ShapeShifter2D

A robust 2D vector graphics editor developed in C# with Windows Forms. This project serves as a comprehensive demonstration of fundamental computer graphics principles and interactive graphical user interface (GUI) development.

🚀 Overview

ShapeShifter2D allows users to create, manipulate, and organize various 2D vector shapes on a canvas. It's designed to provide a practical understanding of how vector-based drawing systems are implemented.

✨ Features

• Primitive Drawing: Create basic vector shapes like rectangles, ellipses, and lines.
• Interactive Selection: Select individual or multiple shapes via mouse interaction.
• Shape Manipulation:
  • Translation: Move shapes freely across the canvas.
  • Scaling: Resize shapes dynamically.
  • Rotation: Rotate shapes around their center.
• Hierarchical Grouping: Organize primitives and other groups into complex hierarchical structures.
  • Manipulate groups as a single entity (move, scale, rotate).
  • Support for various ungrouping options.
• Visual Customization: Adjust properties like fill color, border color, border width, and opacity.
• Multi-Window Support: Work on multiple independent drawing documents simultaneously.
• Object Naming: Assign custom names to shapes for easier identification.
• Persistence: Load and save drawings to external files.

💻 Technologies & Approaches

• C#: The primary programming language for the application logic.
• Windows Forms (WinForms): Used for building the desktop graphical user interface.
• GDI+ (Graphics Device Interface Plus): Leveraged for all 2D drawing operations on the canvas, providing robust rendering capabilities.
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Core principles applied for modular and extensible design (e.g., Shape base class, inheritance for specific primitives, GroupShape for composition).
• Hierarchical Transformations: Implementation of matrix transformations to handle complex rotations, scaling, and translations, especially for grouped objects, ensuring accurate rendering and manipulation.
• Event-Driven Architecture: Utilizes standard WinForms events for user interaction (mouse clicks, moves, keyboard input, menu selections).
• Serialization: For saving and loading the drawing model.

🛠️ Usage

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/YourGitHubUsername/ShapeShifter2D.git](https://github.com/Nikzr0/ShapeShifter2D.git)

2. Open in Visual Studio: Open the Draw.sln solution file in Visual Studio (2019 or newer recommended).
3. Run the application: Build and run the project (F5).
4. Start Drawing: Use the tools and menus to create and manipulate shapes. Experiment with grouping, transformations, and opening new drawing windows via File > New.