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title: "Shapes"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "shapes [WPF]"
  - "drawing [WPF], shapes"
  - "Geometry objects [WPF]"
  - "transforming Shapes [WPF]"
  - "graphics [WPF], Shape objects"
  - "painting Shapes [WPF]"
  - "Path objects [WPF]"
  - "stretchable Shapes [WPF]"
  - "Shape objects [WPF]"
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# Shapes
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides support for drawing basic shapes using the <xref:System.Windows.Shapes.Shape> class. Shape objects derive from <xref:System.Windows.FrameworkElement> and as such, participate in the layout system and can be drawn simply using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML).  
  
## In This Section  
 [Shapes and Basic Drawing in WPF Overview](shapes-and-basic-drawing-in-wpf-overview.md)  
 [How-to Topics](shapes-how-to-topics.md)  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Shapes.Shape>
- [2D Graphics and Imaging](../advanced/optimizing-performance-2d-graphics-and-imaging.md)
- [Graphics and Multimedia](index.md)