This namespace provides Direct3D application programming for Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and other devices running Windows CE with the .NET Compact Framework.

This namespace provides mobile application developers a low-level graphics application programming interface (API) that enables you to manipulate visual models of 3-D objects and take advantage of hardware acceleration.

Classes

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	Class	Description
	AdapterInformation	Manipulates adapter information. This class cannot be inherited.
	AdapterListCollection	Manipulates a collection of adapters. This class cannot be inherited.
	AlreadyLockedException	The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to lock a resource that is already locked.
	BaseMesh	Manipulates and queries mesh objects and derived mesh objects.
	BaseTexture	Manipulates texture resources.
	CustomVertex	Defines various custom fixed-format vertex types. This class cannot be inherited.
	D3DX	Contains default constant values for Direct3D extensions. This class cannot be inherited.
	Device	The parent object of all graphical objects in the scene.
	DeviceLostException	The device has been lost but cannot be reset at this time. Therefore, rendering is not possible.
	DeviceNotResetException	The device has been lost but can be reset at this time.
	DisplayModeCollection	Manipulates a collection of DisplayMode structures. This class cannot be inherited.
	DriverInternalErrorException	Internal driver error. Applications should generally shut down when receiving this error.
	DriverInvalidCallException	The driver reports that the current method call is invalid.
	DriverUnsupportedException	The driver is unsupported.
	Font	Encapsulates the textures and resources needed to render a specific font on a specific device.
	Geometry	Contains a collection of math-related functions. This class cannot be inherited.
	GraphicsException	Provides base exceptions for graphics.
	IndexBuffer	Manipulates an index buffer resource.
	InvalidCallException	The method call is invalid.
	InvalidDeviceException	The requested device type is not valid.
	Light	Defines a set of lighting properties.
	LightFixed	Represents a set of lighting properties. This class cannot be inherited.
	LightsCollection	Defines a collection of lights.
	LightsFixedCollection	Defines a collection of lights. This class cannot be inherited.
	Manager	Provides information about the environment, and enumerates and retrieves device capabilities.
	MemoryPoolEmptyException	The exception that is thrown when there is no available memory.
	Mesh	Manipulates mesh objects.
	MoreDataException	The exception that is thrown when more data is available than the specified buffer size can hold.
	NotAvailableException	The exception that is thrown when the device does not support the queried technique.
	NotFoundException	The exception that is thrown when the device does not support the queried technique.
	PresentParameters	Describes the presentation parameters.
	RenderStateManager	Defines device render states.
	Resource	Queries and prepares resources.
	Sprite	Provides methods and properties that simplify the process of drawing sprites using Direct3D.
	Surface	Queries and prepares surfaces.
	SwapChain	Manipulates a swap chain.
	Texture	Manipulates a texture resource.
	TextureLoader	Contains functions for loading textures.
	TextureStateManager	Contains texture states for the device.
	TextureStateManagerCollection	Collection of TextureStateManager objects.
	Transforms	Allows applications to specify and obtain matrix transformations, for example, the world, view, and transformation matrices used for Direct3D object rendering.
	VertexBuffer	Manipulates vertex buffer resources.
	VertexInformation	Provides information about a vertex.
	VertexTextureCoordinate	Constructs bit patterns that are used to identify texture coordinate formats in a flexible vertex format description.

Structures

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	Structure	Description
	AdapterDetails	Contains information that identifies the adapter.
	AddressCaps	Represents the texture addressing capabilities for Texture structures.
	AttributeRange	Stores an attribute table entry.
	BehaviorFlags	Contains a set of properties that indicate the global behavior of a device.
	BlendCaps	Indicates the supported blend capabilities.
	BlendOperationCaps	Represents the supported blend operation capabilities.
	Caps	Represents the capabilities of the hardware exposed through the Direct3D object.
	ClipStatus	Describes the current clip status.
	ColorValue	Stores the red, green, blue, and alpha channel values that together define a specific color.
	ColorValueFixed	Stores the red, green, blue, and alpha channel values, in a fixed-point structure, that together define a specific color.
	ComparisonCaps	Retrieves comparison capabilities.
	CustomVertex.PositionColored	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains position and color information.
	CustomVertex.PositionColoredTextured	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains position, color, and one set of texture coordinates.
	CustomVertex.PositionNormal	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains position and normal data.
	CustomVertex.PositionNormalColored	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains position, color, and normal data.
	CustomVertex.PositionNormalFixed	Represents a custom vertex format fixed-point structure that contains position and normal data.
	CustomVertex.PositionNormalTextured	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains position, normal data, and one set of texture coordinates.
	CustomVertex.PositionOnly	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains only position data.
	CustomVertex.PositionOnlyFixed	Represents a custom vertex format, in a fixed-point structure, that contains only position data.
	CustomVertex.PositionTextured	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains position and one set of texture coordinates.
	CustomVertex.Transformed	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains transformed vertices.
	CustomVertex.TransformedColored	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains transformed vertices and color information.
	CustomVertex.TransformedColoredTextured	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains transformed vertices, color, and one set of texture coordinates.
	CustomVertex.TransformedFixed	Represents a custom vertex format, in a fixed-point structure, that contains transformed vertices.
	CustomVertex.TransformedTextured	Represents a custom vertex format structure that contains transformed vertices and one set of texture coordinates.
	DeviceCaps	Gets device-specific information about a device.
	DeviceCreationParameters	Represents the creation parameters for a device.
	DisplayMode	Represents the display mode.
	FilterCaps	Indicates texture filter capabilities.
	FixedPoint	Represents a 16.16 fixed-point number.
	FontDescription	Defines the attributes of a font.
	IndexBufferDescription	Represents an index buffer.
	LineCaps	Defines the capabilities for line-drawing primitives.
	Material	Specifies material properties.
	MaterialFixed	Specifies material properties in a fixed-point structure.
	MatrixFixed	Represents a matrix for fixed-point math operations.
	MeshOptions	Specifies the type of mesh optimization to perform.
	MiscCaps	Provides a variety of driver primitive capabilities.
	PaletteEntry	Specifies the color and usage of an entry in a logical palette.
	RasterCaps	Contains information about raster drawing capabilities.
	ShadeCaps	Defines shading operation capabilities.
	StencilCaps	Contains flags that specify supported stencil buffer operations.
	SurfaceCaps	Represents information about surface capabilities.
	SurfaceDescription	Describes a surface.
	TextureCaps	Contains miscellaneous texture-mapping capabilities.
	TextureOperationCaps	Contains values that describe the texture operations that the current device supports.
	TextureRequirements	Contains texture creation parameters.
	ValidateDeviceParams	Describes the number of passes and the result code returned from the ValidateDevice method of a Device.
	Vector3Fixed	Represents a vector in three-dimensional (3-D) space.
	VertexBufferDescription	Describes a vertex buffer.
	VertexProcessingCaps	Describes vertex processing capabilities.
	Viewport	Defines the window dimensions of a render target surface onto which a 3-D volume projects.

Enumerations

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	Enumeration	Description
	BackBufferType	Represents constants that identify the type of back buffers in a swap chain.
	Blend	Defines the supported color blend.
	BlendOperation	Defines the supported blend operations.
	CharacterSet	Defines a character set.
	ClearFlags	Specifies the buffer to use when calling the Clear method.
	ClipStatusFlags	Defines the current clip status.
	ColorSource	Defines the location at which a color or color component must be accessed for lighting calculations.
	ColorWriteEnable	Represents values that are used to specify a channel in the RenderStateManager class type.
	Compare	Represents the supported compare functions in the RenderStateManager class type.
	CreateFlags	Defines the flags to use when creating a device.
	Cull	Defines the supported culling modes, which specify how back faces are culled during geometry rendering.
	DepthFormat	Defines depth buffer formats.
	DeviceType	Specifies a device type.
	DrawTextFormat	Specifies the method of formatting text.
	FillMode	Defines constants that describe the fill mode.
	Filter	Defines texture filtering modes for a texture stage.
	FogMode	Defines constants that describe the fog mode.
	FontQuality	Specifies the level of font quality.
	FontWeight	Specifies font weights.
	Format	Defines various types of surface formats.
	LightType	Defines the light type.
	LockFlags	Defines the type of lock to perform.
	MeshFlags	Defines flags used to specify creation options for a mesh.
	MultiSampleType	Defines the levels of full-scene multisampling that the device can apply.
	PitchAndFamily	Defines font families.
	Pool	Defines the memory class that holds buffers for a resource.
	Precision	Specifies the desired output precision.
	PresentFlag	Defines flags that control a Present operation for a Device.
	PresentInterval	Defines flags that describe the relationship between the adapter refresh rate and the rate at which the Present operations are completed for a Device.
	PrimitiveType	Defines the primitives supported by Direct3D.
	Profile	Provides a guarantee that a certain level of functionality is supported.
	ResourceType	Defines resource types.
	ResultCode	Defines resource types.
	ShadeMode	Defines constants that describe the supported shading modes.
	SpriteFlags	Defines flags used to specify sprite rendering options.
	StencilOperation	Defines the supported stencil operations.
	SwapEffect	Defines swap effects.
	TextureAddress	Defines constants that describe the supported texture-addressing modes.
	TextureArgument	Defines the supported texture arguments.
	TextureCoordinateIndex	Defines the supported texture coordinate index values.
	TextureFilter	Defines texture filtering modes for a texture stage.
	TextureOperation	Defines per-stage texture-blending operations.
	TextureTransform	Defines texture-stage state values.
	TransformType	Defines constants that describe transformation state values.
	Usage	Defines supported usage types for the current resource.
	VertexFormats	Describes values that define a vertex format used to describe the contents of vertices that are stored interleaved in a single data stream.
	WrapCoordinates	Defines supported wrap coordinates.