VEX Dictionary / rayimport

rayimport

Retrieves a named value passed by a shader hit during a gather ray, writing it into the given variable.

group: shadingshading

Available in fog, light, shadow, surface

Usage

int rayimport(string name, <type> &value)

int rayimport(string name, <type>[] &value)

Examples

No worked examples yet.

Signatures (from vcc -X)

• int rayimport(string, matrix2 &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, matrix3 &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, matrix &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, float &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, int &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, vector4 &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, string &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, vector2 &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, vector &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, matrix2[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, matrix3[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, matrix[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, float[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, int[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, vector4[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, string[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, vector2[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface
• int rayimport(string, vector[] &)fog, light, shadow, surface

Related

area blinnBRDF bouncelabel bouncemask diffuseBRDF filterstep fresnel frontface gather getblurP getcomponents getderiv getfogname getglobalraylevel getgroupid getlight

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