Official building guide (a little bit out-dated)
Prerequisites
- CMake 3.15.0
- Qt5.12.3 → msvc2015_64
- Visual Studio 2017 Professional
Download VTK Source code
git clone https://github.com/Kitware/VTK.git
Use CMake configure and generate Visual Studio Project
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Start CMake-GUI
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Select the appropriate source (git repository) and the build directory (a separated empty folder)
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Then click the “Configure” button. CMake will ask you to select the generator the first time you press Configure instead of having a drop-down menu in the main dialog.
- Select generator:”Visual Studio 2017″ and platform: “x64” then click “Finish”
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Wait til configure finish (5 to 10 minutes)
Editing Entries
Enable Qt
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Change value of “VTK_GROUP_ENABLE_Qt” from “DEFAULT” to “YES”
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Add a new entry QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=<YourQtPath>qmake.exe
Enable OpenGL related modules (optional)
- Change value of OpenGL related moubles
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Change value of “VTK_ENABLE_VTK_opengl” from “DEFAULT” to “YES”
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Change value of “VTK_ENABLE_VTK_RenderingContextOpenGL2” from “DEFAULT” to “YES”
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Generate Visual Studio Project
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Click “Configure” again and make sure all red-background entries disappeared.
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Then click “Generate” and wait til generating done.
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Click “Open Project” via Visual Studio 2017 and select “Build → Build Solution”
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Wait till building done (about 20 minutes)
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Check .dll you need in <YourBuildPath>\bin\Debug
