Building the API examples on Windows

OpenModel

To build the OpenModel examples, type the following in a command prompt window and exclude any text in brackets:

mkdir examples

cd examples

copy c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Alias2010\ODS\OpenModel\examples\Makefile .

notepad Makefile (Set ALIAS_LOCATION variable to correct path.)

vsvars32.bat (Set the Visual C++ environment variables.)

nmake copy (Copies example code into the current directory.)

nmake

 set Path=%Path%;c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Alias2010\\bin (Sets Path variable so .dlls can be found .)

.\cppCreate.exe new.wire (Run an example.)

Notes

You may need to change the copy path in the OpenModel example directory above depending on the location of your Alias install directory. In addition, you will require the Microsoft Visual Studio bin directory to be in your path.
You must set the Path variable so that it includes the location of Alias bin directory so that the OpenModel .dll’s can be found.

OpenAlias

To build the OpenAlias examples, type the following in a command prompt and exclude any text in brackets:

mkdir pluginexamples

cd pluginexamples

copy c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Alias\ODS\OpenAlias\examples\Makefile .

notepad Makefile ( Set ALIAS_LOCATION variable to correct path. )

vsvars32.bat             ( Set the Visual C++ environment variables. )

nmake copy   ( Copies example code into the current directory. )

nmake

The built plug-ins can now be loaded through the Plug-in Manager.

Notes

You may need to change the copy path to the OpenAlias example directory above depending on the location of your Alias install directory. In addition, you will require the Microsoft Visual Studio bin directory to be in your path.