#1,143 – Coordinate System for StreamGeometry

You can use a StreamGeometry object, along with the StreamGeometryContext returned by its Open method, to draw simple geometric shapes.

When using the various methods of a StreamGeometryContext instance, you work with X and Y values.  The coordinate system used has the upper left corner of the drawing region at (0,0), with X values increasing from left to right and Y values increasing from top to bottom.

Below, we have a custom shape that draws a line segment from (0,0) to (50,50) and then another line segment to (75,25).

    public class MyShape : Shape
    {
        protected override Geometry DefiningGeometry
        {
            get
            {
                return GetMyShapeGeometry();
            }
        }

        private Geometry GetMyShapeGeometry()
        {
            StreamGeometry geom = new StreamGeometry();
            using (StreamGeometryContext ctx = geom.Open())
            {
                ctx.BeginFigure(
                    new Point(0.0, 0.0),
                    false,    // is NOT filled
                    false);   // is NOT closed
                ctx.LineTo(
                    new Point(50.0, 50.0),
                    true,     // is stroked (line visible)
                    false);   // is not smoothly joined w/other segments
                ctx.LineTo(
                    new Point(75.0, 25.0),
                    true,     // is stroked (line visible)
                    false);   // is not smoothly joined w/other segments
            }

            return geom;
        }
    }

We can then use this shape from XAML.

    <Canvas>
        <loc:MyShape Canvas.Top="0" Canvas.Left="0"
                     Stroke="Black" />
    </Canvas>