Implements a shader buffer (SSBO) representation that can have child variables (and child struct instances) that can be bound to the GPU by a <ShaderBufferBindNode>.
Class registration and implementation information is as follows:
Category | Documentation |
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Implementation | C++ |
Module | Plugin-Domain-Compute |
Class Hierarchy | Node » Group » ShaderBufferNode |
Data Interface Name | ShaderBufferNode |
Type Status | Active |
Is Final Type | Yes |
Properties are as follows:
Property | Documentation |
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Buffer Size | The size of the buffer on the GPU. In most cases, this is set by the application or automatically synchronized with the actual size of the buffer on the GPU. For example, the size of the shader buffer changes if you declare an additional item in your shader buffer, or if you remove an declaration. In this case, the application automatically sets this to the new size. |
Block Name | The name of the block. For example 'buffer MyBuffer{};', 'MyBuffer' is the block name. |
Block Instance Name | The name of the block if applicable. For example 'buffer MyBuffer{} my_buffer;', 'my_buffer' is the block instance name. |
Properties are as follows:
Property | Documentation |
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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. |
Properties are as follows:
Property | Documentation |
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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. |
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. |