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_linear_swept_spheres
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_SPHERES_NV = 1000429004,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing_linear_swept_spheres
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_LINEAR_SWEPT_SPHERES_NV = 1000429005,
#ifdef VK_ENABLE_BETA_EXTENSIONS
  // Provided by VK_AMDX_dense_geometry_format
    VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX = 1000478000,
#endif
  // 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;
// Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
// Equivalent to VkGeometryTypeKHR
typedef VkGeometryTypeKHR VkGeometryTypeNV;

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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.

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