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How to make a custom shape?

James

I know how to draw shapes such as circles, rectangles and other stuff, but what would be the best way to draw groups of shapes as one shape object?

I currently have a class that has three methods, two return rectangle shapes and one that returns a Pen.
My WinForm uses this data to draw a rectangle with another rectangle inside it, and uses the pen as its Pen.

What would be a better way to structure this?

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Danatas Gervi17y ago

You can collect all shapes in one graphic path obgect:

GraphicsPath grPath = new GraphicsPath();

GraphicsPath rectPath = new GraphicsPath();

rectPath.AddRectangle(new Rectangle(30, 30, 30, 30));

GraphicsPath piePath = new GraphicsPath();

piePath.AddPie(new Rectangle(40,40,40,40), 50,50);

grPath.AddPath(rectPath,true);

grPath.AddPath(piePath, true);

CreateGraphics().DrawPath(new Pen(Brushes.Blue), grPath);