ThickLineEffect Class


ThickLineEffect Class

ThickLineEffect is an effect that is using geometry shader to create and render 3D lines with specified line thickness.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace: Ab3d.DirectX.Effects
Assembly: Ab3d.DXEngine (in Ab3d.DXEngine.dll) Version: 7.0.8865.1045

Syntax

public class ThickLineEffect : Effect

The ThickLineEffect type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ThickLineEffect	Constructor
	ThickLineEffect(String)	Constructor

Properties

	Name	Description
	CustomWireframeRasterizerState	Gets or sets a RasterizerState that can be used when 3D lines are drawn without using geometry shader. If not set then DxDevice.CommonStates.WireframeMultisample is used.
	GlobalLineThicknessFactor	Gets or sets a double value that is multiplied by all LineThickness values for all line materials that are rendered by this ThickLineEffect. Default value is 1. This preserves the original LineThickness. Changing this value can change the line thickness of all lines in the scene.
	OverrideBlendState	When OverrideBlendState is set then ThickLineEffect will use that blend state. When null (by default) then Opaque blend state is used when lines's alpha color is 1, and NonPremultipliedAlphaBlend is used when alpha color is less then 1.
	RequiredInputLayoutType	Gets the input layout that is required to render this effect. (Overrides EffectRequiredInputLayoutType)
	UseGeometryShader	Gets or sets a boolean that specifes if geometry shader is used to render the lines. Note that if DXScene.UseGeometryShaderFor3DLines is set to false, that this will override the value of UseGeometryShader property.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ApplyMaterial	Applies the material and object's world matrix to this effect. (Overrides EffectApplyMaterial(Material, RenderablePrimitiveBase))
	PreloadShaders	PreloadShaders can be called to load the shaders in advance before they are used. Calling this method increases the startup time, but when the 3D object needs to be shown, it is shown faster because all the shaders have already been created. (Overrides EffectPreloadShaders)

Fields

	Name	Description
	EffectName	EffectName
	NoPatternLinePattern	NoPatternLinePattern defines a line pattern that represents a solid line without any spaces. It value is 0xFFFF.