---
name: "rtcGetSceneBounds"
section: "3embree4"
platform: "linux"
package: "embree"
version: "4.4.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rtcGetSceneBounds/3embree4"
---

# rtcGetSceneBounds(3embree4)

### NAME

-

  ```
  rtcGetSceneBounds - returns the axis-aligned bounding box of the scene
  ```

### SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <embree4/rtcore.h>
  struct RTCORE_ALIGN(16) RTCBounds
  {
    float lower_x, lower_y, lower_z, align0;
    float upper_x, upper_y, upper_z, align1;
  };
  void rtcGetSceneBounds(
    RTCScene scene,
    struct RTCBounds* bounds_o
  );
  ```

### DESCRIPTION

The `rtcGetSceneBounds` function queries the axis-aligned bounding box of the specified scene (`scene` argument) and stores that bounding box to the provided destination pointer (`bounds_o` argument). The stored bounding box consists of lower and upper bounds for the x, y, and z dimensions as specified by the `RTCBounds` structure.

The provided destination pointer must be aligned to 16 bytes. The function may be invoked only after committing the scene; otherwise the result is undefined.

### EXIT STATUS

On failure an error code is set that can be queried using `rtcGetDeviceError`.

### SEE ALSO

\[rtcGetSceneLinearBounds\], \[rtcCommitScene\], \[rtcJoinCommitScene\]