C Specification
To create an acceleration structure, call:
VkResult vkCreateAccelerationStructureKHR(
VkDevice device,
const VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR* pCreateInfo,
const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator,
VkAccelerationStructureKHR* pAccelerationStructure);
Parameters
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device
is the logical device that creates the buffer object. -
pCreateInfo
is a pointer to a VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR structure containing parameters affecting creation of the acceleration structure. -
pAllocator
controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter. -
pAccelerationStructure
is a pointer to aVkAccelerationStructureKHR
handle in which the resulting acceleration structure object is returned.
Description
Similar to other objects in Vulkan, the acceleration structure creation merely creates an object with a specific “shape”. The type and quantity of geometry that can be built into an acceleration structure is determined by the parameters of VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR.
Populating the data in the object after allocating and binding memory is done with commands such as vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructureKHR, vkBuildAccelerationStructureKHR, vkCmdCopyAccelerationStructureKHR, and vkCopyAccelerationStructureKHR.
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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