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Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics

BasicDirectionalLight Class

BasicEffect Class

Blend Enumeration

BlendFunction Enumeration

BufferUsage Enumeration

ClearOptions Enumeration

ClipPlane Class

ClipPlaneCollection Class

Color Structure

ColorWriteChannels Enumeration

CompareFunction Enumeration

CompilationFailedException Class

CompiledEffect Structure

CompiledShader Structure

CompilerIncludeHandler Class

CompilerIncludeHandlerType Enumeration

CompilerMacro Structure

CompilerOptions Enumeration

CubeMapFace Enumeration

CullMode Enumeration

DepthFormat Enumeration

DepthStencilBuffer Class

DeviceLostException Class

DeviceNotResetException Class

DeviceNotSupportedException Class

DeviceStillDrawingException Class

DeviceType Enumeration

DisplayMode Structure

DisplayModeCollection Structure

DriverInternalErrorException Class

DynamicIndexBuffer Class

DynamicVertexBuffer Class

Effect Class

EffectAnnotation Class

EffectAnnotationCollection Class

EffectFunction Class

EffectFunctionCollection Class

EffectParameter Class

EffectParameterBlock Class

EffectParameterClass Enumeration

EffectParameterCollection Class

EffectParameterType Enumeration

EffectPass Class

EffectPassCollection Class

EffectPool Class

EffectTechnique Class

EffectTechniqueCollection Class

FillMode Enumeration

FilterOptions Enumeration

FogMode Enumeration

GammaRamp Class

GraphicsAdapter Class

GraphicsDevice Class

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities Class

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.AddressCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.BlendCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.CompareCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.CursorCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.DeclarationTypeCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.DeviceCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.DriverCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.FilterCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.LineCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.PixelShaderCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.PrimitiveCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.RasterCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.ShadingCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.StencilCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.TextureCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.VertexFormatCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.VertexProcessingCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCapabilities.VertexShaderCaps Structure

GraphicsDeviceCreationParameters Structure

GraphicsDeviceStatus Enumeration

GraphicsResource Class

IDynamicGraphicsResource Interface

IGraphicsDeviceService Interface

IGraphicsResource Interface

ImageFileFormat Enumeration

IndexBuffer Class

IndexElementSize Enumeration

Model Class

ModelBone Class

ModelBoneCollection Class

ModelBoneCollection.Enumerator Structure

ModelEffectCollection Class

ModelEffectCollection.Enumerator Structure

ModelMesh Class

ModelMeshCollection Class

ModelMeshCollection.Enumerator Structure

ModelMeshPart Class

ModelMeshPartCollection Class

ModelMeshPartCollection.Enumerator Structure

MultiSampleType Enumeration

OcclusionQuery Class

OutOfVideoMemoryException Class

PixelShader Class

PresentationParameters Class

PresentInterval Enumeration

PresentOptions Enumeration

PrimitiveType Enumeration

QueryUsages Enumeration

RasterStatus Structure

RenderState Class

RenderTarget Class

RenderTarget2D Class

RenderTargetCube Class

RenderTargetUsage Enumeration

ResolveTexture2D Class

ResourceCreatedEventArgs Class

ResourceDestroyedEventArgs Class

ResourceType Enumeration

SamplerState Class

SamplerStateCollection Class

SaveStateMode Enumeration

SetDataOptions Enumeration

ShaderCompiler Class

ShaderConstant Class

ShaderConstantCollection Class

ShaderConstantTable Class

ShaderProfile Enumeration

ShaderRegisterSet Enumeration

ShaderSemantic Structure

SpriteBatch Class

SpriteBlendMode Enumeration

SpriteEffects Enumeration

SpriteFont Class

SpriteSortMode Enumeration

StateBlock Class

StencilOperation Enumeration

SurfaceFormat Enumeration

SwapEffect Enumeration

Texture Class

Texture2D Class

Texture3D Class

TextureAddressMode Enumeration

TextureCollection Class

TextureCreationParameters Structure

TextureCube Class

TextureFilter Enumeration

TextureInformation Structure

TextureUsage Enumeration

TextureWrapCoordinates Enumeration

VertexBuffer Class

VertexDeclaration Class

VertexElement Structure

VertexElementFormat Enumeration

VertexElementMethod Enumeration

VertexElementUsage Enumeration

VertexPositionColor Structure

VertexPositionColorTexture Structure

VertexPositionNormalTexture Structure

VertexPositionTexture Structure

VertexShader Class

VertexStream Class

VertexStreamCollection Class

Viewport Structure

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PrimitiveType Enumeration

XNA Game Studio 2.0

Defines how data in a vertex stream is interpreted during a draw call.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics
Assembly: Microsoft.Xna.Framework (in microsoft.xna.framework.dll)

public enum PrimitiveType

	Member name	Description
	LineList	Renders the vertices as a list of isolated straight line segments; the count may be any positive integer.
	LineStrip	Renders the vertices as a single polyline; the count may be any positive integer.
	PointList	Renders the vertices as a collection of isolated points. This value is unsupported for indexed primitives.
	TriangleFan	Renders the vertices as a triangle fan.
	TriangleList	Renders the specified vertices as a sequence of isolated triangles. Each group of three vertices defines a separate triangle. Back-face culling is affected by the current winding-order render state.
	TriangleStrip	Renders the vertices as a triangle strip. The back-face culling flag is flipped automatically on even-numbered triangles.

Using triangle strips or triangle fans is often more efficient than using triangle lists because fewer vertices are duplicated.

Tasks

How To: Draw Points, Lines, and Other 3D Primitives

Reference

GraphicsDevice.DrawIndexedPrimitives Method
GraphicsDevice.DrawPrimitives Method
GraphicsDevice.DrawUserIndexedPrimitives Method
GraphicsDevice.DrawUserPrimitives Generic Method
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics Namespace

Xbox 360, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista

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