C Specification

To get the build sizes for a micromap, call:

// Provided by VK_EXT_opacity_micromap
void vkGetMicromapBuildSizesEXT(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkAccelerationStructureBuildTypeKHR         buildType,
    const VkMicromapBuildInfoEXT*               pBuildInfo,
    VkMicromapBuildSizesInfoEXT*                pSizeInfo);

Parameters

  • device is the logical device that will be used for creating the micromap.

  • buildType defines whether host or device operations (or both) are being queried for.

  • pBuildInfo is a pointer to a VkMicromapBuildInfoEXT structure describing parameters of a build operation.

  • pSizeInfo is a pointer to a VkMicromapBuildSizesInfoEXT structure which returns the size required for a micromap and the sizes required for the scratch buffers, given the build parameters. The size requirements for a scratch buffer may be zero.

Description

The dstMicromap, mode, data, scratchData, and triangleArray members of pBuildInfo are ignored by this command.

A micromap created with the micromapSize returned by this command supports any build with a VkMicromapBuildInfoEXT structure subject to the following properties:

Similarly, the buildScratchSize value will support any build command specifying the VK_BUILD_MICROMAP_MODE_BUILD_EXT mode under the above conditions.

Valid Usage
Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkGetMicromapBuildSizesEXT-device-parameter
    device must be a valid VkDevice handle

  • VUID-vkGetMicromapBuildSizesEXT-buildType-parameter
    buildType must be a valid VkAccelerationStructureBuildTypeKHR value

  • VUID-vkGetMicromapBuildSizesEXT-pBuildInfo-parameter
    pBuildInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkMicromapBuildInfoEXT structure

  • VUID-vkGetMicromapBuildSizesEXT-pSizeInfo-parameter
    pSizeInfo must be a valid pointer to a VkMicromapBuildSizesInfoEXT structure

See Also

VK_EXT_opacity_micromap, VkAccelerationStructureBuildTypeKHR, VkDevice, VkMicromapBuildInfoEXT, VkMicromapBuildSizesInfoEXT

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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