06-26-2023, 08:45 PM
Ab3d.PowerToys and Ab3d.DXEngine are both build for WPF. But as you can see, they can also work fine for WinForms.
If you will be shown only 3D graphics then I think that there are no significant differences. But if you also want to show UI elements on top of the 3D scene, the WPF is surely better because it much harder to do that with WinForms (see DXEngineOther/OverlayControlsSample sample).
Also for other UI elements WPF is much more capable then WinForms.
So, the librarries are surely more "biased" towards WPF, but it is hard to provide a general advise if you should use it instread of WinForms - it depands heavily on other aspects of your application and your knowlage and preferences there.
If you will be shown only 3D graphics then I think that there are no significant differences. But if you also want to show UI elements on top of the 3D scene, the WPF is surely better because it much harder to do that with WinForms (see DXEngineOther/OverlayControlsSample sample).
Also for other UI elements WPF is much more capable then WinForms.
So, the librarries are surely more "biased" towards WPF, but it is hard to provide a general advise if you should use it instread of WinForms - it depands heavily on other aspects of your application and your knowlage and preferences there.
Andrej Benedik