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title: "PrimitiveType"
date: 2021-01-27T15:32:11-08:00
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`PrimitiveType` determines how a stream of vertex information will be interpreted as shapes by the pipeline. There are 5 types of primitives that MoonWorks supports.

`PointList` will interpret the data as a list of points.

`LineList` will interpret the data as a list of lines.

`LineStrip` will interpet the data as a strip of lines.

`TriangleList` will interpret the data as a list of triangles.

`TriangleStrip` will interpret the data as a strip of triangles.

The primitive type you will use the most by far is `TriangleList` - the vast majority of 3D model exporters will give you vertex data in the form of a list of triangles. The others are mostly niche cases.