SoComputeShader Class Reference
[Shaders]

VSG extension Node that defines a compute shader. More...

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoComputeShader.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoComputeShader:
SoShaderObject SoNode SoFieldContainer SoBase SoRefCounter SoTypedObject

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

virtual SoType getTypeId () const
 SoComputeShader ()
virtual ShaderType getShaderType () const

Static Public Member Functions

static SoType getClassTypeId ()
static SbBool isSupported (SoShaderObject::SourceType sourceType, SoState *state=nullptr)

Detailed Description

VSG extension Node that defines a compute shader.

This node defines a compute shader, a shader stage used entirely for computing arbitrary information.

To store the result of the computation, an SoComputeShader may use SoShaderParameterImage or SoShaderParameterBufferObject with SoShaderParameterBufferObject::SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER buffer type.

To fetch data, an SoComputeShader may use the above-mentioned parameter types, or regular texture access.

See SoShaderProgram for general information about using shaders and shader parameters.

See parent class SoShaderObject for details about using the inherited fields.

See SoComputeShaderScheduler for information about compute shader invocation.

Notes & Limitations:

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

SEE ALSO

SoVertexShader, SoFragmentShader, SoGeometryShader, SoShaderObject, SoShaderProgram, SoTessellationControlShader, SoTessellationEvaluationShader, SoUniformShaderParameter, SoShaderParameterBufferObject, SoShaderParameterImage

NOTE: node available since Open Inventor 10.12


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoComputeShader::SoComputeShader (  ) 

Member Function Documentation

static SoType SoComputeShader::getClassTypeId (  )  [static]

Returns the type identifier for this class.

Reimplemented from SoShaderObject.

virtual ShaderType SoComputeShader::getShaderType (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Returns the shader type.

Implements SoShaderObject.

virtual SoType SoComputeShader::getTypeId (  )  const [virtual]

Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

Reimplemented from SoShaderObject.

static SbBool SoComputeShader::isSupported ( SoShaderObject::SourceType  sourceType,
SoState state = nullptr 
) [static]

Indicates if compute shaders in the specified language are supported by your graphics board.

When using a debug build of Open Inventor, warning messages such as "no context available" may be generated. You can ignore them or see SoGLExtension for an example of using SoGLContext to avoid them.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

Open Inventor Toolkit reference manual, generated on 15 Mar 2023
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