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# MTLIndirectCommandType

The types of commands that you can encode into the indirect command buffer.

```
struct MTLIndirectCommandType
```

## Topics

### Creating a set of command types

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIndirectCommandType/init(rawValue:))

Initializes the set of command types from a raw integer value.

### Specifying command types

[`draw`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIndirectCommandType/draw)

A draw call command.

[`drawIndexed`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIndirectCommandType/drawIndexed)

An indexed draw call command.

[`drawPatches`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIndirectCommandType/drawPatches)

A draw call command for tessellated patches.

[`drawIndexedPatches`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIndirectCommandType/drawIndexedPatches)

An indexed draw call command for tessellated patches.

[`concurrentDispatch`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIndirectCommandType/concurrentDispatch)

A compute command using a grid aligned to threadgroup boundaries.

[`concurrentDispatchThreads`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIndirectCommandType/concurrentDispatchThreads)

A compute command using an arbitrarily sized grid.


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