diff --git a/src/Graphics/RefreshStructs.cs b/src/Graphics/RefreshStructs.cs
index f0597c37..8af0cc98 100644
--- a/src/Graphics/RefreshStructs.cs
+++ b/src/Graphics/RefreshStructs.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Graphics
 		public int W;
 		public int H;
 
+		public Rect(int x, int y, int w, int h)
+		{
+			X = x;
+			Y = y;
+			W = w;
+			H = h;
+		}
+
+		public Rect(int w, int h)
+		{
+			X = 0;
+			Y = 0;
+			W = w;
+			H = h;
+		}
+
 		// FIXME: can we do an unsafe cast somehow?
 		public Refresh.Rect ToRefresh()
 		{
@@ -53,6 +69,36 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Graphics
 		public float H;
 		public float MinDepth;
 		public float MaxDepth;
+
+		public Viewport(float w, float h)
+		{
+			X = 0;
+			Y = 0;
+			W = w;
+			H = h;
+			MinDepth = 0;
+			MaxDepth = 1;
+		}
+
+		public Viewport(float x, float y, float w, float h)
+		{
+			X = x;
+			Y = y;
+			W = w;
+			H = h;
+			MinDepth = 0;
+			MaxDepth = 1;
+		}
+
+		public Viewport(float x, float y, float w, float h, float minDepth, float maxDepth)
+		{
+			X = x;
+			Y = y;
+			W = w;
+			H = h;
+			MinDepth = minDepth;
+			MaxDepth = maxDepth;
+		}
 	}
 
 	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
diff --git a/src/Graphics/State/GraphicsPipelineLayoutInfo.cs b/src/Graphics/State/GraphicsPipelineLayoutInfo.cs
index 40cd14c1..4d8913d4 100644
--- a/src/Graphics/State/GraphicsPipelineLayoutInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Graphics/State/GraphicsPipelineLayoutInfo.cs
@@ -7,5 +7,14 @@
 	{
 		public uint VertexSamplerBindingCount;
 		public uint FragmentSamplerBindingCount;
+
+		public GraphicsPipelineLayoutInfo(
+			uint vertexSamplerBindingCount,
+			uint fragmentSamplerBindingCount
+		)
+		{
+			VertexSamplerBindingCount = vertexSamplerBindingCount;
+			FragmentSamplerBindingCount = fragmentSamplerBindingCount;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Graphics/State/ViewportState.cs b/src/Graphics/State/ViewportState.cs
index 294b6ec7..5f789ad9 100644
--- a/src/Graphics/State/ViewportState.cs
+++ b/src/Graphics/State/ViewportState.cs
@@ -7,5 +7,14 @@
 	{
 		public Viewport[] Viewports;
 		public Rect[] Scissors;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// A default single viewport with no scissor area.
+		/// </summary>
+		public ViewportState(int width, int height)
+		{
+			Viewports = new Viewport[] { new Viewport(width, height) };
+			Scissors = new Rect[] { new Rect(width, height) };
+		}
 	}
 }