C Specification

Geometry types are specified by VkGeometryTypeKHR, which takes values:

// Provided by VK_KHR_acceleration_structure
typedef enum VkGeometryTypeKHR {
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR = 0,
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_AABBS_KHR = 1,
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_INSTANCES_KHR = 2,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_NV = VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_AABBS_NV = VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_AABBS_KHR,
} VkGeometryTypeKHR;

or the equivalent

// Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
typedef VkGeometryTypeKHR VkGeometryTypeNV;

Description

  • VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR specifies a geometry type consisting of triangles.

  • VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_AABBS_KHR specifies a geometry type consisting of axis-aligned bounding boxes.

  • VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_INSTANCES_KHR specifies a geometry type consisting of acceleration structure instances.

See Also

VK_KHR_acceleration_structure, VK_NV_ray_tracing, VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR, VkGeometryNV

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

Copyright

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