feat(settings): add hardware graphics acceleration toggle and update settings management

Author: trgiangv

source/RevitDevTool/Application.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using Autodesk.Revit.UI;
+using System.Windows.Interop ;
+using System.Windows.Media ;
+using Autodesk.Revit.UI;
 using Nice3point.Revit.Toolkit.External;
 using RevitDevTool.Commands;
 using RevitDevTool.Services ;
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ public override void OnStartup()
         ExternalEventController.Register();
         SettingsService.Instance.LoadSettings();
         ThemeWatcher.Instance.Initialize();
+        EnableHardwareRendering();
         AddButton(Application);
         AddDockable(Application);
     }
@@ -24,6 +27,18 @@ public override void OnShutdown()
         VisualizationController.Stop();
     }
 
+    public static void EnableHardwareRendering()
+    {
+        if (!SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.UseHardwareRendering) return;
+        ExternalEventController.ActionEventHandler.Raise(_ => RenderOptions.ProcessRenderMode = RenderMode.Default);
+    }
+
+    public static void DisableHardwareRendering()
+    {
+        if (SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.UseHardwareRendering) return;
+        RenderOptions.ProcessRenderMode = RenderMode.SoftwareOnly;
+    }
+
     private static void AddDockable(UIControlledApplication application)
     {
         TraceCommand.RegisterDockablePane(application);

source/RevitDevTool/View/Settings/GeneralSettingsView.xaml

@@ -33,7 +33,21 @@
                     SelectedItem="{Binding Theme}" />
             </ui:CardControl>
         </StackPanel>
-
+        <ui:CardControl
+            Margin="0,4,0,0"
+            Icon="{ui:SymbolIcon TopSpeed24}">
+            <ui:CardControl.Header>
+                <StackPanel>
+                    <ui:TextBlock Text="Hardware graphics acceleration" />
+                    <ui:TextBlock
+                        Appearance="Secondary"
+                        FontTypography="Caption"
+                        Text="Offloads graphic rendering from the CPU to the GPU"
+                        TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" />
+                </StackPanel>
+            </ui:CardControl.Header>
+            <ui:ToggleSwitch IsChecked="{Binding UseHardwareRendering}" />
+        </ui:CardControl>
         <ui:CardAction
             Margin="0,4,0,0"
             Command="{Binding ResetSettingsCommand}"

source/RevitDevTool/ViewModel/Settings/GeneralSettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -11,40 +11,44 @@ public partial class GeneralSettingsViewModel : ObservableObject
 
     public static List<ApplicationTheme> Themes
     {
-#if REVIT2024_OR_GREATER
         get =>
         [
             ApplicationTheme.Light,
             ApplicationTheme.Dark,
+#if REVIT2024_OR_GREATER
             ApplicationTheme.Auto
-        ];
-#else
-        get =>
-        [
-            ApplicationTheme.Light,
-            ApplicationTheme.Dark
-        ];
 #endif
+        ];
     }
 
     [ObservableProperty] private ApplicationTheme _theme;
+    [ObservableProperty] private bool _useHardwareRendering;
 
     partial void OnThemeChanged( ApplicationTheme value )
     {
         SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.Theme = value;
         ThemeWatcher.Instance.ApplyTheme();
     }
 
+    partial void OnUseHardwareRenderingChanged(bool value)
+    {
+        SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.UseHardwareRendering = value;
+        if (value) Application.EnableHardwareRendering();
+        else Application.DisableHardwareRendering();
+    }
+    
     private GeneralSettingsViewModel()
     {
         Theme = SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.Theme;
+        UseHardwareRendering = SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.UseHardwareRendering;
     }
 
     [RelayCommand] private void ResetSettings()
     {
         SettingsService.Instance.ResetVisualizationSettings();
         SettingsService.Instance.ResetGeneralSettings();
         Theme = SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.Theme;
+        UseHardwareRendering = SettingsService.Instance.GeneralConfig.UseHardwareRendering;
         VisualizationController.Refresh();
         Trace.TraceInformation("Reset settings to default");
     }