Question

I have two Point structures and I need to draw an I-Beam based on those points, where each point represents the cross-section on either side of the I-Beam. The width of the end caps should be fixed and arbitrary.

Basically I need to draw three lines. First I’ll DrawLine(Point1, Point2), then I need the math to figure out how to draw the next two lines on perpendicular angles so that they are centered on Point1 and Point2.

The image below shows what I need to draw based on the center line. However, this line can be at any angle. The Point1 and Point2 that connect the line can be anywhere in a 2D space.

Answer 1

You can try playing around with LineCaps:

protected void DrawIBeam(Graphics g, Point fromPoint, Point toPoint)
{
  using (GraphicsPath hPath = new GraphicsPath())
  {
    hPath.AddLine(new Point(-5, 0), new Point(5, 0));
    CustomLineCap myCap = new CustomLineCap(null, hPath);
    myCap.SetStrokeCaps(LineCap.Round, LineCap.Round);
    using (Pen myPen = new Pen(Color.Black, 2))
    {
      myPen.CustomStartCap = myCap;
      myPen.CustomEndCap = myCap;
      g.DrawLine(myPen, fromPoint, toPoint);
    }
  }
}

and call it:

DrawIBeam(e.Graphics, new Point(10, 10), new Point(60, 60));

From CustomLineCap Class