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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gib,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It would help if I clicked the Generate button after the Configure... oops.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Then the Build tree did show an ALL_BUILD.vcxproj. I am compiling it now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I recognize the difficulty of being a beginner on a product described in several places as having a steep learning curve, especially with incomplete/confusing documentation. I was not at all anxious to dive in but was a last resort. My goal is to create centerlines of 3D artery and vein models that I have in .obj format. I can find only one software that claims to be able to do that called the Vascular Modeling Toolkit. It requires models in .vtp format.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I simply want to use VTK to convert .obj to .vtp. Unfortunately, the only VTK code that can do that is written in c++. Hence the need to compile in c++. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have been programming in many languages for 35 years. Java is the latest for the last 5 and I haven't used Visual Studio C++ since 2005 and have forgotten a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I am commenting in excruciating detail in the hopes that Kitware or whoever is providing the documentation sees the thought process of a VTK newbie, how painful it is for them, and improves it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your help!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Greg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> vtkusers-bounces@vtk.org [mailto:vtkusers-bounces@vtk.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gib Bogle<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> vtkusers@vtk.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [vtkusers] getting started4<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Visual Studio (I don't know about Express) uses .vcxproj files. I'd expect you to see ALL_BUILD.vcxproj.<br><br>It's very ambitious to build VTK without being familiar with your tool-chain.<br><br>On 28/08/2013 2:20 p.m., Greg Hanowski wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>VTKers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ok, the CMakeSetup dialog appears to have completed the build tree successfully. Now how to compile it?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The README.html file says "Now that the build system has been generated the corresponding native tools can be used to build VTK. In the case of the Visual Studio IDE simply run it and load the VTK workspace or solution file from the binary tree specified in the CMakeSetup dialog. Select and build the <code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ALL_BUILD</span></code> target."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I went into Visual Studio Express 2012 and did File>Open Project and navigated to the build tree location, C:/Users/Greg/Documents/VTK/VTK6.0.0.0/Build, but there is no .sln file there. (What is a VTK workspace?) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then I also read further down, "If VTK was built using a CMake Makefile generator then this is done by running "make install" from the top of the build tree." <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I navigated to the build tree in a cmd shell and typed make install like this: C:\Users\Greg\Documents\VTK\VTK6.0.0.0\Build>make install<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>but got the following error:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I searched my entire c: drive for "make" but no make.xxx showed up. Even if one did, I don't see any file called install.xxx in the build directory so I doubt it would work anyway.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Powered by <a href="http://www.kitware.com">www.kitware.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Visit other Kitware open-source projects at <a href="http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html">http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Please keep messages on-topic and check the VTK FAQ at: <a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers">http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dr. Gib Bogle<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Senior Research Fellow<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Auckland Bioengineering Institute<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>University of Auckland<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>New Zealand<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz">http://www.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:g.bogle@auckland.ac.nz">g.bogle@auckland.ac.nz</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(64-9) 373-7599 Ext. 87030<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>