VkTessellationDomainOrigin(3)

# VkTessellationDomainOrigin(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkTessellationDomainOrigin - Enum describing tessellation domain origin

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## C Specification

The possible tessellation domain origins are specified by the VkTessellationDomainOrigin enumeration:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    typedef enum VkTessellationDomainOrigin {
        VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_UPPER_LEFT = 0,
        VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_LOWER_LEFT = 1,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance2
        VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_UPPER_LEFT_KHR = VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_UPPER_LEFT,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance2
        VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_LOWER_LEFT_KHR = VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_LOWER_LEFT,
    } VkTessellationDomainOrigin;

    // Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance2
    // Equivalent to VkTessellationDomainOrigin
    typedef VkTessellationDomainOrigin VkTessellationDomainOriginKHR;

## Description

- VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_UPPER_LEFT specifies that the origin of the domain space is in the upper left corner, as shown in figure https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#img-tessellation-topology-ul.

- VK_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_LOWER_LEFT specifies that the origin of the domain space is in the lower left corner, as shown in figure https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#img-tessellation-topology-ll.

This enum affects how the `VertexOrderCw` and `VertexOrderCcw` tessellation execution modes are interpreted, since the winding is defined relative to the orientation of the domain.

## See Also

VK_KHR_maintenance2, VK_VERSION_1_1, VkPipelineTessellationDomainOriginStateCreateInfo, vkCmdSetTessellationDomainOriginEXT

## 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

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