rtcCommitGeometry(3)

💖 rtcCommitGeometry(3) — bestie edition 💖

okay so imagine this: you're out here living your best ray-tracing life in Embree Ray Tracing Kernels 4, and this little function rtcCommitGeometry(3) is the one that makes all your geometry glow-ups actually count. no cap. it's giving "save your work before you close the doc" energy, except the doc is a 3D scene and the stakes are interpolations. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

rtcCommitGeometry — commits geometry changes 🎀

like, it locks in the vibe of a geometry. that's it. that's the job. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <embree4/rtcore.h>

void rtcCommitGeometry(RTCGeometry geometry);

look at her. one function, one argument, zero drama. iconic. 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea, bestie. the rtcCommitGeometry function is the one you call to commit all geometry changes that you performed on a geometry (that's the geometry parameter, mwah 💋).

the way this works: once a geometry gets modified, you must call this function to properly update the internal state of the geometry. why? two reasons, and both matter:

• so you can perform interpolations using rtcInterpolate 🌸
• so you can commit a scene containing the geometry using rtcCommitScene 🌈

fr fr, if you skip this step, your changes are just sitting there, uncommitted, rotting in the group chat. do not do that to yourself. commit the geometry. it's self care. 🫶

✨ EXIT STATUS ✨

on failure, an error code is set. and how do you peek at it? with rtcGetDeviceError. 💀

not me ignoring the error code and then wondering why nothing renders. bestie. check the error code.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• [rtcInterpolate] 🦋
• [rtcCommitScene] 🍓

that's the whole page, angel. go forth and commit your geometry. periodt. ✨

signing off from the Embree Ray Tracing Kernels 4 manual, page rtcCommitGeometry(3) — mwah, love u, bye 💜