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[[drawing-mesh-shading]]
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== Programmable Mesh Shading
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In this drawing approach, primitives are assembled by the mesh shader stage.
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<<mesh, Mesh shading>> operates similarly to <<dispatch, dispatching
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compute>> as the shaders make use of workgroups.
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[open,refpage='vkCmdDrawMeshTasksNV',desc='Draw mesh task work items',type='protos']
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:refpage: vkCmdDrawMeshTasksNV
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To record a draw that uses the mesh pipeline, call:
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include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCmdDrawMeshTasksNV.txt[]
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* pname:commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be
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recorded.
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* pname:taskCount is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X
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dimension.
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Y and Z dimension are implicitly set to one.
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* pname:firstTask is the X component of the first workgroup ID.
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When the command is executed, a global workgroup consisting of
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pname:taskCount local workgroups is assembled.
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.Valid Usage
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****
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include::{chapters}/commonvalidity/draw_common.txt[]
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksNV-taskCount-02119]]
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pname:taskCount must: be less than or equal to
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sname:VkPhysicalDeviceMeshShaderPropertiesNV::pname:maxDrawMeshTasksCount
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****
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include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkCmdDrawMeshTasksNV.txt[]
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--
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[open,refpage='vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV',desc='Issue an indirect mesh tasks draw into a command buffer',type='protos']
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:refpage: vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV
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2018-09-16 01:35:16 +00:00
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To record an indirect mesh tasks draw, call:
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include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV.txt[]
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* pname:commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is
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recorded.
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* pname:buffer is the buffer containing draw parameters.
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* pname:offset is the byte offset into pname:buffer where parameters
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begin.
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* pname:drawCount is the number of draws to execute, and can: be zero.
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* pname:stride is the byte stride between successive sets of draw
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parameters.
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fname:vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV behaves similarly to
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flink:vkCmdDrawMeshTasksNV except that the parameters are read by the device
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from a buffer during execution.
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pname:drawCount draws are executed by the command, with parameters taken
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from pname:buffer starting at pname:offset and increasing by pname:stride
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bytes for each successive draw.
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The parameters of each draw are encoded in an array of
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slink:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV structures.
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If pname:drawCount is less than or equal to one, pname:stride is ignored.
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.Valid Usage
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****
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include::{chapters}/commonvalidity/draw_common.txt[]
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include::{chapters}/commonvalidity/draw_dispatch_indirect_common.txt[]
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include::{chapters}/commonvalidity/draw_indirect_drawcount.txt[]
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV-drawCount-02146]]
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If pname:drawCount is greater than `1`, pname:stride must: be a multiple
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of `4` and must: be greater than or equal to
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code:sizeof(sname:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV)
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV-drawCount-02156]]
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If pname:drawCount is equal to `1`, [eq]#(pname:offset {plus}
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code:sizeof(slink:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV))# must: be less than
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or equal to the size of pname:buffer
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV-drawCount-02157]]
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If pname:drawCount is greater than `1`, [eq]#(pname:stride {times}
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(pname:drawCount - 1) {plus} pname:offset {plus}
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code:sizeof(slink:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV))# must: be less than
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or equal to the size of pname:buffer
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****
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2019-04-16 12:19:43 +00:00
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include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV.txt[]
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--
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[open,refpage='VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV',desc='Structure specifying a mesh tasks draw indirect command',type='structs',xrefs='vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV']
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--
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The sname:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV structure is defined as:
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include::{generated}/api/structs/VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV.txt[]
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* pname:taskCount is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X
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dimension.
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Y and Z dimension are implicitly set to one.
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* pname:firstTask is the X component of the first workgroup ID.
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The members of sname:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV have the same meaning
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as the similarly named parameters of flink:vkCmdDrawMeshTasksNV.
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.Valid Usage
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****
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* [[VUID-VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV-taskCount-02175]]
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pname:taskCount must: be less than or equal to
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sname:VkPhysicalDeviceMeshShaderPropertiesNV::pname:maxDrawMeshTasksCount
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****
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2019-04-16 12:19:43 +00:00
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include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV.txt[]
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--
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[open,refpage='vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV',desc='Perform an indirect mesh tasks draw with the draw count sourced from a buffer',type='protos']
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--
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:refpage: vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV
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To record an indirect mesh tasks draw with the draw count sourced from a
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buffer, call:
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2019-04-16 12:19:43 +00:00
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include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV.txt[]
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* pname:commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is
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recorded.
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* pname:buffer is the buffer containing draw parameters.
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* pname:offset is the byte offset into pname:buffer where parameters
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begin.
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* pname:countBuffer is the buffer containing the draw count.
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* pname:countBufferOffset is the byte offset into pname:countBuffer where
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the draw count begins.
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* pname:maxDrawCount specifies the maximum number of draws that will be
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executed.
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The actual number of executed draw calls is the minimum of the count
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specified in pname:countBuffer and pname:maxDrawCount.
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* pname:stride is the byte stride between successive sets of draw
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parameters.
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fname:vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV behaves similarly to
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flink:vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV except that the draw count is read by the
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device from a buffer during execution.
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The command will read an unsigned 32-bit integer from pname:countBuffer
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located at pname:countBufferOffset and use this as the draw count.
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.Valid Usage
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****
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include::{chapters}/commonvalidity/draw_common.txt[]
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include::{chapters}/commonvalidity/draw_dispatch_indirect_common.txt[]
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include::{chapters}/commonvalidity/draw_indirect_count_common.txt[]
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV-stride-02182]]
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pname:stride must: be a multiple of `4` and must: be greater than or
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equal to code:sizeof(sname:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV)
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV-maxDrawCount-02183]]
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If pname:maxDrawCount is greater than or equal to `1`,
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[eq]#(pname:stride {times} (pname:maxDrawCount - 1) {plus} pname:offset
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{plus} code:sizeof(sname:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV))# must: be
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less than or equal to the size of pname:buffer
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV-countBuffer-02191]]
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If the count stored in pname:countBuffer is equal to `1`,
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[eq]#(pname:offset {plus}
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code:sizeof(sname:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV))# must: be less than
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or equal to the size of pname:buffer
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* [[VUID-vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV-countBuffer-02192]]
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If the count stored in pname:countBuffer is greater than `1`,
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[eq]#(pname:stride {times} (pname:drawCount - 1) {plus} pname:offset
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{plus} code:sizeof(sname:VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV))# must: be
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less than or equal to the size of pname:buffer
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****
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2019-04-16 12:19:43 +00:00
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include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV.txt[]
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