diff --git a/doc/How to build - Windows.md b/doc/How to build - Windows.md index 979ad9b62..7207a20e5 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+++ b/doc/How to build - Windows.md @@ -1,5 +1,44 @@ +# Step by Step Visual Studio 2019 Instructions -# This how-to is out of date +Install Visual Studio Community 2019 from [visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/) +Select all workload options for C++ +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 + +note: Thanks to @douggorgen for the original guide, as an answer for a issue + + +# The below information is out of date, but still useful for reference purposes We have switched to MS Visual Studio 2019. @@ -119,38 +158,4 @@ option to CMake, this will only produce a _Release_ build. Refer to the CMake scripts inside the `deps` directory to see which dependencies are built in what versions and how this is done. \*) Specifically, the problem arises when building boost. Boost build tool appends all build options into paths of -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 - - This example will use the directory c:\PrusaSlicer and unzipped to `c:\PrusaSlicer\PrusaSlicer-master\` so this will be the prefix for all the steps. Substitute your as required 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 the following machine: core I7-7700K @ 4.2Ghz with 32GB main memory and 20min on an 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 +intermediate files, which are not handled correctly by either `b2.exe` or possibly `ninja` (?). \ No newline at end of file