CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE ------------------------------------------- .. versionadded:: 3.8 Visual Studio preferred tool architecture. The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2013 and above support using either the 32-bit or 64-bit host toolchains by specifying a ``host=x86`` or ``host=x64`` value in the :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` option. CMake provides the selected toolchain architecture preference in this variable (``x86``, ``x64``, ``ARM64`` or empty).