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A good 2D-primitive rendering library for C#/.NET?

Hi,

I'm developing a C#/.NET application (Winforms/WPF, not entirely decided yet) which needs to display simple diagrams: boxes/"text boxes", lines/arrows, circles, text etc... Some items on the diagram need to be clickable/selectable, allowing me to display e.g. a dialog for filling in data on the selected item. I guess the diagram display could all be done from scratch using e.g. GDI+, but before going down that path I would like to ask for input/suggestions on existing libraries to use (commercial or free)?

I've already tried to google for suitable libraries, but found mostly 2D game-engines or "graph/chart"-rendering libraries. Neither seem to fit my requirements.

Best regards,

Søren

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I have used Piccolo2D for Java, but they aslo have a .Net version, and it's community driven.

The only problem is, I don't know how updated the .Net version is or give any comment on how well it works (.Net version).

Koekiebox  2010-10-01 11:14:23
I would prefer a native C# library. What's the performance like for Piccolo2D?
S.C. Madsen  2010-10-01 11:40:49
Piccolo2d is what you are looking for. You can also check out the .net examples. I am not sure about the performance in .net, but the Java performance is fine.
Koekiebox  2010-10-01 21:43:58
+1  A: 

Even if you said you looked already into "graph/chart" libraries. What about Nevron Diagram? The only drawback would be that it is not free, but it doesn't cost that much.

Oliver  2010-10-01 11:16:10
That might be worth a try, seems to support everything I need. Perhaps a simpler library would do? Thanks for the tip, anyway (+1)
S.C. Madsen  2010-10-01 11:45:00
I'm still not entirely convinced that I will use "Nevron Diagrams" in my final product, but your response came the closests to meeting my requirements....
S.C. Madsen  2010-10-06 07:22:50

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