How to build OpenSceneGraph with Visual Studio 2010

This building process was implemented in Windows 10, Visual Studio 2010, CMake 3.5.2, OpenSceneGraph-3.0.1


Step 1. Preparation


Building the OSG requires CMake, due to the extensive use of CMake directives in the Makefiles. I used CMake-GUI to make easy setting up OSG option. You may download cmake from https://cmake.org

Next preparation, download the OSG source from OpenSceneGraph website. In this project, I used version OpenSceneGraph-3.0.1


Extract the OpenSceneGraph source into the correct folder for example
      C:\osg\OpenSceneGraph-3.0.1

Create new folder osgBuild
      C:\osg\osgBuild



Step 2. Configure and Generate OSG

Please open your CMake-GUI

put "Where is the source code" with path C:\osg\OpenSceneGraph-3.0.1 and next put "Where to build the binaries" with path C:\osg\osgBuild then click button Configure, cmake will ask you to select "Specify the generator for this project". Please select Visual Studio 10 2010 then click finish.

 
 CMake will report with Configuring Done and click Generate. CMake will generate all configured file in your build folder C:\osg\osgBuild.



Step 3. Compile OSG with Visual Studio 2010

Please open your Visual Studio 2010 and open ALL_BUILD.vcxproj project from your build folder C:\osg\osgBuild and Build (or press  F7).





Finally, let test the binaries










Step 4. Hello World OSG with Visual Studio 2010

Please create new project by clicking File --> New --> Project --> Win32 Console Application and just put in your project name as HelloWorld. Copy code as below into your main.cpp file

/**
   Hello World to display capsule geometry
*/
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <osgViewer/Viewer>
#include <osg/ShapeDrawable>

using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    osgViewer::Viewer viewer;
    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> root (new osg::Group);
    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geode> myshapegeode (new osg::Geode);

    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Capsule> myCapsule (new osg::Capsule(osg::Vec3f(),1,2));
    osg::ref_ptr<osg::ShapeDrawable> capsuledrawable (new
             osg::ShapeDrawable(myCapsule.get()));
    myshapegeode->addDrawable(capsuledrawable.get());
  
    root->addChild(myshapegeode.get());
    viewer.setSceneData( root.get() );
  
    return (viewer.run());
}


Before compiling, let set the environment variables by right click on project and select properties.

In C/C++ properties, at Additional Include Directories puts C:\osg\osgBuild\include as shown as picture below

In Linker --> General properties, at Additional Library Directories puts C:\osg\osgBuild\lib as shown as picture below

In Linker --> Input properties, at Additional Dipendencies puts OpenThreadsd.lib;osgd.lib;osgDBd.lib;osgGAd.lib;osgUtild.lib;osgViewerd.lib; as shown as picture below

then click OK and Build your code by pressing F7. Then copy OSG DLL file from C:\osg\osgBuild\bin into your project folder, in my case at C:\Users\addiestar.silaban\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\osgHello\Debug  please refer to picture below

Finally run the code by pressing F5 and if you are successfully, you will get result like picture as below

Thank you





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