GPURenderBundleEncoder: setPipeline() method

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The setPipeline() method of the GPURenderBundleEncoder interface sets the GPURenderPipeline to use for subsequent render bundle commands.

Note: This method is functionally identical to its equivalent on GPURenderPassEncoder — setPipeline().

Syntax

setPipeline(pipeline)

Parameters

pipeline: The GPURenderPipeline to use for subsequent render bundle commands.

Return value

None (Undefined).

Validation

The following criteria must be met when calling setPipeline(), otherwise a GPUValidationError is generated and the GPURenderBundleEncoder becomes invalid:

If the GPURenderPipeline writes to the depth component of the depth/stencil attachment, depthReadOnly (as specified in the descriptor of the originating GPUCommandEncoder.beginRenderPass() call) is true.
If the GPURenderPipeline writes to the stencil component of the depth/stencil attachment, stencilReadOnly (as specified in the descriptor of the originating GPUCommandEncoder.beginRenderPass() call) is true.

Examples

function recordRenderPass(passEncoder) {
  if (settings.dynamicOffsets) {
    passEncoder.setPipeline(dynamicPipeline);
  } else {
    passEncoder.setPipeline(pipeline);
  }
  passEncoder.setVertexBuffer(0, vertexBuffer);
  passEncoder.setBindGroup(0, timeBindGroup);
  const dynamicOffsets = [0];
  for (let i = 0; i < numTriangles; ++i) {
    if (settings.dynamicOffsets) {
      dynamicOffsets[0] = i * alignedUniformBytes;
      passEncoder.setBindGroup(1, dynamicBindGroup, dynamicOffsets);
    } else {
      passEncoder.setBindGroup(1, bindGroups[i]);
    }
    passEncoder.draw(3, 1, 0, 0);
  }
}

The above snippet is taken from the WebGPU Samples Animometer example.

Specifications

Specification
WebGPU # dom-gpurendercommandsmixin-setpipeline

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