D2DGradientMesh

Direct2D gradient mesh sample

This sample demonstrates how to instantiate and render a gradient mesh in Direct2D. This samples uses the helper method provided by Direct2D to create a mesh consisting of two tensor patches that share a side.

Some important APIs used in this sample are:

• The D2D1::GradientMeshPatch function, which creates the D2D1_GRADIENT_MESH_PATCH structures that contain the tensor patch data.
• The ID2D1DeviceContext2::CreateGradientMesh method, which creates an ID2D1GradientMesh object on the Direct2D device.
• The ID2D1DeviceContext2::DrawGradientMesh method, which renders the ID2D1GradientMesh object to the device context.

Related topics

D2D1_GRADIENT_MESH_PATCH structure

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview

Phone: Windows 10

Build the sample

1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.

Deploying the sample

• Select Build > Deploy Solution.

Deploying and running the sample

• To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or selectDebug > Start Without Debugging.