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title: "encodeIntersection(commandBuffer:intersectionType:rayBuffer:rayBufferOffset:rayIndexBuffer:rayIndexBufferOffset:intersectionBuffer:intersectionBufferOffset:rayIndexCountBuffer:rayIndexCountBufferOffset:accelerationStructure:)"
framework: metalperformanceshaders
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "metalperformanceshaders/mpsrayintersector/encodeintersection(commandbuffer:intersectiontype:raybuffer:raybufferoffset:rayindexbuffer:rayindexbufferoffset:intersectionbuffer:intersectionbufferoffset:rayindexcountbuffer:rayindexcountbufferoffset:accelerationstructure:)"
---

# encodeIntersection(commandBuffer:intersectionType:rayBuffer:rayBufferOffset:rayIndexBuffer:rayIndexBufferOffset:intersectionBuffer:intersectionBufferOffset:rayIndexCountBuffer:rayIndexCountBufferOffset:accelerationStructure:)

## Declaration

```swift
func encodeIntersection(commandBuffer: any MTLCommandBuffer, intersectionType: MPSIntersectionType, rayBuffer: any MTLBuffer, rayBufferOffset: Int, rayIndexBuffer: any MTLBuffer, rayIndexBufferOffset: Int, intersectionBuffer: any MTLBuffer, intersectionBufferOffset: Int, rayIndexCountBuffer: any MTLBuffer, rayIndexCountBufferOffset: Int, accelerationStructure: MPSAccelerationStructure)
```