Building

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Dependencies

OpenMVS relies on a number of open source libraries, some optional, which are managed automatically by vcpkg. For details on customizing the build process, see the build instructions.

• Eigen version 3.4 or higher
• OpenCV version 2.4 or higher
• Ceres version 1.10 or higher (optional)
• CGAL version 4.2 or higher
• Boost version 1.56 or higher
• VCG
• CUDA (optional)
• GLFW (optional)

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Build instructions

Required tools:

• CMake
• git
• C/C++ compiler like Visual Studio 2019, GCC or Clang

The dependencies can be fetched and built automatically using vcpkg on all major platform, by setting the environment variable VCPKG_ROOT to point to its path or by using the cmake parameter -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=[path to vcpkg]/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake.

The latest pre-built stable binaries can be download from here.

#Clone OpenMVS
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/cdcseacave/openMVS.git

#Make build directory:
cd openMVS
mkdir make
cd make

#Run CMake:
cmake ..

#Build:
cmake --build . -j4

#Install OpenMVS library (optional):
cmake --install .

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Library usage

In order to use OpenMVS as a third-party library in your project, first compile it as described above or simply use vcpgk:

vcpkg install openmvs

Inside your project CMake script, use:

find_package(OpenMVS)
if(OpenMVS_FOUND)
	include_directories(${OpenMVS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
	add_definitions(${OpenMVS_DEFINITIONS})
endif()

add_executable(your_project source_code.cpp)
target_link_libraries(your_project PRIVATE OpenMVS::MVS)