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DirectXMesh, a shared source library for performing various geometry content processing operations including generating normals and tangent frames, triangle adjacency computations, vertex cache optimization, and meshlet generation.
See this blog post for an overview
DirectXMesh library
Meshconvert tool
DirectXMesh is also available from the NuGet Gallery:
- Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022
- Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 for Windows 10 / DX 12
- Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2019 or VS 2022
DirectXMesh has a vcpkg installation port as well.
See this post for a complete listing of D3DX equivalents.
For questions, consider using Stack Overflow with the directxtk tag, or the DirectX Discord Server in the dx12-developers or dx9-dx11-developers channel.
For bug reports and feature requests, please use GitHub issues for this project.
The DirectXMesh library functions are invoked by client code. While effort is made to validate parameters and arguments in code, the client code is responsible for validating any relevant user-input.
This project is subject to Microsoft's Open Source Security Policy.
For a list of known vulnerabilities, see GitHub.
This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.
When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
Tests for new features should also be submitted as a PR to the Test Suite repository.
Information on coding-style can be found here.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.
This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.
The DirectXMesh library is the work of Chuck Walbourn, with contributions from Dr. Hugues Hoppe, Alex Nankervis, James Stanard, Craig Peeper, and the numerous other Microsoft engineers who developed the D3DX utility library over the years.
Thanks to Matt Hurliman for his contribution of the meshlet generation functions.
Thanks to Adrian Stone (Game Angst) for the public domain implementation of Tom Forsyth's linear-speed vertex cache optimization, and thanks to Tom Forsyth for his contribution.
Thanks to Andrew Farrier and Scott Matloff for their on-going help with code reviews.