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Direct3D 11, utilities, and effects reference	This section contains the reference pages for Direct3D 11-based graphics programming.	cbab1a44-3a79-4b55-94f4-48ad4761cf38	article	05/31/2018

Direct3D 11, utilities, and effects reference

This section contains the reference pages for Direct3D 11-based graphics programming.

In this section

Topic	Description
Direct3D 11 Reference	The Direct3D 11 API is described in this section.
D3DCSX 11 Reference	This section contains reference information about the D3DCSX utility library, which you can use with a compute shader.
D3DX 11 Reference	The D3DX 11 API is described in this section.
Effects 11 Reference	Use Effects 11 source to build your effects-type application. The Effects 11 source is available at Effects for Direct3D 11 Update. The Effects 11 API is described in this section.