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Here is a zip file for you to download and use. It has been pre-compiled, so you only need to run it. Unzip it into some directory on your hard-drive (a directory "Amino_<version>" will be created for you.) However you do need to have Sun's J2SE (JDK) installed on your machine before you can run it. | |||||||||||
Once you run the JDK installer, you need to set the enviroment variable "JAVA_HOME" to point to the directory where you installed the JDK: | |||||||||||
Windows: 1) go into Start/Settings/Control Panel 2) select System icon 3) Go to Advanced/Enironment Variables 4) Under "User Variables" press "New" button; 5) Name="JAVA_HOME" 6) Value=<directory like "C:\jdk1.4"> or whatever was the default or what you set when the JDK was installed 7) click OK, OK to get out. |
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Now you can run something: 1) Open a command-prompt, and enter the directory "Amino_<version>/Simtein/ant" 2) Enter "build.sh run-gol" (unix/cygwin) or "build run-gol" (dos/windows command line) 3) When the application comes-up, select the top-most node in the tree of the left pane using the mouse left-click 4) Mouse right-click on the node, pulling up a popup menu; 5) Select 'Object', and then "Children To New Physical View" under it; 6) On top menu, select "Sim" and then "Run" - This is John Conway's Game Of Life. |
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You can also run a 3-D rendering test: 1) Enter the directory "Amino_<version>/Simtein/ant" 2) Enter "build.sh run-pe" (unix/cygwin) or "build run-pe" (dos/windows command line 3) In the upper left of the left pane, left-mouse-click the top tree node; 4) Mouse right-click on it to pull up a popup menu - select 'Object' 5) Under 'Object' select 'To New Physical View' 6) This puts the reference frames (already running) in a view widget. |