1RTC_GEOMETRY_TYPE_QUAD(3)Embree Ray Tracing Kernels 3RTC_GEOMETRY_TYPE_QUAD(3)
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5   NAME
6              RTC_GEOMETRY_TYPE_QUAD - quad geometry type
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8   SYNOPSIS
9              #include <embree3/rtcore.h>
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11              RTCGeometry geometry =
12                rtcNewGeometry(device, RTC_GEOMETRY_TYPE_QUAD);
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14   DESCRIPTION
15       Quad  meshes  are created by passing RTC_GEOMETRY_TYPE_QUAD to the rtc‐
16       NewGeometry function call.  The quad indices can be specified  by  set‐
17       ting an index buffer (RTC_BUFFER_TYPE_INDEX type) and the quad vertices
18       by setting a vertex buffer (RTC_BUFFER_TYPE_VERTEX type).  See  rtcSet‐
19       GeometryBuffer  and  rtcSetSharedGeometryBuffer for more details on how
20       to set buffers.  The index buffer contains  an  array  of  four  32-bit
21       indices  per  quad  (RTC_FORMAT_UINT4 format), and the number of primi‐
22       tives is inferred from the size of that buffer.  The vertex buffer con‐
23       tains  an  array of single precision x, y, z floating point coordinates
24       (RTC_FORMAT_FLOAT3 format), and the number of vertices is inferred from
25       the size of that buffer.  The vertex buffer can be at most 16 GB large.
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27       A  quad  is  internally handled as a pair of two triangles v0,v1,v3 and
28       v2,v3,v1, with the u'/v' coordinates of the second  triangle  corrected
29       by  u = 1-u' and v = 1-v' to produce a quad parametrization where u and
30       v are in the range 0 to 1.  Thus the parametrization of a quad uses the
31       first  vertex  p0 as base point, and the vector p1 - p0 as u-direction,
32       and p3 - p0 as v-direction.  Thus vertex attributes t0,t1,t2,t3 can  be
33       bilinearly interpolated over the quadrilateral the following way:
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35              t_uv = (1-v)((1-u)*t0 + u*t1) + v*((1-u)*t3 + u*t2)
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37       Mixed  triangle/quad  meshes  are supported by encoding a triangle as a
38       quad, which can be achieved by replicating  the  last  triangle  vertex
39       (v0,v1,v2  ->  v0,v1,v2,v2).   This  way  the second triangle is a line
40       (which can never get hit), and the parametrization of the first  trian‐
41       gle is compatible with the standard triangle parametrization.
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43       A  quad  whose vertices are laid out counter-clockwise has its geometry
44       normal pointing upwards outside the front face, like illustrated in the
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47       For  multi-segment  motion blur, the number of time steps must be first
48       specified using the rtcSetGeometryTimeStepCount call.   Then  a  vertex
49       buffer  for each time step can be set using different buffer slots, and
50       all these buffers must have the same stride and size.
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52   EXIT STATUS
53       On failure NULL is returned and an  error  code  is  set  that  can  be
54       queried using rtcGetDeviceError.
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56   SEE ALSO
57       [rtcNewGeometry]
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