CMake Template for Archicad Add-Ons

[Viktor Kovacs]

We are happy to announce our latest development to make Archicad Add-On developers' life easier — a CMake template for C++ Add-On development.

With this solution you can easily generate IDE projects for Archicad Add-Ons, so you can work in your favorite environment. CMake supports Visual Studio and XCode projects, or you may use Visual Studio Code for development.

You can find detailed instructions on the link below. Please let us know if you have any questions or recommendations.

You can access the CMake template on GitHub:
https://github.com/GRAPHISOFT/archicad-addon-cmake-template

[Jay Chung]

Hi,

I'm new to coding and add on development in general

I tried following these steps but when I run the commands in visual studio 17 I get an error message saying my visual studio is missing cmakelists.txt?

How do I fix this issue?

Thanks

[Viktor Kovacs]

You have to run the commands from the root directory of the Add-On.

[dushyant]

I am trying to include a sub-folder under Sources/AddOn  which has some header files that I need to include in some CPP files. 

Path to additional header files: Sources/AddOn/SubDir/Include

I tried the following in the CMakeLists.txt:

1. On line 112, changed GLOB to GLOB_RECURSE
2. Added another include dir in: files (GLOB AddOnHeaderFiles ... like so:

file (GLOB AddOnHeaderFiles
	${AddOnSourcesFolder}/*.h
	${AddOnSourcesFolder}/*.hpp
        ${AddOnSourcesFolder}/SubDir/Include/*.h
)​

• Added include_directories():

include_directories("Sources/AddOn/SubDir/Include")​

But none of these help cmake include the additional header files in the sub-dir.

For the additional .lib that I need to include, I edited line 171, like so:

file (GLOB LibFilesInFolder ${AC_API_DEVKIT_DIR}/Support/Modules/*/*/*.lib ${AddOnSourcesFolder}/SubDir/Lib/*.lib)

Please tell what's the right way to include source files in sub-directories under Sources/AddOn.

Thanks!

[dushyant]

Anyone? Need help with this..

@Viktor Kovacs  , @Tibor Lorantfy ?

[LeeJaeYoung]

I downloaded the template file and installed it.
But I don't know which file this is.
Is there any way to know?

[dushyant]

Try to open the "archicad-addon-cmake-master" folder as a project in Visual Studio.

[LeeJaeYoung]

Could you please explain a little longer for the translator?

1. Can I just click the Create a new project button?

2. There are choices like the picture above, but I'm asking because I don't know which one it is.
Are you saying to unzip it differently than before and proceed to Open a project or solution?

[dushyant]

Decompress/Unzip the archicad-addon-cmake-master.zip folder if you downloaded it. Select "Open a local folder" option in VS to open the unzipped folder. Then probably try: Project > CMake Settings.

[LeeJaeYoung]

1

is this right?

1. Strange point Can I go to the support folder at this point?
Doesn't it seem to me that it should be installed on the example?

2. Is there anything else I need to set up next?
Can I just proceed as before?