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

# rtcReleaseScene(3)

### NAME

-

  ```
  rtcReleaseScene - decrements the scene reference count
  ```

### SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <embree4/rtcore.h>
  void rtcReleaseScene(RTCScene scene);
  ```

### DESCRIPTION

Scene objects are reference counted. The `rtcReleaseScene` function decrements the reference count of the passed scene object (`scene` argument). When the reference count falls to 0, the scene gets destroyed.

The scene holds a reference to all attached geometries, thus if the scene gets destroyed, all geometries get detached and their reference count decremented.

### EXIT STATUS

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

### SEE ALSO

\[rtcNewScene\], \[rtcRetainScene\]