howto:qt_qwt_vtk

QT / QT Creator / QWT / VTK on Windows

Download/Install QT for windows (qt-win-opensource-4.8.4-vs2010.exe) NOTE: QT5 does NOT work with QWT.

Download/Install QT Creator for windows (qt-creator-windows-opensource-2.6.1.exe)

Download/Compile/Install QWT (http://qwt.sourceforge.net/qwtinstall.html)

QWT checkout:

svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/qwt/code/branches/qwt-6.0 qwt-6.0

Open QT shell and execute:

 cd qwt-6.0
 qmake qwt.pro
 nmake
 nmake install
 
 cd examples
 qmake examples.pro
 nmake
 nmake install
 
 cd ..
 
 cd designer
 qmake designer.pro
 nmake
 nmake install

Download VTK for windows (vtk-5.10.1.zip) (http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows)
- Run CMake against VTK code.
- Turn VTK_USE_QT on
- Turn BUILD_SHARED_LIBS on
- Follow steps at: http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows

Edit Windows PATH and add: C:\Qt\4.8.4\lib;C:\Qwt-6.0.3-svn\lib;C:\Program Files (x86)\VTK\lib\vtk-5.10;C:\Qt\4.8.4\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\VTK\bin

Copy:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VTK\plugins\designer\QVTKWidgetPlugin.dll
C:\Qwt-6.0.3-svn\plugins\designer\qwt_designer_plugin.dll

To:

C:\Qt\qtcreator-2.6.1\bin\designer

FAQ: Shared_builds_of_VTK_and_debugging_QVTKWidget_using_Visual_Studio