Vector Architect - Functionality

Functionality

Vector Architect was not a general-purpose vector graphics editor, but was specifically designed to create and edit XAML vector graphics for WPF and Silverlight applications. Vector Architect itself was based upon the WPF framework, using .NET Framework 3.5 to provide both its WYSIWYG front-end, and underlying editing engine.

In many ways, Vector Architect was similar to Microsoft Expression Design, offering manipulation of native WPF objects, as opposed to performing conversion to XAML. Editing native objects is often necessary as XAML does not have exactly the same feature set as other popular vector image formats such as SVG and SWF, making the conversion process lossy in many cases. Although primarily focused on XAML, Vector Architect also supported the generation of PNG images with alpha channels, as well as the creation of icons containing alpha-blended images at multiple resolutions.