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How to build HeeksCAD

How to build HeeksCAD for Windows

download and install TortoiseSVN software from here http://tortoisesvn.net/ make a new folder on your computer somewhere, called heekscad I made this folder "C:\Dev\heekscad" right click on the heekscad folder and do "TortoiseSVN"->"SVN Checkout..." The "URL of repository": http://github.com/danheeks/heekscad The Checkout directory something like: C:\dev\heekscad Press OK. It should checkout all the heekscad source code

Get Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition ( it's free, but about 1GB ) or use full version.

Download and install the Open CASCADE installation. I am currently using 6.5.2. http://www.opencascade.org/getocc/download/loadocc/ ( OpenCASCADE652.exe )

Download and install the wxWidgets installation. I am using 2.8.12. http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.8.12/wxMSW-2.8.12-Setup.exe/download

Set an environment variable called WXWIN to be C:\wxWidgets-2.8.12 or whereever wxWidgets installed to. ( to set an environment variable go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced system settings -> press "Environment Variables" button -> in "user variable" add new ). ( you must restart Visual Studio for it to know the new environment variable )

Edit C:\wxWidgets-2.8.12\include\wx\msw\setup.h changing "#define wxUSE_GLCANVAS 0" to "#define wxUSE_GLCANVAS 1" and changing "#define wxUSE_ODBC 0" to "#define wxUSE_ODBC 1"

Open C:\wxWidgets-2.8.12\build\msw\wx_dll.dsw ( let VC2008 convert the projects ). Change the configuration to "DLL Unicode Release". Press "Build Solution"

Copy 4 of the dlls that get made from C:\wxWidgets-2.8.12\lib\vc_dll to HeeksCAD1.0 ( the folder you checked out this project to ).

They are: wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll wxmsw28u_aui_vc_custom.dll wxmsw28u_core_vc_custom.dll wxmsw28u_gl_vc_custom.dll

Make an environment variable called CASROOT with value of C:\OpenCASCADE6.5.2\ros

Get libarea source code:

make "C:\Dev\libarea" SVN Checkout in the same way but with libarea instead of HeeksCAD

add an environment variable to your computer

called LIBAREA_PATH with value as where your libarea code is, for example for me it is C:\Dev\libarea

copy all the dlls from C:\OpenCASCADE6.5.2\ros\win32\vc8\bin to C:\Dev\HeeksCAD1.0 copy all the dlls from C:\OpenCASCADE6.5.2\3rdparty\win32\tbb\bin to C:\Dev\HeeksCAD1.0 copy the dlls from C:\OpenCASCADE6.5.2\3rdparty\win32\freeimage\bin to C:\Dev\heekscad

Open "C:\Dev\heekscad\trunk\src\HeeksCAD VC2008.sln" with Visual Studio 2008. Change configuration to "Unicode Release"

Press "Build Solution"

If it builds OK, press "Start without Debugging"

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