Question about building 3dfier on Windows 10 and with Visual Studio Community 2015 about 3dfier

[tcommandeur]

Hi Barent,

The Boost library is used for geometrical functions like intersects and distance. There are several ways to solve this;

1. Add the NuGet package with the pre-build binaries; https://www.nuget.org/packages/boost-vc140
2. Download the pre-build binaries manually and set the path in the project → C++ → General → Additional Include Directories; https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.62.0/boost_1_62_0-msvc-14.0-64.exe/download

If the path for the libraries is resolved correctly the build error will disappear.

[hugoledoux]

why are you using CMake actually? There is a Visual Studio project file included.

I know it doesn't solve the Boost, but could simplify your life.

[GreenUtil]

Well thanks, I overlooked the vs_build folder.....
But when I load the 3dfier.sln I am getting an error, because

ProjectReference Include="....\yaml-cpp\vs_build\yaml-cpp.vcxproj"

can't be found....

I am going to try now the above mentioned solution for Boost with NuGet.
Here at 3DGeoSolutions we already had some more problems with CMAKE and Visual Studio. Going back from VisualStudio version 2015 to 2013 has solved these problems in any case.....

[tcommandeur]

Thank you for the remark, I will see to it the yaml-cpp vs-project file will also be published in the vs_build folder of this project. Also we will work on a Readme for compiling under Windows using Visual Studio.

[GreenUtil]

The Nuget route gives this error in Visual Studio 2015 :

PM> Install-Package boost-vc140
Attempting to gather dependency information for package 'boost-vc140.1.62.0' with respect to project 'ALL_BUILD', targeting 'native,Version=v0.0'
Attempting to resolve dependencies for package 'boost-vc140.1.62.0' with DependencyBehavior 'Lowest'
Install-Package : Unable to find a version of 'boost_coroutine-vc140' that is compatible with 'boost-vc140 1.62.0 constraint: boost_coroutine-vc140 (= 1.62.0)'.
At line:1 char:1

[GreenUtil]

The next is working fine in Visual Studio 2015, however the error Error LNK1104 cannot open file 'boost_thread-vc140-mt-1_62.lib still remains.....

PM> Install-Package boost_thread-vc140
Attempting to gather dependency information for package 'boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0' with respect to project 'ALL_BUILD', targeting 'native,Version=v0.0'
Attempting to resolve dependencies for package 'boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0' with DependencyBehavior 'Lowest'
Resolving actions to install package 'boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0'
Resolved actions to install package 'boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0'
GET https://api.nuget.org/packages/boost.1.62.0.nupkg
OK https://api.nuget.org/packages/boost.1.62.0.nupkg 29ms
Installing boost 1.62.0.
Adding package 'boost.1.62.0' to folder 'D:\Data\Barent\GloBLD\3dfier\3dfier-master\3dfier-master\build\packages'
Added package 'boost.1.62.0' to folder 'D:\Data\Barent\GloBLD\3dfier\3dfier-master\3dfier-master\build\packages'
Added package 'boost.1.62.0' to 'packages.config'
Successfully installed 'boost 1.62.0' to ALL_BUILD
GET https://api.nuget.org/packages/boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0.nupkg
OK https://api.nuget.org/packages/boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0.nupkg 245ms
Installing boost_thread-vc140 1.62.0.
Adding package 'boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0' to folder 'D:\Data\Barent\GloBLD\3dfier\3dfier-master\3dfier-master\build\packages'
Added package 'boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0' to folder 'D:\Data\Barent\GloBLD\3dfier\3dfier-master\3dfier-master\build\packages'
Added package 'boost_thread-vc140.1.62.0' to 'packages.config'
Successfully installed 'boost_thread-vc140 1.62.0' to ALL_BUILD

[GreenUtil]

I fixed the problem by adding the library to the Linker Additional Library Directories.
Next step is building 3dfier as a 32-bit application. (building as 64-bit gives many, many errors)
Now some other problems arise in Visual Studio Community 2015 :

Error C3861 '_BitScanForward64': identifier not found 3dfier D:\Program Files\CGAL49\include\CGAL\Mpzf.h 202

Error C3861 '_BitScanReverse64': identifier not found 3dfier D:\Program Files\CGAL49\include\CGAL\Mpzf.h 214