The Graphics class in the Sandbox namespace is used to render to the screen using your Graphics Card. It provides a variety of static methods and properties to facilitate rendering operations, such as setting up lighting, grabbing frame textures, drawing models, and more. This class is designed to be used in a static context, meaning you do not need to instantiate it to use its functionality.
| Member Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| IsActive | If true, then we're currently rendering and you are safe to use the contents of this class. |
| LayerType | The current layer type. Useful to determine whether you're meant to be drawing opaque, transparent, or shadow. |
| Viewport | In pixel size, where are we rendering to? |
| Attributes | Access to the current render context's attributes. These are used to set attributes in materials/shaders. |
| CameraPosition | The camera position of the currently rendering view. |
| RenderTarget | Get or set the current render target. Setting this will bind the render target and change the viewport to match it. |
| Member Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| SetupLighting | Sets up lighting for a given scene object with specified render attributes. |
| GrabFrameTexture | Grabs a frame texture with the specified name and render attributes, optionally with mipmaps. |
| GrabDepthTexture | Grabs a depth texture with the specified name and render attributes, optionally with mipmaps. |
| Clear | Clears the current render target with specified color and depth options. |
| RenderToTexture | Renders a scene camera to a specified texture. |
| CopyTexture | Copies data from a source texture to a destination texture. |
| Draw | Draws vertices or indexed vertices using a specified material and render attributes. |
| Blit | Blits a material to the current render target using specified render attributes. |
| Render | Renders a scene object with optional transform, color, and material. |
| DrawQuad | Draws a quad with specified material and color attributes. |
| DrawText | Draws text at a specified position with given font and color attributes. |
| MeasureText | Measures the size of text with specified font attributes. |
| DrawIcon | Draws an icon at a specified position with given color and alignment. |
| DrawRoundedRectangle | Draws a rounded rectangle with specified color and border attributes. |
| DrawModel | Draws a model with specified transform and render attributes. |
| DrawModelInstanced | Draws multiple instances of a model with specified transforms and render attributes. |
| DrawModelInstancedIndirect | Draws model instances using indirect parameters from a buffer. |
| GenerateMipMaps | Generates mipmaps for a texture using a specified downsample method. |
| ResourceBarrierTransition | Transitions a resource's state for a texture or buffer. |