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.TH "rtcNewBVH" "3" "" "" "Embree Ray Tracing Kernels 3"
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.SS NAME
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rtcNewBVH\ \-\ creates\ a\ new\ BVH\ object
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.SS SYNOPSIS
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#include\ <embree3/rtcore.h>

RTCBVH\ rtcNewBVH(RTCDevice\ device);
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.SS DESCRIPTION
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This function creates a new BVH object and returns a handle to this BVH.
The BVH object is reference counted with an initial reference count of
1.
The handle can be released using the \f[C]rtcReleaseBVH\f[] API call.
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The BVH object can be used to build a BVH in a user\-specified format
over user\-specified primitives.
See the documentation of the \f[C]rtcBuildBVH\f[] call for more details.
.SS EXIT STATUS
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On failure an error code is set that can be queried using
\f[C]rtcGetDeviceError\f[].
.SS SEE ALSO
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[rtcRetainBVH], [rtcReleaseBVH], [rtcBuildBVH]