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D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAGS enumeration (d3d12umddi.h)

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Specifies the ray tracing geometry flags.

Syntax

typedef enum D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAGS {
  D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAG_NONE,
  D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAG_OPAQUE,
  D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAG_NO_DUPLICATE_ANYHIT_INVOCATION
} ;

Constants

 
D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAG_NONE
No options specified.
D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAG_OPAQUE
When rays encounter this geometry, the geometry acts as if no any hit shader is present. It is recommended to use this flag liberally, as it can enable important ray processing optimizations.

NOTE

This behavior can be overridden on a per-instance basis with D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_INSTANCE_FLAGS, and on a per-ray basis using Ray flags in TraceRay().
D3D12DDI_RAYTRACING_GEOMETRY_FLAG_NO_DUPLICATE_ANYHIT_INVOCATION
By default, the system is free to trigger an any hit shader more than once for a given ray-primitive intersection. This flexibility helps improve the traversal efficiency of acceleration structures in certain cases. For instance, if the acceleration structure is implemented internally with bounding volumes, the implementation may find it beneficial to store relatively long triangles in multiple bounding boxes rather than a larger single box.

However, some application use cases require that intersections be reported to any hit shader at most once. This flag enables that guarantee for the given geometry, potentially with some performance impact.

This flag applies to all geometry types.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 10, version 1809
Header d3d12umddi.h