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The Surface custom application project produces output like that shown below. Its main features are:
- Makes a 3D surface graph with x-oriented colored grid lines. The graph can be rotated and animated.
- Programmed for the Mac, can be converted to iOS with minimal code changes.
- Shows how to load a Document using a ContainerView without any programming.
- Shows how to register a graphic (its PerspectiveGraph state) so that the program can directly work with it, in this case permit a slider to rotate the graph. This feature is applicable to any graphic state on the document.
The fastest way to write a custom application is to download the Surface example project, compile it and modify it for your needs. Surface resources are available from these links:
| Surface.zip | The compressed Surface project located on your disk within this manual. |
| Surface.zip | The compressed Surface project located at the vvidget.org web site. |
| Xcode | The Xcode application on the Mac App Store. |
When making the Xcode project follow the steps in the Plugin section, but with these important distinctions:
- When making a new project choose Cocoa Application.
- Make a new Add Copy Files Build Phase with Destination Frameworks and drag the Vvidget framework references from the project navigator to the Copy Files build phase list.
The Surface.zip project is already setup with the proper references and build phases so that might be a good starting point.