DirectXMesh/HISTORY.md

DirectXMesh geometry processing library

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Release History

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