How to get CAMetalDrawable with SceneKit API?

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Created Sep ’16

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This question is related to my previous thread at: https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/62727

I was looking for ways update SCNGeometry's source and elements fast, but it seems there is no easy way to this.

To get around this, I am looking into using Metal API for rendering tracing path.

With SCNSceneRendererDelegate method, I was able to access most of the things needed for rendering, except CAMetalDrawable.

Every resources I could find required CAMetalDrawable to render which is nowhere to find.

Could anyone direct me where to look regarding this?

A sample project that renders with Metal API in SceneKit context would vastly help.

Thanks.

Answered by hardboiledbaby in 179556022

Answering my owns question here.

I was able to get CAMetalDrawable from SCNView with:

((instance of SCNView).layer as? CAMetalLayer).nextDrawable()

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Sep ’16

Accepted Answer

Answering my owns question here.

I was able to get CAMetalDrawable from SCNView with:

((instance of SCNView).layer as? CAMetalLayer).nextDrawable()

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Answer 2

Sep ’16

((Very) good use of brackets)!

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Jan ’21

Thanks for this Q and A !!!

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