulkan based 3D rendering engine for desktop and mobile .Net applications.
Vulkan is a high performance graphics and cross-platform API that is similar to DirectX 12 but can run on multiple platforms.
The following features are supported by the current version:
- Using any coordinate system (y-up or z-up, right-handed or left-handed)
- Many SceneNode objects (boxes, spheres, planes, cones, lines, poly-lines, curves, etc.)
- Render line caps (arrows, etc.), line with pattern, poly-lines with miter or bevel connections, hidden lines
- Object instancing (InstancedMeshNode) that allows rendering millions of mesh instances
- Simple to use cameras: TargetPositionCamera, FirstPersonCamera, FreeCamera, MatrixCamera
- Camera controllers that can rotate the camera around the mouse position, zoom to position and other advanced functions
- Lights: AmbientLight, DirectionalLight, PointLight, SpotLight, CameraLight
- Improved visual quality with super-sampling and multi-sampling
- Many post-processing effects
- Render vector and bitmap text
- Render CT and MRI scans by using Volume rendering
- Included reader and writer for .obj and .stl files.
- Import 3D objects from glTF files and export the scene to glTF file by using Ab4d.SharpEngine.glTF
- Assimp importer that uses a third-party library to import 3D models from almost any file format
Samples
Ab4d.SharpEngine.Samples on GitHub
Platforms and UI frameworks:
Windows:
- AvaloniaUI support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library)
- WPF full composition support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.Wpf library)
- WinUI 3 support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.WinUI library)
- WinForms support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.WinForms library)
- Uno Platform
- MAUI
- Using SDL or Glfw (using a third-party Silk.Net library; the same project also works on Linux)
- ImGui (using a third-party ImGui.NET library)
Linux (including Raspberry PI 4 and similar devices):
- AvaloniaUI support with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library)
- Uno Platform
- Using SDL or Glfw (using third-party Silk.Net library; the same project also works on Windows)
- Off-screen rendering combined with Linux framebuffer display (FbDev or DRM/KMS).
- ImGui (using a third-party ImGui.NET library)
- See "Vulkan on Raspberry Pi 4" guide on how to use SharpEngine on Raspberry Pi 4 with an external monitor.
Android:
- Using AvaloniaUI with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library).
- Using SurfaceView in C# Android Application
- MAUI
macOS:
- Using AvaloniaUI with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library). Requires MoltenVK library - see special project for macos.
- Using MAUI - requires MoltenVK library - see "Building for macOS and iOS" on Ab4d.SharpEngine.Samples on GitHub.
iOS:
- AvaloniaUI with SharpEngineSceneView control (Ab4d.SharpEngine.AvaloniaUI library). Requires MoltenVK library - see Building for macOS and iOS below.
- Using MAUI - requires MoltenVK library - see "Building for macOS and iOS" on Ab4d.SharpEngine.Samples on GitHub.