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# init(vertexBuffer:vertexCount:descriptor:submeshes:)

Creates a mesh from a single vertex buffer with the specified parameters.

```
init(vertexBuffer: any MDLMeshBuffer, vertexCount: Int, descriptor: MDLVertexDescriptor, submeshes: [MDLSubmesh])
```

## Parameters

`vertexBuffer`

The source of vertex information for the mesh.

`vertexCount`

The number of vertices in the mesh.

`descriptor`

An object describing the type and layout of vertex attribute data in the vertex buffer.

`submeshes`

An array of submesh objects, each of which provides index buffer and material information describing how some or all of the mesh’s vertex data is to be rendered.

## Return Value

A new mesh object.

## Discussion

Use this initializer to create a mesh from vertex data that describes multiple vertex attributes in the same array (that is, in an array of structures).

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