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title Working with Shapes in .NET PDF Library | Syncfusion
description This section explains how to add shapes such as Line, curve, path, text, rectangle, pie, arc, Bezier, ellipse in the PDF document.
platform file-formats
control PDF
documentation UG

Working with Shapes for File-Formats Platform PDF Control

Essential PDF has support for adding the below shapes.

  • Line
  • Curve
  • Path
  • Text
  • Rectangle
  • Pie
  • Arc
  • Bezier
  • Ellipse

Adding Shapes to a PDF document

Essential PDF supports adding shapes with different types of brushes like solid bush, gradient brush, tiling brush, and image brush along with various color spaces and transparency levels.

Polygon

You can draw a polygon in PDF document by using the DrawPolygon method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw a polygon in new PDF document.

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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize PdfPen to draw the polygon PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 10f); //Initialize PdfLinearGradientBrush for drawing the polygon PdfLinearGradientBrush brush = new PdfLinearGradientBrush(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(100, 200), new PdfColor(Color.Red), new PdfColor(Color.Green)); //Create the polygon points PointF p1 = new PointF(10, 100); PointF p2 = new PointF(10, 200); PointF p3 = new PointF(100, 100); PointF p4 = new PointF(100, 200); PointF p5 = new PointF(55, 150); PointF[] points = { p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 }; //Draw the polygon on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawPolygon(pen, brush, points);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add(); //Initialize PdfPen to draw the polygon PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 10f); //Initialize PdfLinearGradientBrush for drawing the polygon PdfLinearGradientBrush brush = new PdfLinearGradientBrush(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(100, 200), new PdfColor(Color.Red), new PdfColor(Color.Green)); //Create the polygon points PointF p1 = new PointF(10, 100); PointF p2 = new PointF(10, 200); PointF p3 = new PointF(100, 100); PointF p4 = new PointF(100, 200); PointF p5 = new PointF(55, 150); PointF[] points = { p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 }; //Draw the polygon on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawPolygon(pen, brush, points);

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add 'Initialize PdfPen to draw the polygon Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 10.0F) 'Initialize PdfLinearGradientBrush for drawing the polygon Dim brush As PdfLinearGradientBrush = New PdfLinearGradientBrush(New PointF(10, 100), New PointF(100, 200), New PdfColor(Color.Red), New PdfColor(Color.Green)) 'Create the polygon points Dim p1 As PointF = New PointF(10, 100) Dim p2 As PointF = New PointF(10, 200) Dim p3 As PointF = New PointF(100, 100) Dim p4 As PointF = New PointF(100, 200) Dim p5 As PointF = New PointF(55, 150) Dim points As PointF() = {p1, p2, p3, p4, p5} 'Draw the polygon on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawPolygon(pen, brush, points)

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw a polygon in an existing PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage; //Initialize PdfPen to draw the polygon PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 10f); //Initialize PdfLinearGradientBrush for drawing the polygon PdfLinearGradientBrush brush = new PdfLinearGradientBrush(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(100, 200), new PdfColor(Color.Red), new PdfColor(Color.Green)); //Create the polygon points PointF p1 = new PointF(10, 100); PointF p2 = new PointF(10, 200); PointF p3 = new PointF(100, 100); PointF p4 = new PointF(100, 200); PointF p5 = new PointF(55, 150); PointF[] points = { p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 }; //Draw the polygon on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPolygon(pen, brush, points);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage; //Initialize PdfPen to draw the polygon PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 10f); //Initialize PdfLinearGradientBrush for drawing the polygon PdfLinearGradientBrush brush = new PdfLinearGradientBrush(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(100, 200), new PdfColor(Color.Red), new PdfColor(Color.Green)); //Create the polygon points PointF p1 = new PointF(10, 100); PointF p2 = new PointF(10, 200); PointF p3 = new PointF(100, 100); PointF p4 = new PointF(100, 200); PointF p5 = new PointF(55, 150); PointF[] points = { p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 }; //Draw the polygon on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPolygon(pen, brush, points);

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage) 'Initialize PdfPen to draw the polygon Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 10.0F) 'Initialize PdfLinearGradientBrush for drawing the polygon Dim brush As PdfLinearGradientBrush = New PdfLinearGradientBrush(New PointF(10, 100), New PointF(100, 200), New PdfColor(Color.Red), New PdfColor(Color.Green)) 'Create the polygon points Dim p1 As PointF = New PointF(10, 100) Dim p2 As PointF = New PointF(10, 200) Dim p3 As PointF = New PointF(100, 100) Dim p4 As PointF = New PointF(100, 200) Dim p5 As PointF = New PointF(55, 150) Dim points As PointF() = {p1, p2, p3, p4, p5} 'Draw the polygon on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPolygon(pen, brush, points)

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Line

You can draw a line in PDF document by using the DrawLine method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw a line in new PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize pen to draw the line PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Black, 5f); //Create the line points PointF point1 = new PointF(10, 10); PointF point2 = new PointF(10, 100); //Draw the line on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, point1, point2);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add(); //Initialize pen to draw the line PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Black, 5f); //Create the line points PointF point1 = new PointF(10, 10); PointF point2 = new PointF(10, 100); //Draw the line on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, point1, point2);

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add 'Initialize pen to draw the line Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Black, 5.0F) 'Create the line points Dim point1 As PointF = New PointF(10, 10) Dim point2 As PointF = New PointF(10, 100) 'Draw the line on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, point1, point2)

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw a line in an existing PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize pen to draw the line PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Black, 5f); //Create the line points PointF point1 = new PointF(10, 10); PointF point2 = new PointF(10, 100); //Draw the line on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, point1, point2);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage; //Initialize pen to draw the line PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Black, 5f); //Create the line points PointF point1 = new PointF(10, 10); PointF point2 = new PointF(10, 100); //Draw the line on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, point1, point2);

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Initialize pen to draw the line Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Black, 5.0F) 'Create the line points Dim point1 As PointF = New PointF(10, 10) Dim point2 As PointF = New PointF(10, 100) 'Draw the line on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, point1, point2)

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Curve

You can draw a curve in PDF document by using the Draw method of PdfBezierCurve. The following code snippet explains how to draw a curve in new PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize PdfGraphics for PdfPage PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics; //Create new instance of PdfBezierCurve PdfBezierCurve bezier = new PdfBezierCurve(new PointF(0, 0), new PointF(100, 50), new PointF(50, 50), new PointF(100, 100)); //Draw the bezier curve on PDF document bezier.Draw(graphics, new PointF(10, 10));

//Save the PDF document to MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize PdfGraphics for PdfPage PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics; //Create new instance of PdfBezierCurve PdfBezierCurve bezier = new PdfBezierCurve(new PointF(0, 0), new PointF(100, 50), new PointF(50, 50), new PointF(100, 100)); //Draw the bezier curve on PDF document bezier.Draw(graphics, new PointF(10, 10));

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add

'Initialize PdfGraphics for PdfPage Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics 'Create new instance of PdfBezierCurve Dim bezier As PdfBezierCurve = New PdfBezierCurve(New PointF(0, 0), New PointF(100, 50), New PointF(50, 50), New PointF(100, 100)) 'Draw the bezier curve on PDF document bezier.Draw(graphics, New PointF(10, 10))

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw a curve in an existing PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Get the graphics of PdfLoadedPage PdfGraphics graphics = loadedPage.Graphics; //Create new instance of PdfBezierCurve PdfBezierCurve bezier = new PdfBezierCurve(new PointF(0, 0), new PointF(100, 50), new PointF(50, 50), new PointF(100, 100)); //Draw the bezier curve on PDF document bezier.Draw(graphics, new PointF(10, 10));

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Get the graphics of PdfLoadedPage PdfGraphics graphics = loadedPage.Graphics; //Create new instance of PdfBezierCurve PdfBezierCurve bezier = new PdfBezierCurve(new PointF(0, 0), new PointF(100, 50), new PointF(50, 50), new PointF(100, 100));
//Draw the bezier curve on PDF document bezier.Draw(graphics, new PointF(10, 10));

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Get the graphics of PdfLoadedPage Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = loadedPage.Graphics 'Create new instance of PdfBezierCurve Dim bezier As PdfBezierCurve = New PdfBezierCurve(New PointF(0, 0), New PointF(100, 50), New PointF(50, 50), New PointF(100, 100)) 'Draw the bezier curve on PDF document bezier.Draw(graphics, New PointF(10, 10))

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Path

You can draw a path in PDF document by using the DrawPath method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw path in a new PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize a new PDF path PdfPath path = new PdfPath(); //Add line path points path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(10, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 200), new PointF(100, 100)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 100), new PointF(100, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 200), new PointF(10, 100)); //Draw the PDF path on page page.Graphics.DrawPath(PdfPens.Black, path);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize a new PDF path PdfPath path = new PdfPath(); //Add line path points path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(10, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 200), new PointF(100, 100)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 100), new PointF(100, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 200), new PointF(10, 100)); //Draw the PDF path on page page.Graphics.DrawPath(PdfPens.Black, path);

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add

'Initialize a new PDF path Dim path As New PdfPath() 'Add line path points path.AddLine(New PointF(10, 100), New PointF(10, 200)) path.AddLine(New PointF(10, 200), New PointF(100, 100)) path.AddLine(New PointF(100, 100), New PointF(100, 200)) path.AddLine(New PointF(100, 200), New PointF(10, 100)) 'Draw the PDF path on page page.Graphics.DrawPath(PdfPens.Black, path)

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw path in an existing PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize a new PDF path PdfPath path = new PdfPath(); //Add line path points path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(10, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 200), new PointF(100, 100)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 100), new PointF(100, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 200), new PointF(10, 100)); //Draw the PDF path on page loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPath(PdfPens.Black, path);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize a new PDF path PdfPath path = new PdfPath(); //Add line path points path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 100), new PointF(10, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(10, 200), new PointF(100, 100)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 100), new PointF(100, 200)); path.AddLine(new PointF(100, 200), new PointF(10, 100)); //Draw the PDF path on page loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPath(PdfPens.Black, path);

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Initialize a new PDF path Dim path As New PdfPath() 'Add line path points path.AddLine(New PointF(10, 100), New PointF(10, 200)) path.AddLine(New PointF(10, 200), New PointF(100, 100)) path.AddLine(New PointF(100, 100), New PointF(100, 200)) path.AddLine(New PointF(100, 200), New PointF(10, 100)) 'Draw the PDF path on page loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPath(PdfPens.Black, path)

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Text

You can draw text in a PDF document by using the DrawString method of PdfGraphics. To draw different PDF elements based on the position of previously drawn element, draw the text by using Draw method of PdfTextElement and store its bounds in PdfLayoutResult. Refer to the Working with Text section for more information.

Rectangle

You can draw a rectangle in PDF document by using the DrawRectangle method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw a rectangle in new PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the rectangle PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green); //Set the bounds for rectangle RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 50); //Draw the rectangle on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush, bounds);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the rectangle PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green); //Set the bounds for rectangle RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 50); //Draw the rectangle on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush, bounds);

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add

'Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the rectangle Dim brush As PdfSolidBrush = New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green) 'Set the bounds for rectangle Dim bounds As RectangleF = New RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 50) 'Draw the rectangle on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush, bounds)

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw a rectangle in an existing PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream);

//Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage; //Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the rectangle PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green); //Set the bounds for rectangle RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 50); //Draw the rectangle on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush, bounds);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the rectangle PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green); //Set the bounds for rectangle RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 50); //Draw the rectangle on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush, bounds);

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the rectangle Dim brush As PdfSolidBrush = New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Green) 'Set the bounds for rectangle Dim bounds As RectangleF = New RectangleF(10, 10, 100, 50) 'Draw the rectangle on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush, bounds)

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Pie

You can draw a pie in PDF document by using the DrawPie method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw a pie in new PDF document.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="ASP.NET Core" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize the pen for drawing pie PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 5f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineJoin = PdfLineJoin.Round; //Set the bounds for pie RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 50, 200, 200); //Draw the pie on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawPie(pen, PdfBrushes.Green, rectangle, 180, 60);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %}

//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize the pen for drawing pie PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 5f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineJoin = PdfLineJoin.Round; //Set the bounds for pie RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 50, 200, 200); //Draw the pie on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawPie(pen, PdfBrushes.Green, rectangle, 180, 60);

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add

'Initialize the pen for drawing pie Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 5.0F) 'Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineJoin = PdfLineJoin.Round 'Set the bounds for pie Dim rectangle As RectangleF = New RectangleF(10, 50, 200, 200) 'Draw the pie on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawPie(pen, PdfBrushes.Green, rectangle, 180, 60)

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw a pie in an existing PDF document.

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//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize the pen for drawing pie PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 5f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineJoin = PdfLineJoin.Round;
//Set the bounds for pie RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 50, 200, 200); //Draw the pie on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPie(pen, PdfBrushes.Green, rectangle, 180, 60);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize the pen for drawing pie PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 5f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineJoin = PdfLineJoin.Round; //Set the bounds for pie RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 50, 200, 200); //Draw the pie on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPie(pen, PdfBrushes.Green, rectangle, 180, 60);

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Initialize the pen for drawing pie Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 5.0F) 'Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineJoin = PdfLineJoin.Round 'Set the bounds for pie Dim rectangle As RectangleF = New RectangleF(10, 50, 200, 200) 'Draw the pie on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawPie(pen, PdfBrushes.Green, rectangle, 180, 60)

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Arc

You can draw an arc in PDF document by using the DrawArc method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw an arc in new PDF document.

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//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add(); //Initialize the pen for drawing an arc PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(Color.Brown, 10f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineCap = PdfLineCap.Square; //Set the bounds for arc RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(20, 40, 200, 200); //Draw the arc on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawArc(pen, bounds, 270, 90);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize the pen for drawing an arc PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(Color.Brown, 10f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineCap = PdfLineCap.Square; //Set the bounds for arc RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(20, 40, 200, 200); //Draw the arc on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawArc(pen, bounds, 270, 90);

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add

'Initialize the pen for drawing an arc Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(Color.Brown, 10.0F) 'Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineCap = PdfLineCap.Square 'Set the bounds for arc Dim bounds As RectangleF = New RectangleF(20, 40, 200, 200) 'Draw the arc on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawArc(pen, bounds, 270, 90)

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw an arc in an existing PDF document.

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//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize the pen for drawing an arc PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(Color.Brown, 10f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineCap = PdfLineCap.Square; //Set the bounds for arc RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(20, 40, 200, 200); //Draw the arc on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawArc(pen, bounds, 270, 90);

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize the pen for drawing an arc PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(Color.Brown, 10f); //Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineCap = PdfLineCap.Square; //Set the bounds for arc RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(20, 40, 200, 200); //Draw the arc on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawArc(pen, bounds, 270, 90);

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Initialize the pen for drawing an arc Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(Color.Brown, 10.0F) 'Set the line join style of the pen pen.LineCap = PdfLineCap.Square 'Set the bounds for arc Dim bounds As RectangleF = New RectangleF(20, 40, 200, 200) 'Draw the arc on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawArc(pen, bounds, 270, 90)

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Bezier

You can draw a bezier in PDF document by using the DrawBezier method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw a bezier in new PDF document.

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//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize pen to draw the bezier PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 1f); //Draw the bezier on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawBezier(pen, new PointF(10, 10), new PointF(10, 50), new PointF(50, 80), new PointF(80, 10));

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize pen to draw the bezier PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 1f);
//Draw the bezier on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawBezier(pen, new PointF(10, 10), new PointF(10, 50), new PointF(50, 80), new PointF(80, 10));

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add

'Initialize pen to draw the bezier Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 1.0F) 'Draw the bezier on PDF document page.Graphics.DrawBezier(pen, New PointF(10, 10), New PointF(10, 50), New PointF(50, 80), New PointF(80, 10))

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw a bezier in an existing PDF document.

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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize pen to draw the bezier PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 1f); //Draw the bezier on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawBezier(pen, new PointF(10, 10), new PointF(10, 50), new PointF(50, 80), new PointF(80, 10));

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize pen to draw the bezier PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 1f); //Draw the bezier on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawBezier(pen, new PointF(10, 10), new PointF(10, 50), new PointF(50, 80), new PointF(80, 10));

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Initialize pen to draw the bezier Dim pen As PdfPen = New PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Brown, 1.0F) 'Draw the bezier on PDF document loadedPage.Graphics.DrawBezier(pen, New PointF(10, 10), New PointF(10, 50), New PointF(50, 80), New PointF(80, 10))

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Ellipse

You can draw an ellipse in PDF document by using the DrawEllipse method of PdfGraphics. The following code snippet explains how to draw an ellipse in new PDF document.

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//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the ellipse PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Red); //Draw ellipse on the page page.Graphics.DrawEllipse(brush, new RectangleF(10, 10, 200, 100));

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); document.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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//Create a new PDF document PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a page to the document PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the ellipse PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Red); //Draw ellipse on the page page.Graphics.DrawEllipse(brush, new RectangleF(10, 10, 200, 100));

//Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(true);

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'Create a new PDF document Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument 'Add a page to the document Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add

'Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the ellipse Dim brush As PdfSolidBrush = New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Red) 'Draw ellipse on the page page.Graphics.DrawEllipse(brush, New RectangleF(10, 10, 200, 100))

'Save the PDF document document.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfDocument document.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

The following code snippet explains how to draw an ellipse in an existing PDF document.

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//Load the PDF document as stream FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("Input.pdf", FileMode.Open); PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(inputStream); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the ellipse PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Red); //Draw ellipse on the page loadedPage.Graphics.DrawEllipse(brush, new RectangleF(10, 10, 200, 100));

//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); loadedDocument.Save(stream); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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//Load an existing PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Get the page into PdfLoadedPage PdfLoadedPage loadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

//Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the ellipse PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Red); //Draw ellipse on the page loadedPage.Graphics.DrawEllipse(brush, new RectangleF(10, 10, 200, 100));

//Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf"); //Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(true);

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'Load an existing PDF document Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf") 'Get the page into PdfLoadedPage Dim loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage = CType(loadedDocument.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)

'Initialize PdfSolidBrush for drawing the ellipse Dim brush As PdfSolidBrush = New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Red) 'Draw ellipse on the page loadedPage.Graphics.DrawEllipse(brush, New RectangleF(10, 10, 200, 100))

'Save the PDF document loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf") 'Close the instance of PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Working with shape pagination

You can also allow large shapes to paginate across pages by assigning Paginate of PdfLayoutType Enum to Layout property of PdfLayoutFormat class.

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//Create Document PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument(); //Add new page PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();

//Set bounds for ellipse RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, 100, 1000); //Create ellipse PdfEllipse ellipse = new PdfEllipse(rect); //Set layout property to make the ellipse break across the pages. PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat(); format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate; ellipse.Brush = PdfBrushes.Brown; //Draw ellipse. ellipse.Draw(page, 20, 20, format);

//Save the document into stream MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); doc.Save(stream); //Closes the document doc.Close(true);

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//Create Document PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument(); //Add new page PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add();

//Set bounds for ellipse RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, 100, 1000); //Create ellipse PdfEllipse ellipse = new PdfEllipse(rect); //Set layout property to make the ellipse break across the pages. PdfLayoutFormat format = new PdfLayoutFormat(); format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage; format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate; ellipse.Brush = PdfBrushes.Brown; //Draw ellipse. ellipse.Draw(page, 20, 20, format);

//Save and close the PDF document doc.Save("Shapes.pdf"); doc.Close(true);

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'Create Document Dim doc As New PdfDocument() 'Add new page Dim page As PdfPage = doc.Pages.Add()

'Set bounds for ellipse Dim rect As New RectangleF(0, 0, 100, 1000) 'Create ellipse Dim ellipse As New PdfEllipse(rect) 'Set layout property to make the ellipse break across the pages. Dim format As New PdfLayoutFormat() format.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage format.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate ellipse.Brush = PdfBrushes.Brown 'Draw ellipse. ellipse.Draw(page, 20, 20, format)

'Save and close the PDF document doc.Save("Shapes.pdf") doc.Close(True)

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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.