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Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics

AlphaTestEffect Class

BasicEffect Class

Blend Enumeration

BlendFunction Enumeration

BlendState Class

BufferUsage Enumeration

ClearOptions Enumeration

ColorWriteChannels Enumeration

CompareFunction Enumeration

CubeMapFace Enumeration

CullMode Enumeration

DepthFormat Enumeration

DepthStencilState Class

DeviceLostException Class

DeviceNotResetException Class

DirectionalLight Class

DisplayMode Class

DisplayModeCollection Class

DualTextureEffect Class

DynamicIndexBuffer Class

DynamicVertexBuffer Class

Effect Class

EffectAnnotation Class

EffectAnnotationCollection Class

EffectMaterial Class

EffectParameter Class

EffectParameterClass Enumeration

EffectParameterCollection Class

EffectParameterType Enumeration

EffectPass Class

EffectPassCollection Class

EffectTechnique Class

EffectTechniqueCollection Class

EnvironmentMapEffect Class

FillMode Enumeration

GraphicsAdapter Class

GraphicsDevice Class

GraphicsDeviceExtensions Class

GraphicsDeviceStatus Enumeration

GraphicsProfile Enumeration

GraphicsResource Class

IEffectFog Interface

IEffectLights Interface

IEffectMatrices Interface

IGraphicsDeviceService Interface

IndexBuffer Class

IndexElementSize Enumeration

IVertexType Interface

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

NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException Class

OcclusionQuery Class

PresentationParameters Class

PresentInterval Enumeration

PrimitiveType Enumeration

RasterizerState Class

RenderTarget2D Class

RenderTargetBinding Structure

RenderTargetCube Class

RenderTargetUsage Enumeration

ResourceCreatedEventArgs Class

ResourceDestroyedEventArgs Class

SamplerState Class

SamplerStateCollection Class

SetDataOptions Enumeration

SkinnedEffect Class

SpriteBatch Class

SpriteEffects Enumeration

SpriteFont Class

SpriteSortMode Enumeration

StencilOperation Enumeration

SurfaceFormat Enumeration

Texture Class

Texture2D Class

Texture3D Class

TextureAddressMode Enumeration

TextureCollection Class

TextureCube Class

TextureFilter Enumeration

UIElementRenderer Class

VertexBuffer Class

VertexBufferBinding Structure

VertexDeclaration Class

VertexElement Structure

VertexElementFormat Enumeration

VertexElementUsage Enumeration

VertexPositionColor Structure

VertexPositionColorTexture Structure

VertexPositionNormalTexture Structure

VertexPositionTexture Structure

Viewport Structure

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PrimitiveType Enumeration

Defines how vertex data is ordered.

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

public enum PrimitiveType

	Member name	Description
	TriangleList	The data is ordered as a sequence of triangles; each triangle is described by three new vertices. Back-face culling is affected by the current winding-order render state.
	TriangleStrip	The data is ordered as a sequence of triangles; each triangle is described by two new vertices and one vertex from the previous triangle. The back-face culling flag is flipped automatically on even-numbered triangles.
	LineList	The data is ordered as a sequence of line segments; each line segment is described by two new vertices. The count may be any positive integer.
	LineStrip	The data is ordered as a sequence of line segments; each line segment is described by one new vertex and the last vertex from the previous line seqment. The count may be any positive integer.

A strip is often more efficient than a list because fewer vertices are duplicated.

Reference

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

Xbox 360, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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