Eigen
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Compiling SOFA with Eigen support in the public branch
About Eigen
Eigen is a linear algebra library written in C++.
Which components in SOFA use Eigen ?
Some specific components related to constraint resolution use Eigen. Note that it is not mandatory to use Eigen to have access to constraint resolution ! The following components become available when compiling with Eigen :
- LMConstraintSolver
- DistanceLMConstraint
- DOFBlockerLMConstraint
- FixedLMConstraint
Compilation instructions
- Download Eigen : tested with version up to 3.03
- extract it in the new directory $SOFA_DIR/extlibs/eigen
- edit sofa.cfg
- insert the following line inside the contains(DEFINES,SOFA_HAVE_EIGEN2) conditionnal block : INCLUDEPATH *= $$SOFA_DIR/extlibs/eigen/
- edit your sofa-local.cfg
- Uncomment DEFINES *= SOFA_HAVE_EIGEN2
- regenerate the makefiles / visual studio projects.
- rebuild SOFA.