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# MetalKit Functions

The MetalKit framework defines helper functions that are used to efficiently interface with the Metal and Model I/O frameworks.

## Topics

### Functions

[`MTKMetalVertexDescriptorFromModelIOWithError(_:)`](/documentation/MetalKit/MTKMetalVertexDescriptorFromModelIOWithError(_:))

[`MTKModelIOVertexDescriptorFromMetalWithError(_:)`](/documentation/MetalKit/MTKModelIOVertexDescriptorFromMetalWithError(_:))


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