VEX Dictionary / shimport

shimport

Reads a named variable exported by the shadow shader for use in the surface shader.

group: shadingshadedatasurfacefog

Available in fog, surface

Usage

int shimport(string variable_name, <type> &value)

Examples

No worked examples yet.

Signatures (from vcc -X)

• int shimport(string, matrix2 &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, matrix3 &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, matrix &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, float &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, int &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, vector4 &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, string &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, vector2 &)fog, surface
• int shimport(string, vector &)fog, surface

Related

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

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