Installation with CMake

[JeRo84]

I have several errors when i try to install the Plugin via CMake. The latest error is: Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.19041.0 to target Windows 10.0.19042. CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:9 (AddPlugin): Unknown CMake command "AddPlugin".

How To Reproduce

• Start CMake as Admin on Win10
• Browse "Where is the Source Code" to C:/Program Files/CloudCompare/plugins/private/MeshIO
• Browse "Where to build the binaries" to C:/Program Files/CloudCompare/plugins
• Click on Configure and check "PLUGIN-3rdParty_MESH_IO

• Click on Configure again and see the following Error: Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.19041.0 to target Windows 10.0.19042. The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.28.29913.0 The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.28.29913.0 Detecting C compiler ABI info Detecting C compiler ABI info - done Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.28.29910/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped Detecting C compile features Detecting C compile features - done Detecting CXX compiler ABI info Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.28.29910/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped Detecting CXX compile features Detecting CXX compile features - done CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:9 (AddPlugin): Unknown CMake command "AddPlugin".

  CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt: No cmake_minimum_required command is present. A line of code such as

  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)

  should be added at the top of the file. The version specified may be lower if you wish to support older CMake versions for this project. For more information run "cmake --help-policy CMP0000". This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

  Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "C:/Program Files/CloudCompare/plugins/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

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Your Environment

• CloudCompare version (git hash/tag): v2.11.3
• OS & Version: Win10 Pro
• Qt Version: I dont know what QT means

[asmaloney]

AddPlugin only exists on CloudCompare's "master" branch, so the first thing to check is that you're using the right version of MeshIO with the right version of CloudCompare.

I would recommend building with the "master" branch of CloudCompare, in which case you'll use the "master" branch of MeshIO as well.

If you need to build CloudCompare using the "v2.11.x" branch (which it looks like you're using), you will need to use the MeshIO tag "cloudcompare-2.11.x" (see note in README).

If that's not the issue, then I'll need to see if there are any changes to CloudCompare that require updating MeshIO...

[JeRo84]

I dont know what you mean with: "master" branch of CloudCompare

I have noticed the note in README but I dont know what to do there...

Sorry, I'm not a programmer. I'm a Surveyor who would only like to use this Plugin for importing IFC-Files. It's late here in Germany and I will test again tomorrow.

Thank you so much for your help!

[JeRo84]

It may also be important that I use CloudCompare via "CloudCompare 2.11.3 installer version" and not via The Github Code. Could this be my problem?

[asmaloney]

Yes :-)

You will need the CloudCompare source first. Then you clone this repository into the CloudCompare/plugins/private directory, turn it on in CloudComapre's CMake options, and build the whole thing.

I can see that the build instructions are not clear for anyone not familiar with git/cmake/building software. I will update them.

[JeRo84]

Now I can sleep better and dont break my head about this.

So I will wait for the updated instructions. Thank you very much!

[asmaloney]

Wait for it - you'll probably break your head trying to build CloudCompare! 🤯 You can post issues over there if you have problems though. (I don't use Windows for this, so I'm afraid I'm not much help.)

I have updated the README here.

[Icewulf666]

Wait for it - you'll probably break your head trying to build CloudCompare! 🤯 You can post issues over there if you have problems though. (I don't use Windows for this, so I'm afraid I'm not much help.)

I have updated the README here.

Hej, i will try to compile it with JeRo84 next week. If we struggle we will come back for support. Thanks for help and have a great weekend.

Regards Marcus