missing 'SimTKcommon.h'

[Tim Dorn]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile OpenSim in Visual studio. Everything seemed to be going ok until I started the Build All - at which point a lot of errors came up trying to find the 'SimTKcommon.h' header file. I searched through the repository and this file doesnt exist anywhere but it seems like everything uses it. Where could I find this file to add to the repository? Apart from that, I think it should compile fine (I'm using the compile instructions from HowToUseSimTrack.doc)

Cheers,

Tim

[Ayman Habib]

Hi Tim,

All header files with SimTK prefix come from different libraries/projects that are developed on simtk.org, and used by OpenSim. To get these you need to either install the libraries and headers or download the source and build it yourself. The first approach is much simpler.

Only catch is that OpenSim is not currently in sync with latest version of these projects, but we're in the process of upgrading to the latest version.

We'll let you know when this happens, over the next few weeks. If you need to build OpenSim sooner please let me know and I'll send you the version numbers to checkout/build.

Best regards,
-Ayman

[Tim Dorn]

That would be great if you could let me know. I will get the SimTKcore package and keep it up to date for when OpenSim is syncronized.

Tim

[Ayman Habib]

Tim,

No problem.

You could also consult the wiki page http://wiki.simtk.org/opensim/Developers which has a document with complete instructions about how to build OpenSim as well as all supporting libraries from scratch.

-Ayman