ID3D12GraphicsCommandList::DrawIndexedInstanced method (d3d12.h)
Draws indexed, instanced primitives.
Syntax
void DrawIndexedInstanced(
[in] UINT IndexCountPerInstance,
[in] UINT InstanceCount,
[in] UINT StartIndexLocation,
[in] INT BaseVertexLocation,
[in] UINT StartInstanceLocation
);
Parameters
[in] IndexCountPerInstance
Type: UINT
Number of indices read from the index buffer for each instance.
[in] InstanceCount
Type: UINT
Number of instances to draw.
[in] StartIndexLocation
Type: UINT
The location of the first index read by the GPU from the index buffer.
[in] BaseVertexLocation
Type: INT
A value added to each index before reading a vertex from the vertex buffer.
[in] StartInstanceLocation
Type: UINT
A value added to each index before reading per-instance data from a vertex buffer.
Return value
None
Remarks
A draw API submits work to the rendering pipeline.
Instancing might extend performance by reusing the same geometry to draw multiple objects in a scene. One example of instancing could be to draw the same object with different positions and colors. Instancing requires multiple vertex buffers: at least one for per-vertex data and a second buffer for per-instance data.
Examples
The D3D12Bundles sample uses ID3D12GraphicsCommandList::DrawIndexedInstanced as follows:
void FrameResource::PopulateCommandList(ID3D12GraphicsCommandList* pCommandList, ID3D12PipelineState* pPso1, ID3D12PipelineState* pPso2,
UINT frameResourceIndex, UINT numIndices, D3D12_INDEX_BUFFER_VIEW* pIndexBufferViewDesc, D3D12_VERTEX_BUFFER_VIEW* pVertexBufferViewDesc,
ID3D12DescriptorHeap* pCbvSrvDescriptorHeap, UINT cbvSrvDescriptorSize, ID3D12DescriptorHeap* pSamplerDescriptorHeap, ID3D12RootSignature* pRootSignature)
{
// If the root signature matches the root signature of the caller, then
// bindings are inherited, otherwise the bind space is reset.
pCommandList->SetGraphicsRootSignature(pRootSignature);
ID3D12DescriptorHeap* ppHeaps[] = { pCbvSrvDescriptorHeap, pSamplerDescriptorHeap };
pCommandList->SetDescriptorHeaps(_countof(ppHeaps), ppHeaps);
pCommandList->IASetPrimitiveTopology(D3D_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_TRIANGLELIST);
pCommandList->IASetIndexBuffer(pIndexBufferViewDesc);
pCommandList->IASetVertexBuffers(0, 1, pVertexBufferViewDesc);
pCommandList->SetGraphicsRootDescriptorTable(0, pCbvSrvDescriptorHeap->GetGPUDescriptorHandleForHeapStart());
pCommandList->SetGraphicsRootDescriptorTable(1, pSamplerDescriptorHeap->GetGPUDescriptorHandleForHeapStart());
// Calculate the descriptor offset due to multiple frame resources.
// 1 SRV + how many CBVs we have currently.
UINT frameResourceDescriptorOffset = 1 + (frameResourceIndex * m_cityRowCount * m_cityColumnCount);
CD3DX12_GPU_DESCRIPTOR_HANDLE cbvSrvHandle(pCbvSrvDescriptorHeap->GetGPUDescriptorHandleForHeapStart(), frameResourceDescriptorOffset, cbvSrvDescriptorSize);
BOOL usePso1 = TRUE;
for (UINT i = 0; i < m_cityRowCount; i++)
{
for (UINT j = 0; j < m_cityColumnCount; j++)
{
// Alternate which PSO to use; the pixel shader is different on
// each just as a PSO setting demonstration.
pCommandList->SetPipelineState(usePso1 ? pPso1 : pPso2);
usePso1 = !usePso1;
// Set this city's CBV table and move to the next descriptor.
pCommandList->SetGraphicsRootDescriptorTable(2, cbvSrvHandle);
cbvSrvHandle.Offset(cbvSrvDescriptorSize);
pCommandList->DrawIndexedInstanced(numIndices, 1, 0, 0, 0);
}
}
}
See Example Code in the D3D12 Reference.
Requirements
Requirement | Value |
---|---|
Target Platform | Windows |
Header | d3d12.h |
Library | D3d12.lib |
DLL | D3d12.dll |