GeometryDrawing.Geometry Property
Gets or sets the Geometry that describes the shape of this GeometryDrawing.
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.Media.GeometryThe shape described by this GeometryDrawing. The default value is null.
This example shows how to create and display a GeometryDrawing. A GeometryDrawing enables you to create shape with a fill and an outline by associating a Pen and a Brush with a Geometry. The Geometry describes the shape's structure, the Brush describes the shape's fill, and the Pen describes the shape's outline.
The following example uses a GeometryDrawing to render a shape. The shape is described by a GeometryGroup and two EllipseGeometry objects. The shape's interior is painted with a LinearGradientBrush and its outline is drawn with a Black Pen. The GeometryDrawing is displayed using an ImageDrawing and an Image element.
using System; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Media.Animation; using System.Windows.Shapes; namespace SDKSample { public class GeometryDrawingExample : Page { public GeometryDrawingExample() { // // Create the Geometry to draw. // GeometryGroup ellipses = new GeometryGroup(); ellipses.Children.Add( new EllipseGeometry(new Point(50,50), 45, 20) ); ellipses.Children.Add( new EllipseGeometry(new Point(50, 50), 20, 45) ); // // Create a GeometryDrawing. // GeometryDrawing aGeometryDrawing = new GeometryDrawing(); aGeometryDrawing.Geometry = ellipses; // Paint the drawing with a gradient. aGeometryDrawing.Brush = new LinearGradientBrush( Colors.Blue, Color.FromRgb(204,204,255), new Point(0,0), new Point(1,1)); // Outline the drawing with a solid color. aGeometryDrawing.Pen = new Pen(Brushes.Black, 10); // // Use a DrawingImage and an Image control // to display the drawing. // DrawingImage geometryImage = new DrawingImage(aGeometryDrawing); // Freeze the DrawingImage for performance benefits. geometryImage.Freeze(); Image anImage = new Image(); anImage.Source = geometryImage; anImage.Stretch = Stretch.None; anImage.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left; // // Place the image inside a border and // add it to the page. // Border exampleBorder = new Border(); exampleBorder.Child = anImage; exampleBorder.BorderBrush = Brushes.Gray; exampleBorder.BorderThickness = new Thickness(1); exampleBorder.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left; exampleBorder.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top; exampleBorder.Margin = new Thickness(10); this.Margin = new Thickness(20); this.Background = Brushes.White; this.Content = exampleBorder; } } }
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:PresentationOptions="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/options" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="PresentationOptions" Margin="20" Background="White"> <Border BorderBrush="Gray" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="10"> <Image Stretch="None" HorizontalAlignment="Left"> <Image.Source> <DrawingImage PresentationOptions:Freeze="True"> <DrawingImage.Drawing> <GeometryDrawing> <GeometryDrawing.Geometry> <!-- Create a composite shape. --> <GeometryGroup> <EllipseGeometry Center="50,50" RadiusX="45" RadiusY="20" /> <EllipseGeometry Center="50,50" RadiusX="20" RadiusY="45" /> </GeometryGroup> </GeometryDrawing.Geometry> <GeometryDrawing.Brush> <!-- Paint the drawing with a gradient. --> <LinearGradientBrush> <GradientStop Offset="0.0" Color="Blue" /> <GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="#CCCCFF" /> </LinearGradientBrush> </GeometryDrawing.Brush> <GeometryDrawing.Pen> <!-- Outline the drawing with a solid color. --> <Pen Thickness="10" Brush="Black" /> </GeometryDrawing.Pen> </GeometryDrawing> </DrawingImage.Drawing> </DrawingImage> </Image.Source> </Image> </Border> </Page>
The following illustration shows the resulting GeometryDrawing.

To create more complex drawings, you can combine multiple drawing objects into a single composite drawing using a DrawingGroup.
More Code
| How to: Paint an Area with a Drawing | This example shows how to paint an area with a drawing. To paint an area with a drawing, you use a DrawingBrush and one or more Drawing objects. The following example uses a DrawingBrush to paint an object with a drawing of two ellipses. |
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