---
title: primitive
framework: arkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: arkit/geometryelement/primitive-swift.property
---

# primitive

Get the type of the geometry element.

## Declaration

```swift
var primitive: GeometryElement.Primitive { get }
```

## See Also

### Rendering geometry elements

- [buffer](arkit/geometryelement/buffer.md)
- [GeometryElement.Primitive](arkit/geometryelement/primitive-swift.enum.md)
- [count](arkit/geometryelement/count.md)
- [bytesPerIndex](arkit/geometryelement/bytesperindex.md)
- [description](arkit/geometryelement/description.md)