3D Graphics

[rob]

I'm not sure if this should be in the expert board or not, but I was wondering how one would display a 3D image, like a cube for example, without using OpenGl or DirectX.  Also, what do programs like Rhino3D and Maya use for displaying graphics (OpenGl, DirectX, other)?

[Stefan Pendl]

You can use GDI to display 3D images, for moving objects I would use OpenGL or DirectX.

CAD programs mostly use OpenGL, because they have their roots on UNIX, where DirectX is not available.

[rob]

Thanks for the info. 

[Ben_pcc]

OpenGL is preffered nowadays since it's cross platform and very easy to use.

Consider using SDL. It took me a week to setup an OGL window back in 2004, it took all of December 2005 to setup a DirectDraw window, and last month it took me an hour to setup SDL last month. SDL is a very simple interface for OGL or DirectDraw.


I don't know what Rhino uses, but whatever it is, it sucks.