CudaModule Service

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CudaModule provides CUDA and OptiX-based acceleration for specialized rendering, ray tracing, illumination estimation, point cloud scanning, and related workflows.

Build Status

• Present in EvoEngine_Services/CudaModule.
• Disabled by default through ServiceInfo.cmake.
• If registered, its CMake requires CUDA and OptiX; the Service returns early when either is unavailable.
• Builds as CudaModuleService.
• Defines CUDA_MODULE_SERVICE.

Main Responsibilities

• OptiX ray tracing infrastructure.
• CUDA buffer and math utilities.
• Camera rendering PTX.
• Illumination estimation PTX.
• Point cloud scanning PTX.
• Vulkan/CUDA interop support.
• Ray tracer layer and camera abstractions.
• BTF material/rendering support.
• Light probe and triangle illumination helpers.

Main Entry Points

Source	Role
RayTracerLayer	Layer for CUDA/OptiX ray tracing workflows.
OptiXRayTracer	OptiX tracing implementation.
CUDAModule	CUDA module support code.
RayTracerCamera	Camera abstraction for ray tracing.
BasicPointCloudScanner	Utility for CUDA-assisted point cloud scanning.
TriangleIlluminationEstimator	Illumination estimation helper.
BtfMaterial / BtfMeshRenderer	BTF material/rendering support.

SDK Integration

CudaModule plugs into layers, rendering, camera workflows, point cloud generation, and optional DigitalAgriculture illumination tools. Other code checks CUDA_MODULE_SERVICE before using these APIs.

Future Work Notes

Treat this Service as optional. Code outside the Service should compile without CUDA/OptiX and should guard CUDA-specific includes and registration with CUDA_MODULE_SERVICE.