Ascent + ANARI InSitu Visualization Integrations

Create a build directory:

ROOT=$PWD # or where you want to build
mkdir build

Build Anari

Outputs are installed into build/install.

cd build
cmake ..
make -j8

Build Ascent Dependencies with Anari

Outputs are installed into build/install.

export PATH=/home/qiwu/cmake-3.29.2-linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
cd build
bash ../build_ascent_cuda_polaris.sh

Changes in build_ascent.sh

1. Force all the dependencies to be installed in the same install directory.
2. Force to use the VTK-m submodule (v2.1.0) instead of downloading it from the internet.
3. Remove CMakeCache.txt everytime when re-running the script.

Build Ascent

Clone Ascent:

git clone https://github.com/wilsonCernWq/ascent.git
cd ascent
git checkout develop_anari

Build Ascent:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../src -DENABLE_TESTS=OFF -DENABLE_ANARI=ON  \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${ROOT}/build/install" \
    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${ROOT}/build/install"    \
    -C "${ROOT}/build/ascent-config.cmake"
cmake --build . --config Release --target install -j16