• breaking change Added nVerts parameter to OptimizeFaces(LRU)Ex functions to improve input bounds checking
• Extra bounds checking for all functions that take indices via an array
• CMake project updates
• Minor comments cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2026.5.8

• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10 / Windows 11 / DX 12 includes ARM64
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

• Minor code review
• VS 2026 support
• Retire VS 2019 projects
• CMake project updates
• meshconvert: updated to support feedback

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2026.4.1

• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10 / Windows 11 / DX 12 includes ARM64
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

The tool is also available via winget:

winget install Microsoft.DirectX.Mesh

• Bug fixes for Meshlet generation reported by customers
• Minor code review
• Added October 2025 GDK projects for VS 2022
• CMake project update to use 3.21 minimum

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2025.10.28

• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 on Windows 8.1 or later
• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10 / Windows 11 / DX 12 includes ARM64
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

winget install Microsoft.DirectX.Mesh

This is the last release to support VS 2019

• Reformat source using updated .editorconfig settings and general lint cleanup
• WaveFrontReader non-text data file error handling
• Minor code review
• CMake project updates

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2025.7.10

• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 on Windows 8.1 or later
• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10 / Windows 11 / DX 12 includes ARM64
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

• Retired support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.0
• CMake project updates including support for BUILD_SHARED_LIBS (i.e. DLL vs. static library)

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2025.3.25

• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 on Windows 8.1 or later
• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10 / Windows 11 / DX 12 includes ARM64
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

See this blog post for more information.

• 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

Last release to support Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.0

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.10.29

• 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 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

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

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.9.5

• 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

This version is available via vcpkg.

• CMake project updates
• Retired VS 2019 projects for the UWP platform

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.6.5

• 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

This version is available via vcpkg.

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

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.2.22

• 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

This version is available via vcpkg.

• CMake project updates including pkg-config file generation
• Code review

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.1.1

• 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

This version is available via vcpkg.