diff --git a/doc/How to build - Windows.md b/doc/How to build - Windows.md index cd5227daf..6490f5bbb 100644 --- a/doc/How to build - Windows.md +++ b/doc/How to build - Windows.md @@ -1,5 +1,44 @@ +# Step by Step Visual Studio 2019 Instructions -# This how-to is out of date +Install Visual Studio Community 2019 from [visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/) +Select all workload options for C++ + +Install git for Windows from [gitforwindows.org](https://gitforwindows.org/) +Download and run the exe accepting all defaults + +Clone the respository. To place it in C:\PrusaSlicer, run: +c:\>git clone https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer.git + +Go to the Windows Start Menu and Click on "Visual Studio 2019" folder, then select the ->"x64 Native Tools Command Prompt" to open a command window and run the following: + +cd c:\PrusaSlicer\deps +mkdir build +cd build +cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DDESTDIR="c:\PrusaSlicer" + +msbuild /m ALL_BUILD.vcxproj // This took 13.5 minutes on my machine: core I7-7700K @ 4.2Ghz with 32GB main memory and 20min on a average laptop + +cd c:\PrusaSlicer\ +mkdir build +cd build +cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="c:\PrusaSlicer\usr\local" + +Double-click c:\PrusaSlicer\build\PrusaSlicer.sln to open in Visual Studio 2019. +OR +Open Visual Studio for C++ development (VS asks this the first time you start it). + +Select PrusaSlicer_app_gui as your startup project (right-click->Set as Startup Project). + +Run Build->Rebuild Solution once to populate all required dependency modules. This is NOT done automatically when you build/run. If you run both Debug and Release variants, you will need to do this once for each. + +Debug->Start Debugging or press F5 + +PrusaSlicer should start. You're up and running! + +note: Thanks to @douggorgen for the original guide, as an answer for a issue + + +# The below information is out of date, but still useful for reference purposes We have switched to MS Visual Studio 2019. @@ -122,47 +161,4 @@ Refer to the CMake scripts inside the `deps` directory to see which dependencies intermediate files, which are not handled correctly by either `b2.exe` or possibly `ninja` (?). -# Noob guide (step by step) -Install Visual Studio Community 2019 from -[visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/) -Select all workload options for C++ - -Install git for Windows from -[gitforwindows.org](https://gitforwindows.org/) -download and run the exe accepting all defaults - -download PrusaSlicer-master.zip from github -I downloaded this to c:\PrusaSlicer and unzipped to c:\PrusaSlicer\PrusaSlicer-master\ so this will be my prefix for all my steps. Substitute your prefix. - -Go to the Windows Start Menu and Click on "Visual Studio 2019" folder, then select the ->"x64 Native Tools Command Prompt" to open a command window - -cd c:\PrusaSlicer\PrusaSlicer-master\deps - -mkdir build - -cd build - -cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DDESTDIR="c:\PrusaSlicer\PrusaSlicer-master" - -msbuild /m ALL_BUILD.vcxproj // This took 13.5 minutes on my machine: core I7-7700K @ 4.2Ghz with 32GB main memory and 20min on a average laptop - -cd c:\PrusaSlicer\PrusaSlicer-master\ - -mkdir build - -cd build - -cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="c:\PrusaSlicer\PrusaSlicer-master\usr\local" - -open Visual Studio for c++ development (VS asks this the first time you start it) - -Open->Project/Solution or File->Open->Project/Solution (depending on which dialog comes up first) - -click on c:\PrusaSlicer\PrusaSlicer-master\build\PrusaSlicer.sln - -Debug->Start Debugging or Debug->Start Without debugging -PrusaSlicer should start. You're up and running! - - -note: Thanks to @douggorgen for the original guide, as an answer for a issue