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3D Engine in VB? Ofcoarse you can!! Long time ago, I started programming 3D environment in VB (and QBasic). Not to be smarter then DirectX of OpenGL, just for fun and understanding of these mathematics.

3D Environment v2.0

Juli 2003
Finaly version 'next' ;)
Like in the image, it's possible to show surfaces. Also more file formats are supported, like:
  • DirectX-Ascii (.x) (Input)
  • Stereo Lithography-Ascii (.txt) (Input/Output)
  • Stereo Lithography-Bin (.StL) (Input/Output)
  • Unigraphics 16 Point Cloud (.dat)
  • Unigraphics 16 Macro (.macro)

    • 3D Environment v1.1

    		nov. 2002
    The current version v1.1 supports:
  • Translation, rotation & scaling the view poort (camera)
  • Wire-frame objects
  • More objects in 'world space'
  • Translation, rotation & scaling of one single object
  • Edit geometry
  • Open & saven object and/or the entire environment
    Download here the file structuur. (PDF 7,9Kb)

    • 3D Environment v1.0

    		feb. 2001
    So GamePic supports 2D, it's even more fun to have something in 3D! While I'm trying this for a long time, I haven't got a handy dll file for supporting an 3D environment. What I have is a simple program (17Kb) which even supports perspective!