DirectXMesh geometry processing library

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Release History

October 28, 2024

All enums now use uint32_t as the underlying type rather than unsigned long or int.
WaveFrontReader utililty moved into DX namespace
meshconvert:
- Add "GNU-style" --long-options to the command-line tools (all existing switches are still supported)
- Refactored code to use shared header
CMake and MSBuild project updates

September 4, 2024

CMake project updates including support for ARM64EC
Minor code review
Added GitHub Actions YAML files

June 4, 2024

CMake project updates
Retired VS 2019 projects for the UWP platform

February 21, 2024

Project updates for GDK validation
CMake project updates and refactor
Minor code review for Clang, MinGW, and Intel compilers

December 31, 2023

CMake project updates including pkg-config file generation
Code review

October 28, 2023

Retired ARM (32-bit) support for the UWP platform
CMake project updates
meshconvert: -flist option updated to support filenames with spaces

June 13, 2023

CMake project updates
meshconvert: Fix minor display issue with error messages
meshconvert: Supports Long Paths on Windows 10, Version 1607 or later

April 28, 2023

CMake project updates and fixes for clang/LLVM v16 warnings
meshconvert: Windows on ARM64 version

March 30, 2023

CMake project updates
Minor code review
Retired VS 2017 legacy Xbox One XDK projects
meshconvert: Updated to support Windows or UNIX-style path separators

December 15, 2022

ARM/ARM64 platform fix for VBWriter 16bpp conversion
CMake project updated to require 3.20 or later
CMake and MSBuild project updates
Added Azure Dev Ops Pipeline YAML files
Test suite updated with CTest support
Spectre-mitigated libraries added to NuGet packages

October 17, 2022

Minor CMake and CMakePresets updates

July 29, 2022

CMake and MSBuild project updates

May 9, 2022

Minor updates for VS 2022 (17.2)
CMake project updates (now supports MSVC, clang/LLVM, and MinGW)
Retired VS 2017 projects
Reformat source using updated .editorconfig settings

March 24, 2022

Update build switches for SDL recommendations
CMake project updates and UWP platform CMakePresets
Code cleaup for meshconvert tool
Optional C++17 usage in WaveFrontReader.h

February 28, 2022

Code and project review
Added CMakePresets.json

November 8, 2021

VS 2022 support
Fixed locale issue with WaveFront OBJ reading/writing
Minor code and project review
VS 2017 projects updated to require the Windows 10 SDK (19401)
meshconvert: Fixed potential locale issue with -flist

September 28, 2021

Fixed overflow case in meshlet generation with degenerate triangles
Minor code review and project cleanup

June 9, 2021

meshconvert: improved -flist switch to support wildcards and file exclusions
FlexibleVertexFormat.h header added to Utilities folder
Code cleanup for meshconvert

April 6, 2021

New function ConcatenateMesh
Minor code and project cleanup
meshconvert: Updated with descriptions for HRESULT failure codes

January 9, 2021

Windows Subsystem for Linux support
Code review for improved conformance
CMake updated to support package install

November 11, 2020

Code review and project updates

August 15, 2020

Added GDK projects
Code review and project updates
meshconvert: Added -fn, -fuc, and -fc switches to control vertex format

July 2, 2020

Minor warning fixes for VS 2019 (16.7)

June 1, 2020

New functions ComputeMeshlets and ComputeCullData for use with Direct3D 12 Mesh Shaders
Converted to typed enum bitmask flags (see release notes for details on this potential breaking change)
- ComputeNormals, Validate
Minor fix for degenerate cases in point-reps generation
CMake project updates

May 10, 2020

Minor code review
meshconvert: Updated with -l switch for case-sensitive file systems

April 3, 2020

Code review (constexpr / noexcept usage)
CMake updated for PCH usage with 3.16 or later

February 14, 2020

meshconvert: now supports exporting to WaveFront Object (OBJ) files
Retired VS 2015 projects

December 17, 2019

Added ARM64 platform to VS 2019 Win32 desktop Win10 project
CMake project
Code cleaup

August 21, 2019

Added meshconvert to CMake project
Code cleanup

June 30, 2019

Clang/LLVM warning cleanup
Renamed DirectXMesh_Windows10.vcxproj to _Windows10_2017.vcxproj
Added VS 2019 UWP project

May 30, 2019

Added CMake project files
Code cleanup

April 26, 2019

Added VS 2019 desktop projects
Officially dropped Windows Vista support
WaveFrontReader utility header updated for RMA texture in MTL

February 7, 2019

meshconvert: added -sdkmesh2 switch for PBR materials
WaveFrontReader utility header updated for some extended material textures

November 16, 2018

VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 October 2018 Update SDK (17763)
ARM64 platform configurations added to UWP projects

October 25, 2018

Use UTF-8 instead of ANSI for narrow strings
Minor project fix

August 17, 2018

Updated for VS 2017 15.8
Code cleanup

July 3, 2018

Code and project cleanup
meshconvert: added -ib32 switch

May 31, 2018

VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 April 2018 Update SDK (17134)

May 11, 2018

Updated for VS 2017 15.7 update warnings
Code and project cleanup
Retired VS 2013 projects

April 23, 2018

Code and project cleanup

February 7, 2018

New functions: WeldVertices, CompactVB, OptimizeFacesLRU
Added new optional parameter to OptimizeVertices
Fixed bug in remap functions which were applying vertex remaps backwards
- FinalizeIB, FinalizeVB, and FinalizeVBAndPointReps
meshconvert: added -oplru switch
WaveFrontReader utility header made more robust
Minor code cleanup

December 13, 2017

Updated for VS 2017 15.5 update warnings
Support building library with _XM_NO_XMVECTOR_OVERLOADS_
Added support for relative face indices to WaveFrontReader.h utility header

November 1, 2017

VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update SDK (16299)
Code reformat and cleanup

September 22, 2017

Updated for VS 2017 15.3 update /permissive- changes
meshconvert: added -flist option
Minor code cleanup

July 28, 2017

Code cleanup

April 24, 2017

VS 2017 project updates

April 7, 2017

VS 2017 updated for Windows Creators Update SDK (15063)
VBReader/VBWriter GetElement adapter for GetElement11

January 31, 2017

DirectX 12 support for VBReader, VBWriter, IsValid, and ComputeInputLayout
breaking change: VBReader/VBWriter method GetElement method now named GetElement11 for DirectX 11

October 27, 2016

x2bias optional parameter for VB reader/writer
Code cleanup

September 14, 2016

meshconvert: added wildcard support for input filename and optional -r switch for recursive search
Code cleanup

August 2, 2016

Updated for VS 2015 Update 3 and Windows 10 SDK (14393)

July 19, 2016

meshconvert command-line tool updated with -flipu switch

June 27, 2016

Code cleanup

April 26, 2016

Retired VS 2012 projects and obsolete adapter code
Minor code and project file cleanup

November 30, 2015

meshconvert command-line tool updated with -flipv and -flipz switches; removed -fliptc
Updated for VS 2015 Update 1 and Windows 10 SDK (10586)

October 30, 2015

Minor code cleanup

August 18, 2015

Xbox One platform updates

July 29, 2015

Updated for VS 2015 and Windows 10 SDK RTM
Retired VS 2010 projects
WaveFrontReader: updated utility to minimize debug output

July 8, 2015

Minor SAL fix and project cleanup

March 27, 2015

Added projects for Windows apps Technical Preview
Fixed attributes usage for OptimizeFacesEx
meshconvert: fix when importing from .vbo
Minor code cleanup

November 14, 2014

meshconvert: sample improvements and fixes
Added workarounds for potential compiler bug when using
VB reader/writer

October 28, 2014

meshconvert command-line sample
Added VBReader/VBWriter::GetElement method
Added more ComputeTangentFrame overloads
Explicit calling-convention annotation for public headers
Windows phone 8.1 platform support
Minor code and project cleanup

June 27, 2014

Original release