1rtcGetDeviceProperty(3) Embree Ray Tracing Kernels 4 rtcGetDeviceProperty(3)
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5 NAME
6 rtcGetDeviceProperty - queries properties of the device
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8 SYNOPSIS
9 #include <embree4/rtcore.h>
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11 ssize_t rtcGetDeviceProperty(
12 RTCDevice device,
13 enum RTCDeviceProperty prop
14 );
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16 DESCRIPTION
17 The rtcGetDeviceProperty function can be used to query properties (prop
18 argument) of a device object (device argument). The returned property
19 is an integer of type ssize_t.
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21 Possible properties to query are:
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23 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_VERSION: Queries the combined version number (MA‐
24 JOR.MINOR.PATCH) with two decimal digits per component. E.g. for
25 Embree 2.8.3 the integer 208003 is returned.
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27 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_VERSION_MAJOR: Queries the major version number
28 of Embree.
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30 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_VERSION_MINOR: Queries the minor version number
31 of Embree.
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33 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_VERSION_PATCH: Queries the patch version number
34 of Embree.
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36 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_NATIVE_RAY4_SUPPORTED: Queries whether the rtcIn‐
37 tersect4 and rtcOccluded4 functions preserve packet size and ray or‐
38 der when invoking callback functions. This is only the case if Em‐
39 bree is compiled with EMBREE_RAY_PACKETS and SSE2 (or SSE4.2) en‐
40 abled, and if the machine it is running on supports SSE2 (or SSE4.2).
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42 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_NATIVE_RAY8_SUPPORTED: Queries whether the rtcIn‐
43 tersect8 and rtcOccluded8 functions preserve packet size and ray or‐
44 der when invoking callback functions. This is only the case if Em‐
45 bree is compiled with EMBREE_RAY_PACKETS and AVX (or AVX2) enabled,
46 and if the machine it is running on supports AVX (or AVX2).
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48 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_NATIVE_RAY16_SUPPORTED: Queries whether the
49 rtcIntersect16 and rtcOccluded16 functions preserve packet size and
50 ray order when invoking callback functions. This is only the case if
51 Embree is compiled with EMBREE_RAY_PACKETS and AVX512 enabled, and if
52 the machine it is running on supports AVX512.
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54 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_RAY_MASK_SUPPORTED: Queries whether ray masks are
55 supported. This is only the case if Embree is compiled with EM‐
56 BREE_RAY_MASK enabled.
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58 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_BACKFACE_CULLING_ENABLED: Queries whether back
59 face culling is enabled. This is only the case if Embree is compiled
60 with EMBREE_BACKFACE_CULLING enabled.
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62 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_BACKFACE_CULLING_CURVES_ENABLED: Queries whether
63 back face culling for curves is enabled. This is only the case if
64 Embree is compiled with EMBREE_BACKFACE_CULLING_CURVES enabled.
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66 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_BACKFACE_CULLING_SPHERES_ENABLED: Queries whether
67 back face culling for spheres is enabled. This is only the case if
68 Embree is compiled with EMBREE_BACKFACE_CULLING_SPHERES enabled.
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70 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_COMPACT_POLYS_ENABLED: Queries whether compact
71 polys is enabled. This is only the case if Embree is compiled with
72 EMBREE_COMPACT_POLYS enabled.
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74 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_FILTER_FUNCTION_SUPPORTED: Queries whether filter
75 functions are supported, which is the case if Embree is compiled with
76 EMBREE_FILTER_FUNCTION enabled.
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78 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_IGNORE_INVALID_RAYS_ENABLED: Queries whether in‐
79 valid rays are ignored, which is the case if Embree is compiled with
80 EMBREE_IGNORE_INVALID_RAYS enabled.
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82 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_TRIANGLE_GEOMETRY_SUPPORTED: Queries whether tri‐
83 angles are supported, which is the case if Embree is compiled with
84 EMBREE_GEOMETRY_TRIANGLE enabled.
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86 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_QUAD_GEOMETRY_SUPPORTED: Queries whether quads
87 are supported, which is the case if Embree is compiled with EM‐
88 BREE_GEOMETRY_QUAD enabled.
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90 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_SUBDIVISION_GEOMETRY_SUPPORTED: Queries whether
91 subdivision meshes are supported, which is the case if Embree is com‐
92 piled with EMBREE_GEOMETRY_SUBDIVISION enabled.
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94 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_CURVE_GEOMETRY_SUPPORTED: Queries whether curves
95 are supported, which is the case if Embree is compiled with EM‐
96 BREE_GEOMETRY_CURVE enabled.
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98 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_POINT_GEOMETRY_SUPPORTED: Queries whether points
99 are supported, which is the case if Embree is compiled with EM‐
100 BREE_GEOMETRY_POINT enabled.
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102 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_USER_GEOMETRY_SUPPORTED: Queries whether user ge‐
103 ometries are supported, which is the case if Embree is compiled with
104 EMBREE_GEOMETRY_USER enabled.
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106 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_TASKING_SYSTEM: Queries the tasking system Embree
107 is compiled with. Possible return values are:
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109 0. internal tasking system
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111 1. Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB)
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113 2. Parallel Patterns Library (PPL)
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115 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_JOIN_COMMIT_SUPPORTED: Queries whether rtcJoin‐
116 CommitScene is supported. This is not the case when Embree is com‐
117 piled with PPL or older versions of TBB.
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119 • RTC_DEVICE_PROPERTY_PARALLEL_COMMIT_SUPPORTED: Queries whether rtc‐
120 CommitScene can get invoked from multiple TBB worker threads concur‐
121 rently. This feature is only supported starting with TBB 2019 Update
122 9.
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124 EXIT STATUS
125 On success returns the value of the queried property. For properties
126 returning a boolean value, the return value 0 denotes false and 1 de‐
127 notes true.
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129 On failure zero is returned and an error code is set that can be
130 queried using rtcGetDeviceError.
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