Registered Extension Number

260

Revision

1

Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Version 1.1

Special Use

Contact

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Last Modified Date

2019-05-09

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

  • Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  • Allen Jensen, NVIDIA

  • Faith Ekstrand, Intel

Description

This extension adds some line rasterization features that are commonly used in CAD applications and supported in other APIs like OpenGL. Bresenham-style line rasterization is supported, smooth rectangular lines (coverage to alpha) are supported, and stippled lines are supported for all three line rasterization modes.

New Commands

New Structures

New Enums

New Enum Constants

  • VK_EXT_LINE_RASTERIZATION_EXTENSION_NAME

  • VK_EXT_LINE_RASTERIZATION_SPEC_VERSION

  • Extending VkDynamicState:

    • VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_LINE_STIPPLE_EXT

  • Extending VkStructureType:

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LINE_RASTERIZATION_FEATURES_EXT

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LINE_RASTERIZATION_PROPERTIES_EXT

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_RASTERIZATION_LINE_STATE_CREATE_INFO_EXT

Issues

(1) Do we need to support Bresenham-style and smooth lines with more than
one rasterization sample? i.e. the equivalent of glDisable(GL_MULTISAMPLE)
in OpenGL when the framebuffer has more than one sample?
RESOLVED: Yes.
For simplicity, Bresenham line rasterization carries forward a few
restrictions from OpenGL, such as not supporting per-sample shading, alpha
to coverage, or alpha to one.

Version History

  • Revision 1, 2019-05-09 (Jeff Bolz)

    • Initial draft

See Also

VkLineRasterizationModeEXT, VkPhysicalDeviceLineRasterizationFeaturesEXT, VkPhysicalDeviceLineRasterizationPropertiesEXT, VkPipelineRasterizationLineStateCreateInfoEXT, vkCmdSetLineStippleEXT

Document Notes

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