medipixel/VTK-8.0.1

About this

• Built binrary files
  • Based on VisualStudio 2015 sp3
  • Based on Qt 5.10.1
  • OpenGL2, OpenGL support
  • include vtkDICOM submodule

How do I get this

* clone
	* $ git clone git@github.com:medipixel/VTK-8.git
* clone submodules
    * this module have submodules
	* $ git submodule update --init --recursive

How to buid it

• Required

  • VisualStudio 2015
  • Qt 5.10.1
  • CMake 3.11.0-rc4
  • Git for Windows 2.14.1
    • https://git-scm.com/download/win
    • requred in downloading vtkDICOM module.

• Build

  • http://www.vtk.org/
  • How to build vtk on windows
    • http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Configure_and_Build
  • download VTK source v8.0.1
    • source code path: VTK source code path
  • CMake install, (v3.11.0-rc4)
    • https://cmake.org/download/
    • CMake 'Add Entry' before 'Configure' (i.e: Visual Studio 2015 vc 14.0 x86, Qt 5.9)
      • VTK_RENDERING_BACKEND:STRING=OpenGL (if VTK.OpenGL project will use OpenGL, VTK.OpenGL2 project will use OpenGL2)
        • default is 'OpenGL2'
          • VTK.OpenGL project, Because VirtualBox support only OpenGL
          • VTK.OpenGL2, default value is OpenGL2
      • VTK_Group_Qt:BOOL=ON
        • Turn on Qt support
      • QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=C:/Qt/Qt5.10.1/msvc2015/bin/qmake.exe (if x64 project, use this: C:/Qt/Qt5.10.1/msvc2015_64/bin/qmake.exe)
        • Set Qmake.exe file path
      • VTK_QT_VERSION:STRING=5
        • CMake wrong print Qt version 4
      • Qt5_DIR:PATH=C:/Qt/Qt5.10.1/msvc2015/lib/cmake/Qt5 (if x64 project, use this: C:/Qt/Qt5.10.1/msvc2015_64/lib/cmake/Qt5)
        • CMake need file path of Qt5Config.cmake.
      • Module_vtkDICOM:BOOL=ON
        • Will not use the dicom read module in VTK 8.0.
          • Don't support DICOM files in Big endian format.
          • Don't support writing of DICOM files
          • vtkDICOM module support above 2 problems, git install required, because CMake download vtkDICOM module with it.
            • http://dgobbi.github.io/vtk-dicom
            • https://github.com/dgobbi/vtk-dicom
    • CMake push the button 'Configure'
      • Visual Studio 14 2015 (x64: Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64)
    • CMake push the button 'Generate'
      • generated VTK sln(visual studio solution) file
  • build VTK.sln
    • With admin privilege, launch visual studio 2015
    • Open project vtk.sln
      • build INSTALL project
      • build with 'RelWithDebInfo', to generate pdb files.
  • Merge files
    • copy %PROGRAM FILES%/vtk/cmake
    • copy %PROGRAM FILES%/vtk/share
    • merge %PROGRAM FILES%/vtk/bin [win32Debug/win32Release/win64Debug/win64Release]
    • merge %PROGRAM FILES%/vtk/lib [win32Debug/win32Release/win64Debug/win64Release]
    • merge %PROGRAM FILES%/vtk/include [win32/win64]