How can I draw simple 2D primitives? (like lines, rectangles, circles, etc)

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Hi, I’m a beginner, and I’m still learning about this software following the TouchDesigner Fundamentals course.

I’ll appreciate any information about how to do what I mentioned in the title. I’m not looking for something fancy, just a starting point where I could keep working and learning.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: If someone is struggling with the same topic, I just realized that in TOPs theres a rectangle and circle primitives!

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Do you have some precedents of the sorts of things you want to do?

The fundamentals course will get you pretty far with understanding the basics, but may not touch on the subject you are after specifically.

If you are hoping to make 2D compositions with basic shapes, the usual way is to use “3D” geometry but render it with an orthographic camera and often with wireframe mode materials, or the fancier Line Material. Fills would typically than be a separate render pass. There are also ways to do all of this in textures, but using geometry typically gives more flexibility and performance.

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