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SV_TessFactor

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Defines the tessellation amount on each edge of a patch.

Type

Type Input topology
float[4] quad patch
float[3] tri patch
float[2] isoline

 

Tessellation factors must be declared as an array; they cannot be packed into a single vector.

Remarks

The value for tessellation factor must be defined during the patch constant function of the hull shader.

Required output value for the hull shader if using quad or tri patches. This value is also a required input value for the domain shader to match the patch-constant data signatures between the tessellation stages.

For an isoline, the first value in SV_TessFactor is the line-density tessellation factor, the second value is the line-detail tessellation factor.

Tri Patch Tessellation Factors

The first component provides the tesselation factor for the u==0 edge of the patch. The second component provides the tesselation factor for the v==0 edge of the patch. The third component provides the tesselation factor for the w==0 edge of the patch.

Quad Patch Tessellation Factors

The first component provides the tesselation factor for the u==0 edge of the patch. The second component provides the tesselation factor for the v==0 edge of the patch. The third component provides the tesselation factor for the u==1 edge of the patch. The fourth component provides the tesselation factor for the v==1 edge of the patch. The ordering of the edges is clockwise, starting from the u==0 edge, which is the left side of the patch, and from the v==0 edge, which is the top of the patch.

This function is supported in the following types of shaders:

Vertex Hull Domain Geometry Pixel Compute
x x

 

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Semantics

Shader Model 5