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