SCNGeometry
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SCNGeometry is a SceneKit class that defines the shape and surface data of 3D objects used for rendering in Apple's graphics frameworks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SCNGeometry canonical | 3 |
| SCNSphere | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8820749 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SCNGeometry Context triple: [SceneKit, hasClass, SCNGeometry]
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A.
Mogul geometry library
Mogul geometry library is a crystallographic software tool developed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre for analyzing and validating molecular geometries using data from the Cambridge Structural Database.
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B.
Geometry Engine at SGI
Geometry Engine at SGI was a pioneering hardware graphics subsystem developed at Silicon Graphics that accelerated 3D geometric computations and helped establish SGI’s leadership in high-performance computer graphics.
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C.
SKCG
SKCG is the ICAO airport code assigned to Rafael Núñez International Airport in Cartagena, Colombia.
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D.
CityGML
CityGML is an open data model and XML-based format for storing and exchanging 3D city and landscape models, widely used in urban planning, simulation, and geographic information systems.
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E.
Universal Scene Description
Universal Scene Description (USD) is an open-source 3D scene description and interchange framework developed by Pixar, widely used for creating, composing, and collaborating on complex digital scenes across different tools and pipelines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SCNGeometry Target entity description: SCNGeometry is a SceneKit class that defines the shape and surface data of 3D objects used for rendering in Apple's graphics frameworks.
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A.
Mogul geometry library
Mogul geometry library is a crystallographic software tool developed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre for analyzing and validating molecular geometries using data from the Cambridge Structural Database.
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B.
Geometry Engine at SGI
Geometry Engine at SGI was a pioneering hardware graphics subsystem developed at Silicon Graphics that accelerated 3D geometric computations and helped establish SGI’s leadership in high-performance computer graphics.
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C.
SKCG
SKCG is the ICAO airport code assigned to Rafael Núñez International Airport in Cartagena, Colombia.
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D.
CityGML
CityGML is an open data model and XML-based format for storing and exchanging 3D city and landscape models, widely used in urban planning, simulation, and geographic information systems.
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E.
Universal Scene Description
Universal Scene Description (USD) is an open-source 3D scene description and interchange framework developed by Pixar, widely used for creating, composing, and collaborating on complex digital scenes across different tools and pipelines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SceneKit class
ⓘ
class ⓘ |
| associatedWith | SCNNode ⓘ |
| canBeCreatedWith |
convenience primitive constructors
ⓘ
geometry sources and elements ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
NSSecureCoding
ⓘ
SCNAnimatable ⓘ SCNBoundingVolume ⓘ |
| definedInFramework | SceneKit ⓘ |
| definedInLanguage |
Objective-C
ⓘ
Swift ⓘ |
| definedInModule | SceneKit ⓘ |
| factoryMethod |
geometry()
ⓘ
geometrySources(_:elements:) ⓘ |
| frameworkOwner | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
SCNGeometryElement
ⓘ
SCNGeometrySource ⓘ SCNMaterial ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | NSObject ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple platforms
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple platforms APIs
iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ visionOS ⓘ |
| property |
edgeCreasesElement
ⓘ
edgeCreasesSource ⓘ elements ⓘ geometryElements ⓘ geometrySources ⓘ levelsOfDetail ⓘ materials ⓘ name ⓘ sources ⓘ subdivisionLevel ⓘ wantsAdaptiveSubdivision ⓘ |
| purpose |
define 3D shape
ⓘ
define surface data for rendering ⓘ |
| relatedClass |
SCNBox
ⓘ
SCNCapsule ⓘ SCNCone ⓘ SCNCylinder ⓘ SCNFloor ⓘ SCNGeometryElement ⓘ SCNGeometrySource ⓘ SCNMaterial ⓘ SCNPlane ⓘ SCNPyramid ⓘ SCNShape ⓘ SCNSphere ⓘ
linked to:
SCNGeometry
SCNText ⓘ SCNTorus ⓘ SCNTube ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
levels of detail
ⓘ
morphing via SCNMorpher ⓘ skinning via SCNSkinner ⓘ subdivision surfaces ⓘ |
| usedFor |
3D rendering
ⓘ
SceneKit nodes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ARKit SceneKit-based rendering
ⓘ
SceneKit rendering pipeline ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SCNGeometry Description of subject: SCNGeometry is a SceneKit class that defines the shape and surface data of 3D objects used for rendering in Apple's graphics frameworks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SCNGeometry