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We have created class diagrams for the Microsoft XNA Framework 4.0 assemblies (including Content Pipeline). (If you are looking for XNA 3 class diagrams, take a look at this post: XNA 3.x Framework Class Diagrams).

A Few Notes

• The class diagrams contain all types of the Microsoft XNA Framework 4.0.
• We tried to arrange the class diagrams so that they can be viewed on a widescreen monitor.
• Large namespaces, e.g. Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics, are subdivided into several diagrams.
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If you don’t know how to create class diagrams for the XNA classes in Visual Studio, here is a quick summary of the process.

When I learn a new API I like to look at the API using different views: example code, API documentation, and class diagrams. When we started to learn XNA, we created class diagrams for the XNA framework. This helped a lot in getting an overview and seeing relationships between types.

I haven’t seen XNA class diagrams publicly on the internet. So it might help if I post our class diagrams here.