First,you need to download a DirectX9 Sdk and setup it.( DX9 SDK June 2006 You can also use other versions of DX9 SDK.)

Then you need to build a empty Win32 project with you visual c++

(Why empty project?

Because empty project is easy to use.I dislike the code created automatically by VC++...

You may build a non-empty project as you know how to do it exactly.)

Add all files in Rap3d to your project

Like this:

Wanna konw how to work with Rap3d?

You may read the \Samples (included in Rap3d.rar)

Sample List:

--Work with 3D Model

--draw 2d on screen

--Bill Board

--Animation Board

--Music & Font

 

Now Let's have a look at how easy rap3d is.

This is the code of displaying 3d model for example.

How easy it is!



/* *************************************** 
Rap3D Engine Sample 
http://rap3d.sf.net 
Author: Bill Hsu (C) All Rights Reserved 
http://www.graptor.com 
MSN/Email: bill # graptor.com (change" # "into @)  
**************************************** */ 

#include " ..\\..\\Rap3d\\Rap3d.h " 
#include " ..\\..\\Rap3d\\RapModel.h " 

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); 
void update( float timeDelta); 
Rap3d rap3d; 
RapModel model; 

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, 
HINSTANCE prevInstance, 
PSTR cmdLine, 
int showCmd) 
{ 
rap3d.Init(hInstance, // instance 
& WndProc, // LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc 
800 , 600 , // width & height 
true , // Full screen or not 
" Rap3d Sample--3D Model " , // Window caption 
IDI_APPLICATION, // Icon,if you add an icon in you resource,you may use (LPCTSTR)IDI_ICON1 here 
D3DX_PI / 2.5f , // angle of view 
1.33f , // Aspect 
1.0f , // near plane 
750.0f ); // far plane 


model.SetEngine( & rap3d); 
model.LoadXfile( " ..\\Media\\SpaceFighter01\\SpaceFighter01.X " ); 
model.SetPosition( 0.0f , 0.0f , 0.0f ); 
model.Scale( 0.03f , 0.03f , 0.03f ); 
model.InitRotate( 0.0f ,D3DX_PI, 0.0f ); // set the initial rotation for model 

D3DXVECTOR3 eye( 0.0f , 5.0f , - 20.0f ); 
D3DXVECTOR3 lookat( 0.0f , 0.0f , 10.0f ); 
rap3d.SetCamera(eye,lookat); 

MSG msg; 
ZeroMemory( & msg, sizeof (msg)); 

static float lastTime = ( float )timeGetTime(); 

while (msg.message != WM_QUIT ) 
{ 
if (PeekMessage( & msg, 0 , 0 , 0 , PM_REMOVE)) 
{ 
TranslateMessage( & msg); 
DispatchMessage( & msg); 
} 
else 
{ 
float currTime = ( float )timeGetTime(); 
float timeDelta = currTime - lastTime; 

update(timeDelta); 

lastTime = currTime; 

} 


} 



} 

void update( float timeDelta) 
{ 
model.Rotate(timeGetTime() / 1000.0f ,timeGetTime() / 1000.0f ,timeGetTime() / 1000.0f ); // Rotate modle 

rap3d.Clear( 0x12345678 ); // clear screen 
rap3d.BeginRender(); 
// All render must be between ->BeginRender() and ->EndRender 
model.Render(); 
rap3d.EndRender(); 


} 


LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) 
{ 
switch ( msg ) 
{ 
case WM_DESTROY: 

PostQuitMessage( 0 ); 
break ; 

case WM_KEYDOWN: 
if ( wParam == VK_ESCAPE ) 
DestroyWindow(hwnd); 
break ; 
} 
return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam); 
}