VTK/Obtaining/GraphicalTutorials/WinXPVS2005

• Install CMake

• Download the source and the data from:

http://www.vtk.org/get-software.php

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• The following steps assume that you’ve stored the downloaded files in a directory called C:\VTK as shown below:

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• Next, just extract each of the files to a folder of the same name as shown below. I’m using WinRAR for this. You can use WinZip or whatever you prefer.

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• Okay, so we’ve extracted the source and the data files. Our directory should look like the one shown below:

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• Next, create a bin directory. We’ll use this later.

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• Run CMake (instructions here

• Go to the bin directory we created earlier and open the solution file in there:

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• Once you’ve opened the solution file, you’ll see a project in the solution called INSTALL. You’ll need to right click on this project and say “Build”. This could take up to an hour depending on your hardware.

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• Add instructions for downloading and compiling an example http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx