---
title: SCNCullMode
framework: scenekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Enumeration
path: scenekit/scncullmode
---

# SCNCullMode

The modes SceneKit uses to determine which polygons to render in a surface, used by the cullMode property.

## Declaration

```swift
enum SCNCullMode
```

## Overview

Overview The vertex data and normal vectors in a geometry designate which side of each polygon is to be considered its front face, and the geometry’s orientation with respect to the camera determines which front surfaces are currently visible. Typically, back-facing surfaces are found only on the interior of a closed geometry, obscured by front-facing surfaces, so rendering these surfaces has a performance cost but no visible effect.

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

- [SCNCullMode.back](scenekit/scncullmode/back.md)
- [SCNCullMode.front](scenekit/scncullmode/front.md)

### Initializers

- [init(rawValue:)](scenekit/scncullmode/init(rawvalue:).md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [BitwiseCopyable](swift/bitwisecopyable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [RawRepresentable](swift/rawrepresentable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Customizing Rendered Appearance

- [isLitPerPixel](scenekit/scnmaterial/islitperpixel.md)
- [isDoubleSided](scenekit/scnmaterial/isdoublesided.md)
- [cullMode](scenekit/scnmaterial/cullmode.md)
- [fillMode](scenekit/scnmaterial/fillmode.md)
- [SCNFillMode](scenekit/scnfillmode.md)