HOWTO_RUN.md

How to Run Example Codes with Microsoft Visual Studio

Preparation

• Install Microsoft Visual Studio (shortly MSVS)
  • Visual Studio Community is free for students, open-source, and individual developers.
  • We recommend the most recent version of MSVS (at least >= 2015) for binary compatibility.
    • If you want to use an older version of MSVS (<= 2013), please install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for 2015-2019 (x64). Additionally please remember that you can only build examples in release mode, not debug mode.
• Download example codes, OpenCV binaries, and Ceres Solver binaries

Running Examples

1. Unzip example codes and binaries at your_folder

• OpenCV and Ceres Solver will be located at your_folder\EXTERNAL folder. Please ignore duplicated LICENSE files.

2. Run your Visual Studio and open the solution file, your_folder\msvs\3dv_tutorial.sln

• Or simply double-click your_folder\msvs\3dv_tutorial.sln file (if it is associated with MSVS)

3. Build the example codes in the solution (Menu > Build > Build Solution)

• Their executable files will be located at your_folder\bin folder.

4. Enjoy the examples