Use UE4 from Visual Studio

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I would like to create a Windows application in Visual Studio that makes use of the Unreal Engine for loading a 3D model and displaying it to the user. I am using VB.NET for programming. Is this possible to do with UE4?

Best regards

Havard Sande

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First of all UE4 wont work with VB.NET, 2nd UE4 just for view single mesh is overkill , try learn how to render model or use some simpler library.

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Hi, thank you for answering. I actually need a solution to handle large 3D models together with point cloud data, so I need a high end rendering solution.

So can I achieve this with C++ or C#?

Havard

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I dont know try to search, keep in mind UE4 game engine it has a lot of things useless to you. What kind of model data you want to render, i mean format

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I do agree that there is a lot here that I would not need, but what is important is to be able to load and render large models. I would like to load detailed models of oil platforms, mainly, but also other similar models (process plants). I am sure models can be converted to the formats that UE4 support.

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Quastion is if you got some ready models now in some format, or you can model that in UE4 map, then i can see use of UE4. Did you even try searching for other solutions or you just initily jump on idea of using UE4, sine i still belive you may find something simpler

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I guess I would import using MAX format, I could easily create models like that. Yes, well I have searched the net, and it seems to me that there are the game engines (Unity, UE4, CryEngine), and besides this I don’t find any advanced 3D engines which has a .NET API…