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How to build FBX SDK sample on Mac

Anonymous — Tue, 11 May 2021 23:44:57 GMT

Hi. I've downloaded FBX SDK 2020.2 and am trying to build samples/Animation. I've managed to create CMake configuration files.

CMakeCache.txt
CMakeFiles
Makefile
cmake_install.cmake

When I try and build using the generated files I'm getting an error

[ 33%] Linking CXX executable "/Applications/Autodesk/FBX SDK/2020.2/bin/x64/clang-static/debug/Animation" ld: can't open output file for writing: /Applications/Autodesk/FBX SDK/2020.2/bin/x64/clang-static/debug/Animation, errno=2 for architecture x86_64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) make[2]: *** [/Applications/Autodesk/FBX SDK/2020.2/bin/x64/clang-static/debug/Animation] Error 1 make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Animation.dir/all] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2

The FBX SDK/2020.2 dir has the following structure

FBX_SDK_Online_Documentation.html
License.rtf
include
lib
samples

Why does the linking stage expect a dir FBX SDK/2020.2/bin/...? Should the FBX SDK contain a bin directory?

Re: How to build FBX SDK sample on Mac

regalir — Wed, 12 May 2021 01:12:41 GMT

Hi,

the 'bin' folder is the destination folder of the samples executables. It gets automatically created. However, I believe that the problem you are experiencing is caused by the "wrong" access rights to the /Applications/Autodesk/FBX SDK folders. Only system & admin have Write access inside /Applications.

You can try to change the "Sharing & permissions" on the folders so your everyone gets Read&Write. Or, maybe easier: move the whole FBX SDK folder somewhere else where you have full access rights (Documents seems a reasonable location) 😉

Re: How to build FBX SDK sample on Mac

Anonymous — Wed, 12 May 2021 04:00:10 GMT

Thanks @regalir. I ended up moving /Applications/Autodesk into ~/Applications then chown to my user (and chgrp to staff). Built samples/Animation and it worked.

[ 33%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/Animation.dir/main.o [ 66%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/Animation.dir/Users/.../Applications/Autodesk/FBX_SDK/2020.2/samples/Common/Common.o [100%] Linking CXX executable "/Users/.../Applications/Autodesk/FBX SDK/2020.2/bin/x64/clang-static/debug/Animation" [100%] Built target Animation