---
title: drawPatches
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: metal/mtlindirectcommandtype/drawpatches
---

# drawPatches

A draw call command for tessellated patches.

## Declaration

```swift
static var drawPatches: MTLIndirectCommandType { get }
```

## See Also

### Specifying command types

- [draw](metal/mtlindirectcommandtype/draw.md)
- [drawIndexed](metal/mtlindirectcommandtype/drawindexed.md)
- [drawIndexedPatches](metal/mtlindirectcommandtype/drawindexedpatches.md)
- [concurrentDispatch](metal/mtlindirectcommandtype/concurrentdispatch.md)
- [concurrentDispatchThreads](metal/mtlindirectcommandtype/concurrentdispatchthreads.md)