---
title: MTLRenderPassDepthAttachmentDescriptor
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: metal/mtlrenderpassdepthattachmentdescriptor
---

# MTLRenderPassDepthAttachmentDescriptor

A depth render target that serves as the output destination for depth pixels generated by a render pass.

## Declaration

```swift
class MTLRenderPassDepthAttachmentDescriptor
```

## Mentioned in

Storing data a pass makes with custom sample positions for a subsequent pass

## Topics

### Specifying clearing value

- [clearDepth](metal/mtlrenderpassdepthattachmentdescriptor/cleardepth.md)

### MSAA depth resolve

- [depthResolveFilter](metal/mtlrenderpassdepthattachmentdescriptor/depthresolvefilter.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassattachmentdescriptor.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Configuring a render command encoder

- [MTL4RenderPassDescriptor](metal/mtl4renderpassdescriptor.md)
- [MTLRenderPassDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassdescriptor.md)
- [MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtlrenderpasscolorattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpasscolorattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLClearColor](metal/mtlclearcolor.md)
- [MTLMultisampleDepthResolveFilter](metal/mtlmultisampledepthresolvefilter.md)
- [MTL4RenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtl4renderpipelinecolorattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLTileRenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtltilerenderpipelinecolorattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLRenderPassStencilAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassstencilattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLMultisampleStencilResolveFilter](metal/mtlmultisamplestencilresolvefilter.md)
- [MTLRenderPassSampleBufferAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLRenderPassSampleBufferAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLLogicalToPhysicalColorAttachmentMap](metal/mtllogicaltophysicalcolorattachmentmap.md)
- [MTLDispatchThreadsIndirectArguments](metal/mtldispatchthreadsindirectarguments.md)