View source for VTK/Obtaining/GraphicalTutorials/WinXPVS2005

* [[CMake/Obtaining/WindowsXPCMake24 | Install CMake]]

* Download the source and the data from:
 
http://www.vtk.org/get-software.php

[[File:VTK_WinXPVS2005_GetSoftware.jpg]]

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

[[File:VTK_WinXPVS2005_DownloadDirectory.jpg]]

* 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.
[[File:VTK_WinXPVS2005_Extracting.jpg]]

* Okay, so we’ve extracted the source and the data files. Our directory should look like the one shown below:
[[File:VTK_WinXPVS2005_Extracted.jpg]]

* Next, create a bin directory. We’ll use this later.
[[File:VTK_WinXPVS2005_BinDirectory.jpg]]

* Run CMake (instructions [[CMake/Obtaining/WindowsXPCMake24 | here]]

* Go to the bin directory we created earlier and open the solution file in there:
[[File:VTK_WinXPVS2005_SolutionFile.jpg]]

* 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.
[[File:VTK_WinXPVS2005_BuildSolution.jpg]]


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