UpdateInstanceIndexBuffer

This function should be preceded by the function CalculateInstances(), the only allowed other API functions in between are UpdateVertexBuffer() and UpdateTransformationBuffer().
It is expected to be called with a buffer indexBuffer of at least the size as given by CalculateInstances().
If not called for the first time it will expect to contain the same content as from previous call, even is size is changed. This can be overruled by the function ClearedExternalBuffers().

Syntax

//
//   Strong typing definition
//
int64_t         UpdateInstanceIndexBuffer(
                        OwlInstance             owlInstance,
                        void                    * indexBuffer
                    );


//
//   Weak typing definition
//
int64_t __declspec(dllexport) __stdcall UpdateInstanceIndexBuffer(
                                                int64_t                 owlInstance,
                                                void                    * indexBuffer
                                            );
    

Property owlInstance

Size: 64 bit / 8 byte (value)
The handle to the specific instance in the design tree. The instance handle is static within one open model but is most probably different when the same instance is opened in another model. The instance is always exactly of one unique class.

Property indexBuffer

Size: 64 bit / 8 byte (reference)
The array of indices, this array is allocated by the host application. Depending on SetFormat() the array exists of 32 bit (4 byte) integers or 64 bit (8 byte) integeres.

Example (based on pure API calls)

Here you can find code snippits that show how the API call UpdateInstanceIndexBuffer can be used.

#include    "./include/engine.h"

static  const   uint64_t    flagbit0 = 1;                           // 2^^0                          0000.0000..0000.0001
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit1 = 2;                           // 2^^1                          0000.0000..0000.0010
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit2 = 4;                           // 2^^2                          0000.0000..0000.0100
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit3 = 8;                           // 2^^3                          0000.0000..0000.1000

static  const   uint64_t    flagbit4 = 16;                          // 2^^4                          0000.0000..0001.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit5 = 32;                          // 2^^5                          0000.0000..0010.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit6 = 64;                          // 2^^6                          0000.0000..0100.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit7 = 128;                         // 2^^7                          0000.0000..1000.0000

static  const   uint64_t    flagbit8 = 256;                         // 2^^8                          0000.0001..0000.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit9 = 512;                         // 2^^9                          0000.0010..0000.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit10 = 1024;                       // 2^^10                         0000.0100..0000.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit11 = 2048;                       // 2^^11                         0000.1000..0000.0000

static  const   uint64_t    flagbit12 = 4096;                       // 2^^12                         0001.0000..0000.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit13 = 8192;                       // 2^^13                         0010.0000..0000.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit14 = 16384;                      // 2^^14                         0100.0000..0000.0000
static  const   uint64_t    flagbit15 = 32768;                      // 2^^15                         1000.0000..0000.0000

...

int64_t model = CreateModel();

if (model) {
    //
    //  Classes
    //
    int64_t classCollection = GetClassByName(model, "Collection"),
            classCylinder = GetClassByName(model, "Cylinder"),
            classLine3D = GetClassByName(model, "Line3D"),
            classPoint3D = GetClassByName(model, "Point3D");

    //
    //  Object Properties (relations)
    //
    int64_t propertyObjects = GetPropertyByName(model, "objects");

    //
    //  Datatype Properties (attributes)
    //
    int64_t propertyCoordinates = GetPropertyByName(model, "coordinates"),
            propertyLength = GetPropertyByName(model, "length"),
            propertyPoints = GetPropertyByName(model, "points"),
            propertyRadius = GetPropertyByName(model, "radius"),
            propertySegmentationParts = GetPropertyByName(model, "segmentationParts");

    //
    //  Instances (creating)
    //
    int64_t instanceCollection = CreateInstance(classCollection, nullptr),
            instanceCylinder = CreateInstance(classCylinder, nullptr),
            instanceLine3D = CreateInstance(classLine3D, nullptr),
            instancePoint3D_I = CreateInstance(classPoint3D, nullptr),
            instancePoint3D_II = CreateInstance(classPoint3D, nullptr);

    int64_t objects[6] = { instancePoint3D_I, instanceLine3D, instanceLine3D, instancePoint3D_II, instanceCylinder, instancePoint3D_I };
    SetObjectProperty(instanceCollection, propertyObjects, objects, 6);

    double  coordinates_I[3] = { 1., 2., 3. },
            coordinates_II[3] = { 4., 5., 6. },
            length = 4.,
            points[6] = { 0., 0., -1., 5., 3., 0. },
            radius = 2.;
    int64_t segmentationParts = 36;

    SetDatatypeProperty(instanceCylinder, propertyLength, &length, 1);
    SetDatatypeProperty(instanceCylinder, propertyRadius, &radius, 1);
    SetDatatypeProperty(instanceCylinder, propertySegmentationParts, &segmentationParts, 1);
    SetDatatypeProperty(instanceLine3D, propertyPoints, points, 6);
    SetDatatypeProperty(instancePoint3D_I, propertyCoordinates, coordinates_I, 3);
    SetDatatypeProperty(instancePoint3D_II, propertyCoordinates, coordinates_II, 3);

    int64_t myInstance = instanceCollection;

    ...
    ...     //  create, load or edit myInstance, in this case a simple Collection is used as input
    ...

    //
    //  Initializing the mask with all possible options
    //
    int64_t setting = 0,
            mask = GetFormat(0, 0);

    setting += 0 * flagbit2;        //    SINGLE / DOUBLE PRECISION (float / double)
    setting += 0 * flagbit3;        //    32 / 63 BIT INDEX ARRAY (int32_t / int64_t)

    setting += 1 * flagbit4;        //    OFF / ON VECTORS (x, y, z) 
    setting += 1 * flagbit5;        //    OFF / ON NORMALS (Nx, Ny, Nz)

    setting += 1 * flagbit8;        //    OFF / ON TRIANGLES
    setting += 1 * flagbit9;        //    OFF / ON LINES
    setting += 1 * flagbit10;       //    OFF / ON POINTS

    setting += 0 * flagbit12;       //    OFF / ON WIREFRAME FACES
    setting += 0 * flagbit13;       //    OFF / ON WIREFRAME CONCEPTUAL FACES

    int64_t vertexElementSizeInBytes = SetFormat(model, setting, mask);
    assert(vertexElementSizeInBytes == (3 + 3) * sizeof(float));

    ...

    int64_t vertexBufferSize = 0, indexBufferSize = 0;
    CalculateInstance(myInstance, &vertexBufferSize, &indexBufferSize, nullptr);

    if (vertexBufferSize && indexBufferSize) {
        float   * vertices = new float[(int_t) vertexBufferSize * ((int_t) vertexElementSizeInBytes / sizeof(float))];
        int32_t * indices = new int32_t[(int_t) indexBufferSize];

        UpdateInstanceVertexBuffer(myInstance, vertices);
        UpdateInstanceIndexBuffer(myInstance, indices);

        int64_t triangleCnt = 0, lineCnt = 0, pointCnt = 0,
                conceptualFaceCnt = GetConceptualFaceCnt(myInstance);
        for (int64_t index = 0; index < conceptualFaceCnt; index++) {
            int64_t startIndexTriangles = 0, noIndicesTriangles = 0,
                    startIndexLines = 0, noIndicesLines = 0,
                    startIndexPoints = 0, noIndicesPoints = 0;

            GetConceptualFace(
                    myInstance, index,
                    &startIndexTriangles, &noIndicesTriangles,
                    &startIndexLines, &noIndicesLines,
                    &startIndexPoints, &noIndicesPoints,
                    0, 0,
                    0, 0
                );

            //  
            //  Calculate space required for arrays
            //
            triangleCnt += noIndicesTriangles / 3;
            lineCnt += noIndicesLines / 2;
            pointCnt += noIndicesPoints;
        }

        int32_t * triangleIndices = triangleCnt ? new int32_t[(int_t) 3 * triangleCnt] : nullptr,
                * lineIndices = lineCnt ? new int32_t[(int_t) 2 * lineCnt] : nullptr,
                * pointIndices = pointCnt ? new int32_t[(int_t) pointCnt] : nullptr;

        int64_t triangleIndicesOffset = 0, lineIndicesOffset = 0, pointIndicesOffset = 0;
        for (int64_t index = 0; index < conceptualFaceCnt; index++) {
            int64_t startIndexTriangles = 0, noIndicesTriangles = 0,
                    startIndexLines = 0, noIndicesLines = 0,
                    startIndexPoints = 0, noIndicesPoints = 0;

            GetConceptualFace(
                    myInstance, index,
                    &startIndexTriangles, &noIndicesTriangles,
                    &startIndexLines, &noIndicesLines,
                    &startIndexPoints, &noIndicesPoints,
                    0, 0,
                    0, 0
                );

            if (noIndicesTriangles) {
                memcpy(&triangleIndices[triangleIndicesOffset], &indices[startIndexTriangles], noIndicesTriangles * sizeof(int32_t));
                triangleIndicesOffset += noIndicesTriangles;
            }

            if (noIndicesLines) {
                memcpy(&lineIndices[lineIndicesOffset], &indices[startIndexLines], noIndicesLines * sizeof(int32_t));
                lineIndicesOffset += noIndicesLines;
            }

            if (noIndicesPoints) {
                memcpy(&pointIndices[pointIndicesOffset], &indices[startIndexPoints], noIndicesPoints * sizeof(int32_t));
                pointIndicesOffset += noIndicesPoints;
            }
        }
        delete[] indices;
        assert(triangleIndicesOffset == triangleCnt * 3 && lineIndicesOffset == lineCnt * 2 && pointIndicesOffset == pointCnt);

        //
        //  Now the index arrays for triagles, lines and points are ready
        //      triangleIndices
        //      lineIndices
        //      pointIndices
        //  all three are using the same vertex array
        //      vertices
        //

        //
        //  Based on the Collection we should find
        //      
        //
        assert(triangleCnt == 36 * 2 + 2 * (36 - 2));   //  The collection contained 1 cylinder (with segmentation parts 36)
        assert(lineCnt == 2);                           //  The collection contained 2 lines
        assert(pointCnt == 3);                          //  The collection contained 3 points

        ...
        ...     //  use the vertex and index array for visualization, QTO, conversion etc.
        ...

        delete[] vertices;
        if (triangleIndices) { delete[] triangleIndices; }
        if (lineIndices) { delete[] lineIndices; }
        if (pointIndices) { delete[] pointIndices; }
    }

    //
    //  The resulting model can be viewed in 3D-Editor.exe
    //
    SaveModel(model, "c:\\created\\myFile.bin");
    CloseModel(model);
}