Category	Documentation
Implementation	C++
Module	Plugin-Domain-Shader-Buffer
Class Hierarchy	Node » Group » ShaderBufferBindNode
Data Interface Name	ShaderBufferBindNode
Type Status	Active
Is Final Type	Yes

Property	Documentation
Shader Buffer Slot Index	An integer representing the buffer binding slot. For example, use -1 to use whatever value OpenGL has for this value. Use 0 or 1 or 2 if you know that your buffer is bound implicitly or explicitly to one of these indices. Note that you should only use this if you cannot explicitly set the binding point in GLSL.
Extra Buffer Bytes	Appends this many bytes to the buffer allocation. For example: if the last item in a shader buffer is an array without a declared size, you can specify the number of bytes available for the unsized element. If the last item in the buffer is declared as float[], then you can specify 16 here to indicate that the float[] is really float[4]. This is useful for dynamic memory allocations on the GPU. In most cases, this is set by the application or automatically synchronized with the actual size of the buffer, but it can be set manually in certain use cases.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment None	Specifies that no padding will be calculated when computing buffer space requirements.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment 4-bytes	Specifies that buffer size will computed with a 4-byte alignment requirement. For example: an allocation of 3 bytes will be padded with 1 byte, resulting in a 4-byte allocation.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment 8-bytes	Specifies that buffer size will computed with an 8-byte alignment requirement.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment 16-bytes	Specifies that buffer size will computed with a 16-byte alignment requirement.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment 32-bytes	Specifies that buffer size will computed with a 32-byte alignment requirement.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment 64-bytes	Specifies that buffer size will computed with a 64-byte alignment requirement.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment 128-bytes	Specifies that buffer size will computed with a 128-byte alignment requirement.
Buffer Alignment Padding: Padding Alignment 256-bytes	Specifies that buffer size will computed with a 256-byte alignment requirement.
Padding Size In Bytes - Not Editable	Shows the computed padding size.
Buffer Usage	A list of buffer usage flags. Please see OpenGL glBufferData documentation for more information.
Bind Mode: Bind For Write	Binds the buffer for writing. Note that this mode binds the buffer. The fact that it is being bound for write operations only affects the Simdify application and user tools.
Bind Mode: Bind For Read	Binds the buffer for reading. The fact that it is being bound for read operations only affects the Simdify application and user tools.
Bind Mode: Unbind	Unbinds the buffer.
ShaderBufferNode Data Source	A link to a <ShaderBufferNode> in this document.

<Group> Properties

Property	Documentation
Visible	Toggles the <Group>'s visible/invisible". Child nodes are not visible when their parent <Group>'s is invisible.
Collisions	Toggles collision detection on the <Group> node and its children". This is used for runtime export and has no effect in Simdify applications.
Cull	Toggles view volume culling on/off". modifying this parameter may cause incorrect culling and other unexpected consequences.
Preserve Camera	This option is undocumented at present.
Generic Data Source	This option provides the capability to connect a <Group>'s to a node that serves as a generic data source.
Bounding Box Frozen	Freezes the bounding box at its current size. This is often used as a runtime flag, and modifying this parameter may cause incorrect culling.
Minimum X	Displays the minimum bounding box coordinate on the X axis.
Minimum Y	Displays the minimum bounding box coordinate on the Y axis.
Minimum Z	Displays the minimum bounding box coordinate on the Z axis.
Maximum X	Displays the maximum bounding box coordinate on the X axis.
Maximum Y	Displays the maximum bounding box coordinate on the Y axis.
Maximum Z	Displays the maximum bounding box coordinate on the Z axis.
Transform Locked	Locks the node and prevents transformation of the node and its children. This is a runtime flag and has no effect in Simdify applications.
Position X	Displays the node's position on the X axis.
Position Y	Displays the node's position on the Y axis.
Position Z	Displays the node's position on the Z axis.
Orientation X	Displays the node's orientation on the X axis.
Orientation Y	Displays the node's orientation on the Y axis.
Orientation Z	Displays the node's orientation on the Z axis.
Scale X	Displays the node's scale on the X axis.
Scale Y	Displays the node's scale on the Y axis.
Scale Z	Displays the node's scale on the Z axis.
Billboard	Sets the node as a billboard. Billboards rotate to face the camera. This feature has been preserved for compatibility purposes, but this functionality should be implemented with geometry shaders.

<Node> Properties

Property	Documentation
Name	Sets orthe name of the node. Do not use / or \ [forward slash and backslash] in the node name as this produces conflicts with resolving link nodes that reference external files.
Class	Sets the class of the node.
ID	Sets the ID of the node. This must be unique for each document, but different documents can use the same ID.
Import Disabled	Determines whether or not the node is imported during an import process such as when nodes are imported from a template during document creation. Note that this flag is mostly in Simdify Scripting language.
Export Disabled	Determines whether or not the node is exported during an export process, or possibly other purposes. This flag is set to No and current Simdify exporters ignore it (but it can be very useful if you need to modify the exporters).
Guid	Enumerates the Node's GUID.

<ShaderBufferBindNode>

Registration

<ShaderBufferBindNode> Properties

<Group> Properties

<Node> Properties