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Getting Started

Downloading

To evaluate Manufacturing Toolkit, please contact the sales to receive the MTK package.

Uncompress the package into some directory (hereinafter referred to as ${install_dir}).

Save the license key file you received for your evaluation period to the respective language directory in ${install_dir}/examples. Set up your development environment depending on your programming language and preferred IDE.

Setting up development environment

The fastest way to prepare your development environment is to use the provided examples and generate project files for your preferred IDE. In this case, the generators will set up required paths and environment variables for you.

Otherwise you can just copy examples' code excerpts into your existing projects. In this case, just make sure that you properly set the paths to header and library files of Manufacturing Toolkit, respecting OS, architecture and debug/release versions. Note that whenever you change a required configuration (e.g. when switching from debug to release) make sure you update your environment. Manufacturing Toolkit libraries are located in separate subfolders depending on target configuration.

To set up environment specific to your programming language select one of the links below:

Installation of MTK Converter

MTK Converter is an executable CLI tool for Windows and Linux that helps to integration MTK data into web solutions. It represents a pre-built version of MTK Converter Example and is used in Examples and Tutorials.

MTK Converter tool is included in the MTK package:

  • Windows: <MTK-folder>\win64\vc14.1\bin\MTKConverter.exe
  • Linux: <MTK-folder>/lin64/gcc7/bin/MTKConverter

For MTK Converter Tool to start, the evaluation license key should be copied into the directory containing MTKConverter application.

To launch MTK Converter Tool:

  1. Open Terminal or Command Prompt.
  2. Change directory to the sub-directory containing MTKConverter application.
  3. Launch MTKConverter with arguments: MTKConverter -h to see how to use the tool.
Note
Pre-built version of MTK Converter works only with evaluation licenses. See MTK Converter Example to create your own version of MTK Converter that will works with all types of license.
Note
The compiled version of MTK Converter example requires the presence of language-specific libraries:
  • C#: CadExMTKNet.dll
  • Java: CadExMTKJava.jar