When new commits are pushed to GitHub, the STEPNode package is built on Windows, Mac, and Linux by Jenkins. For local building on your machine, install node from nodejs.org. At the time of writing we use Node 8.x. This also installs "npm" into your path.
Next, install node-gyp globally.
npm install -g node-gyp
Python must also be present, as discussed in the node-gyp documentation. Currently this requires python 2.7 from python.org and you need to manually add it to your path.
The package uses the full STEP Tools software stack, so you must have
previously installed the stdev_core, stdev_stpstack, and
stdev_ncstack packages. The config files assume a particular
compiler configuration, so you must set the STEP Tools library version
(ROSE_LIB) as follows:
WINDOWS: %ROSE%\lib\x64_win64_vc14_md (OR usearea -win64 -vc14)
LINUX: default
MAC: default
Build by calling npm or node-gyp directly.
cd STEPNode
npm install # first time to download all packages
# subsequent times to rebuild
node-gyp rebuild --msvs_version=2015
# another way, if project config files do not change.
node-gyp configure --msvs_version=2015
node-gyp build
You can avoid the msvs flag if you set the environment variable npm_config_msvs_version to 2015 in your shell init.
The output of the build will be in the build/Release directory. To
use a locally built module with NC.js, copy the StepNode.node file
into your NC.js project's node_modules/STEPNode/Win directory.