Windows support

[hexad]

Is there any chance this will work under Windows?

[chfritz]

I don't see why not. As long as you figure out how to install opencascade and modify the Makefile to adjust the path to it, it should work.

[hexad]

I was in the process of building OpenCascade from source ( Community Edition) but i had some errors and i am considering downloading the executable from here: https://www.opencascade.com/content/latest-release
However, the executable offered is version 7.4.0, while your step2stl build is for 6.5. Do you know if the executable will work? Because if it does, it will solve a lot of problems with building from source.

[chfritz]

I don't know for sure, but I'd be surprised if it did, because an executable doesn't usually come with all the development files needed to compile against a library (header files, shared libraries). You might be better off setting up a small server somewhere, running linux, where you can send Step files and retrieve them back as Stl. If you use docker, for instance, that server can be very small.

[hexad]

I am trying to Build the windows version. I keep getting errors. I am documenting the whole process however, in case i manage to build it, so that people can replicate it easily. I have to ask you, if you share the dynamic library and ffi you have generated with 'make lib', will they work on other systems? If yes, they will work on linux systems only? Could i use them in windows?

[chfritz]

Linux libraries don't work on windows systems, no, and not even all linux systems I believe. For the very least they will need to be specific to the CPU architecture (amd64, i386, arm, etc.). Also, the library probably dynamically links against other libraries it will require to be present. But no, it will certainly not work on Windows. What I don't know is what that new linux subsystem for Windows is all about and whether that changes the answer at all. But C/C++ code in general has to be built specifically for the target architecture.