diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 19810de..8b47daf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
-          - '1.10'  # latest LTS
+          - 'lts'
           - '1'
         experimental:
           - false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/format-check.yml b/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
index ff80d77..ede02f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
             else
                 @error "Some files have not been formatted !!!"
                 write(stdout, out)
+                run(`git diff`)
                 exit(1)
             end
           '
diff --git a/src/MarchingCubes.jl b/src/MarchingCubes.jl
index 346ee45..e68a14c 100644
--- a/src/MarchingCubes.jl
+++ b/src/MarchingCubes.jl
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ struct MC{F,I}
         y::AbstractVector{F} = F[],
         z::AbstractVector{F} = F[],
     ) where {F<:AbstractFloat,G<:Integer} = begin
-        abs(normal_sign) == 1 || throw(ArgumentError("`normal_sign` should be either -1 or +1"))
+        isa(x, AbstractRange) && (x = collect(x))
+        isa(y, AbstractRange) && (y = collect(y))
+        isa(z, AbstractRange) && (z = collect(z))
+        abs(normal_sign) == 1 ||
+        throw(ArgumentError("`normal_sign` should be either -1 or +1"))
         m = new{F,I}(
             size(vol)...,
             Ref(vol),
diff --git a/src/example.jl b/src/example.jl
index 7b8ae21..dbfd1a8 100644
--- a/src/example.jl
+++ b/src/example.jl
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ makemesh_GeometryBasics(GeometryBasics::Module, m::MC) = begin
     vertices = map(GeometryBasics.Point3f, m.vertices)
     normals = map(GeometryBasics.Vec3f, m.normals)
     triangles = map(t -> GeometryBasics.TriangleFace(t...), m.triangles)
-    GeometryBasics.Mesh(GeometryBasics.meta(vertices; normals), triangles)
+    GeometryBasics.Mesh(vertices, triangles; normal = normals)
 end
 
 makemesh(mod::Module, m::MC) =
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 10e1e55..4c81f33 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using BenchmarkTools
 using GeometryBasics
 using MarchingCubes
 using Meshes
@@ -118,14 +117,6 @@ end
     MarchingCubes.output(PlyIO, mc, tempname(); verbose = false)
 end
 
-@testset "types" begin
-    for F ∈ (Float16, Float32, Float64)
-        for I ∈ (Int16, Int32, Int64, Int128, UInt16, UInt32, UInt64, UInt128)
-            @test march(MarchingCubes.scenario(4, 4, 4; F, I)) isa Nothing
-        end
-    end
-end
-
 @testset "normalize" begin
     nx, ny, nz = 10, 20, 30
     start_x, stop_x = -0.1, 0.1
@@ -187,7 +178,54 @@ end
     msh = MarchingCubes.makemesh(GeometryBasics, mc)
     @test msh isa GeometryBasics.Mesh
     @test length(msh.position) == length(mc.vertices)
-    @test length(msh.normals) == length(mc.normals)
+    @test length(msh.normal) == length(mc.normals)
 
     @test_throws ArgumentError MarchingCubes.makemesh(PlyIO, mc)
 end
+
+@testset "coordinate input variations" begin
+    atol = 1e-3  # precision level
+
+    # define coordinate ranges (also creating 3 different lengths)
+    nx, ny, nz = 55, 46, 67  # these should be high enough to reach precision level
+    start_x, stop_x = -1.0, 1.0  # range limits centered on 0
+    start_y, stop_y = -1.2, 1.2  # range limits centered on 0
+    start_z, stop_z = -2.3, 2.3  # range limits centered on 0
+    x = range(start_x, stop_x; length = nx)
+    y = range(start_y, stop_y; length = ny)
+    z = range(start_z, stop_z; length = nz)
+
+    # create image (simple coordinate norm leading to spherical isosurface)
+    A = [√(xi^2 + yi^2 + zi^2) for xi ∈ x, yi ∈ y, zi ∈ z]
+
+    level = 0.5  # isolevel should produce sphere with this radius
+
+    # process isosurface with ranged coordinate input
+    mc_ranged = MC(A, Int; x, y, z)
+    march(mc_ranged, level)
+
+    xv, yv, zv = collect.(Float64, (x, y, z))
+
+    # process isosurface with vector coordinate input
+    mc_vector = MC(A, Int; x = xv, y = yv, z = zv)
+    march(mc_vector, level)
+
+    # test equivalence between ranged and vector input
+    @test mc_ranged.vertices == mc_vector.vertices
+    @test mc_ranged.triangles == mc_vector.triangles
+
+    # test if coordinate input was used appropriately geometrically as expected    
+    n = length(mc_ranged.vertices)
+    c = sum(mc_ranged.vertices) / n  # mean coordinate i.e. center 
+    r = sum(v -> √(sum(abs2, v)), mc_ranged.vertices) / n  # mean radius     
+    @test isapprox(c, zeros(3); atol)  # approximately zero mean for sphere     
+    @test isapprox(r, level; atol)  # approximately radius matching level
+end
+
+@testset "types" begin
+    for F ∈ (Float16, Float32, Float64),
+        I ∈ (Int16, Int32, Int64, Int128, UInt16, UInt32, UInt64, UInt128)
+
+        @test march(MarchingCubes.scenario(4, 4, 4; F, I)) isa Nothing
+    end
+end