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VK_NV_fill_rectangle

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Last Modified Date

2017-05-22

Contributors
  • Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

Description

This extension adds a new VkPolygonMode enum where a triangle is rasterized by computing and filling its axis-aligned screen-space bounding box, disregarding the actual triangle edges. This can be useful for drawing a rectangle without being split into two triangles with an internal edge. It is also useful to minimize the number of primitives that need to be drawn, particularly for a user interface.

New Enum Constants

  • VK_NV_FILL_RECTANGLE_EXTENSION_NAME
  • VK_NV_FILL_RECTANGLE_SPEC_VERSION
  • Extending VkPolygonMode:
    • VK_POLYGON_MODE_FILL_RECTANGLE_NV

Version History

  • Revision 1, 2017-05-22 (Jeff Bolz)
    • Internal revisions