/Mandelbrot-CUDA-OPENGL

Primary LanguageC++

Change the kernel.cu -> MAX_ITERATIONS param to a higher number to get higher definition results. Compile with -DSHOW_ONLY_ITER=TRUE to only show iterations as image.

Setup

Windows

  1. Install CUDA toolkit from here. Note: lib has been tested with CUDA 11.04
  2. Go to 'C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.4'
  3. Copy the 'common' folder into this repo

Clion

Cmake

  1. open the project in Clion as 'Cmake project'
  2. compile the programm. Note that execution will fail.
  3. from the 'C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.4\bin\win64\release' folder copy the 'freeglut.dll' and 'glew64.dll' into the './cmake-build-debug' folder created by clion
  4. Run the programm again and now it should execute

Visual Studio 2019

  1. From 'C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.4' copy the 'bin' folder into this repo
  2. Open the properties of the Solution
  3. 'Configuration Properties >> C/C++ >> General' in 'AdditionalIncludeDirectories' add ';common/inc'
  4. 'Configuration Properties >> Linker >> General' in 'Additional Library Directories' add ';common/lib'
  5. 'Configuration Properties >> Linker >> Input' in 'Additional Library Directories' add 'glew64.lib'
  6. 'Configuration Properties >> General' change 'Output Directory' to '$(ProjectDir)bin/win64/$(Configuration)/'

Linux

  1. TODO Install ???
  2. ...
  3. Use CMake or Make

Sources

Large parts of Code taken from https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2455391&seqNum=2