dolphin.materials · function · Updated 2026-09-09

DolphinSurfacePreview

Evaluate a surface function with Dolphin's CPU reference renderer and return encoded BGRA pixels for a small material preview.

Compose linear-color surfaces and shared shading math in ordinary Yeho code.

external DolphinSurfacePreview(function of Vector3 to dolphinSurface shader,int size) returns text

Status: source-declared

Parameters

function of Vector3 to dolphinSurface shader

Supply shader as function of Vector3 to dolphinSurface.

int size

Supply size as int.

using dolphin.math
using dolphin.spatial3d
using dolphin.materials

Surface(Vector3 point) -> dolphinSurface
{
    return DolphinSurface(Vector3(0.1, 0.7, 0.6), 0.4, 0.0, 0.0)
}
text pixels = DolphinSurfacePreview(Surface, 16)
Console.Log(Text.From(Text.Length(pixels)))

manifestVersion = "2"
package = "api.example.dolphin_materials__dolphinsurfacepreview"
version = "0.1.0"
languageEdition = "yeho-core-2026.1"

[app]
kind = "headless"

[[dependencies]]
package = "dolphin.materials"
version = "0.1.0"
path = "../../../dolphin/packages/materials"

[[dependencies]]
package = "dolphin.math"
version = "0.1.0"
path = "../../../dolphin/packages/math"

[[dependencies]]
package = "dolphin.spatial3d"
version = "0.1.0"
path = "../../../dolphin/packages/spatial3d"