Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Configuring and working with NetTopo Simulator in Eclipse Kepler



Prerequisites:

The system should have either Java 6.0 or higher (i.e., both the JDK and JRE need to be installed), and the JAVA_HOME path should be set in the System variables.  

Configuration Procedure

Step 1:  Download and extract the Eclipse Kepler for JAVA by clicking here.
Step 2: Download Java3D and install in the Java installation directory by clicking here
Step 3:  Extract the Eclipse to C: Drive and run the Eclipse IDE.
Step 4:  Create CVS Project
               4.1 File -> New -> Project -> Project from CVS





               4.2  Set Host -> nettopo.cvs.sourceforge.net
                             Repository Path -> /cvsroot/nettopo/
                             User -> anonymous 
                             Password -> No password required (empty)
                             Connection type -> pserver
                             Port -> Use default port

                             click Next

              

                            
                   4.3  Project name -> NetTopo

 Step 5: Setting up Ant build and run
               
               5.1  In Window menu, select Preferences -> Ant -> Runtime


                   5.2  Select Ant Home Entries and Click on Add External Jar Files
                    
                   select

                  C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\lib\tools.jar
                  C:\Program Files\Java\Java3D\1.5.2\lib\ext\j3dutils.jar
                  C:\Program Files\Java\Java3D\1.5.2\lib\ext\j3dcore.jar
                  C:\Program Files\Java\Java3D\1.5.2\lib\ext\vecmath.jar

                 and save the Entries.

Building and Running the NetTopo Project

Step 6:  In Run menu select Run Configurations 
               Project: NetTopo
               Main class: org.deri.nettopo.app.NetTopoApp



Step 7: In (X) argument tab enter the following under VM arguments

                -Djava.library.path=bin


Step 8: In the Package Explorer select NetTopo project and right click
              Run As -> Java Application -> NetTopo Application