---
name: "RTCRayHit"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libembree-dev"
version: "4.3.3+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/RTCRayHit"
---

# RTCRayHit(3)

### NAME

-

  ```
  RTCRayHit - combined single ray/hit structure
  ```

### SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <embree4/rtcore_ray.h>
  struct RTCORE_ALIGN(16) RTCRayHit
  {
    struct RTCRay ray;
    struct RTCHit hit;
  };
  ```

### DESCRIPTION

The `RTCRayHit` structure is used as input for the `rtcIntersect`-type functions and stores the ray to intersect and some hit fields that hold the intersection result afterwards.

The `embree4/rtcore_ray.h` header additionally defines the same ray/hit structure in structure of array (SOA) layout for API functions accepting ray packets of size 4 (`RTCRayHit4` type), size 8 (`RTCRayHit8` type), and size 16 (`RTCRayHit16` type). The header additionally defines an `RTCRayHitNt` template to generate ray/hit packets of an arbitrary compile-time size.

### EXIT STATUS

### SEE ALSO

\[RTCRay\], \[RTCHit\]