# VkGeometryInstanceFlagBitsKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkGeometryInstanceFlagBitsKHR - Instance flag bits

## C Specification

Possible values of `flags` in the instance modifying the behavior of that instance are:,

    typedef enum VkGeometryInstanceFlagBitsKHR {
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_FACING_CULL_DISABLE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000001,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_FRONT_COUNTERCLOCKWISE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000002,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000004,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_NO_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000008,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_CULL_DISABLE_BIT_NV = VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_FACING_CULL_DISABLE_BIT_KHR,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_FRONT_COUNTERCLOCKWISE_BIT_NV = VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_FRONT_COUNTERCLOCKWISE_BIT_KHR,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_OPAQUE_BIT_NV = VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_NO_OPAQUE_BIT_NV = VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_NO_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR,
        VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM_KHR = 0x7FFFFFFF
    } VkGeometryInstanceFlagBitsKHR;

or the equivalent

    typedef VkGeometryInstanceFlagBitsKHR VkGeometryInstanceFlagBitsNV;

## Description

- `VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_FACING_CULL_DISABLE_BIT_KHR` disables face culling for this instance.

- `VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_TRIANGLE_FRONT_COUNTERCLOCKWISE_BIT_KHR` indicates that the front face of the triangle for culling purposes is the face that is counter clockwise in object space relative to the ray origin. Because the facing is determined in object space, an instance transform matrix does not change the winding, but a geometry transform does.

- `VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR` causes this instance to act as though `VK_GEOMETRY_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR` were specified on all geometries referenced by this instance. This behavior can be overridden by the SPIR-V `NoOpaqueKHR` ray flag.

- `VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_NO_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR` causes this instance to act as though `VK_GEOMETRY_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR` were not specified on all geometries referenced by this instance. This behavior can be overridden by the SPIR-V `OpaqueKHR` ray flag.

`VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_NO_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR` and `VK_GEOMETRY_INSTANCE_FORCE_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR` must not be used in the same flag.

## See Also

VkGeometryInstanceFlagsKHR

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.