PerspectiveCamera.FieldOfView Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value that represents the camera's horizontal field of view.

public:
 property double FieldOfView { double get(); void set(double value); };
public double FieldOfView { get; set; }
member this.FieldOfView : double with get, set
Public Property FieldOfView As Double

Property Value

The camera's horizontal field of view, in degrees. The default value is 45.

Examples

<DockPanel>
  <Viewport3D Name="myViewport">

    <Viewport3D.Camera>
      <PerspectiveCamera FarPlaneDistance="20" LookDirection="5,-2,-3" UpDirection="0,1,0" NearPlaneDistance="0" Position="-5,2,3" FieldOfView="45" />
    </Viewport3D.Camera>

    <ModelVisual3D x:Name="topModelVisual3D">
      <ModelVisual3D.Children>
        <ModelVisual3D>
          <ModelVisual3D.Content>
            <DirectionalLight Color="#FFFFFFFF" Direction="-3,-4,-5" />
          </ModelVisual3D.Content>
        </ModelVisual3D>

        <ModelVisual3D>
          <ModelVisual3D.Content>
            <GeometryModel3D Geometry="{StaticResource myTeapot}">
              <GeometryModel3D.Material>
                <DiffuseMaterial>
                  <DiffuseMaterial.Brush>
                    <SolidColorBrush Color="Blue" Opacity="1.0" />
                  </DiffuseMaterial.Brush>
                </DiffuseMaterial>
              </GeometryModel3D.Material>
              <GeometryModel3D.Transform>
                <RotateTransform3D>
                  <RotateTransform3D.Rotation>
                    <AxisAngleRotation3D x:Name="myAngleRotation" Axis="0,3,0" Angle="1" />
                  </RotateTransform3D.Rotation>
                </RotateTransform3D>
              </GeometryModel3D.Transform>
            </GeometryModel3D>
          </ModelVisual3D.Content>
        </ModelVisual3D>


      </ModelVisual3D.Children>
    </ModelVisual3D>


    <Viewport3D.Triggers>

      <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Viewport3D.Loaded">
        <BeginStoryboard>
          <Storyboard>
            <DoubleAnimation 
              Storyboard.TargetName="myAngleRotation"
              Storyboard.TargetProperty="Angle"
              From="0" To="360" Duration="0:0:10"
              RepeatBehavior="Forever" />
          </Storyboard>
        </BeginStoryboard>
      </EventTrigger>
    </Viewport3D.Triggers>


  </Viewport3D>
</DockPanel>

Remarks

For PerspectiveCamera, "field of view" is the horizontal bounds of the camera's projection between the camera's position and the image plane.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier Field FieldOfViewProperty
Metadata properties set to true None

Applies to