improvements to windows doc

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Varun Agrawal 2021-01-04 12:45:05 -05:00
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# Windows Installation
This section details how to build and install GTSAM using Visual Studio.
This section details how to build a GTSAM `.sln` file using Visual Studio.
### Prerequisites
- Visual Studio with C++ CMake tools for Windows
- Python >= 3.6 (we prefer Anaconda)
- All the other pre-requisites listed above.
### Steps
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- Update the `Build root` to `${projectDir}\build\${name}`.
- You can optionally create a new configuration for a `Release` build.
- Set the necessary CMake variables for your use case.
- Click on `Show advanved settings`.
- Click on `Show advanced settings`.
- For `CMake generator`, select a version which matches `Visual Studio <Version> <Year> Win64`, e.g. `Visual Studio 16 2019 Win64`.
- Save.
- Save the settings (Ctrl + S).
4. Click on `Project -> Generate Cache`. This will generate the CMake build files (as seen in the Output window).
5. The last step will generate a `GTSAM.sln` file in the `build` directory. At this point, GTSAM can be used as a regular Visual Studio project.