VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV(3)

# VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV - Structure specifying the parameters of acceleration structure object

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## C Specification

The `VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    typedef struct VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV {
        VkStructureType                         sType;
        const void*                             pNext;
        VkAccelerationStructureTypeNV           type;
        VkBuildAccelerationStructureFlagsKHR    flags;
        uint32_t                                instanceCount;
        uint32_t                                geometryCount;
        const VkGeometryNV*                     pGeometries;
    } VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `type` is a VkAccelerationStructureTypeNV value specifying the type of acceleration structure that will be created.

- `flags` is a bitmask of VkBuildAccelerationStructureFlagBitsNV specifying additional parameters of the acceleration structure.

- `instanceCount` specifies the number of instances that will be in the new acceleration structure.

- `geometryCount` specifies the number of geometries that will be in the new acceleration structure.

- `pGeometries` is a pointer to an array of `geometryCount` VkGeometryNV structures containing the scene data being passed into the acceleration structure.

## Description

`VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV` contains information that is used both for acceleration structure creation with vkCreateAccelerationStructureNV and in combination with the actual geometric data to build the acceleration structure with vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructureNV.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-geometryCount-02422
  `geometryCount` must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPropertiesNV::`maxGeometryCount`

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-instanceCount-02423
  `instanceCount` must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPropertiesNV::`maxInstanceCount`

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-maxTriangleCount-02424
  The total number of triangles in all geometries must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPropertiesNV::`maxTriangleCount`

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-type-02425
  If `type` is VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_TOP_LEVEL_NV then `geometryCount` must be `0`

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-type-02426
  If `type` is VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BOTTOM_LEVEL_NV then `instanceCount` must be `0`

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-type-02786
  If `type` is VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BOTTOM_LEVEL_NV then the `geometryType` member of each geometry in `pGeometries` must be the same

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-type-04623
  `type` must not be VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GENERIC_KHR

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-flags-02592
  If `flags` has the VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_PREFER_FAST_TRACE_BIT_NV bit set, then it must not have the VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_PREFER_FAST_BUILD_BIT_NV bit set

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-scratch-02781
  `scratch` must have been created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_RAY_TRACING_BIT_NV usage flag set

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-instanceData-02782
  If `instanceData` is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, `instanceData` must have been created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_RAY_TRACING_BIT_NV usage flag set

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_INFO_NV

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-type-parameter
  `type` must be a valid VkAccelerationStructureTypeNV value

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-flags-parameter
  `flags` must be a valid combination of VkBuildAccelerationStructureFlagBitsKHR values

- VUID-VkAccelerationStructureInfoNV-pGeometries-parameter
  If `geometryCount` is not `0`, `pGeometries` must be a valid pointer to an array of `geometryCount` valid VkGeometryNV structures

## See Also

VK_NV_ray_tracing, VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoNV, VkAccelerationStructureTypeKHR, VkBuildAccelerationStructureFlagsKHR, VkGeometryNV, VkStructureType, vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructureNV

## 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 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0