Chapter 4Creating Shapes
Key Skills & Concepts
• Drawing lines to the screen
• Working with the context menu
• Creating complex shapes
In this chapter you will learn how to draw shapes to the screen. Shapes add interest and dimension to your applications. You will start by learning how to draw a basic line. From there you will move on to a polyline and then to a rectilinear shape. From these basic rectilinear shapes, you will move on to polygons and curvilinear shapes.
NOTE
If you are interested in game development or other animation-based media, polygons are very important. Polygons create the base of most 3-D objects.
Drawing Shapes
You will be drawing shapes on your application, in this chapter, without the help of the Snippets menu. The ...
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