HapticAvatar Plugin

[oystebje]

Hello!

Finally got my hands on some nice haptic devices from Follou - the haptic avatar. Currently trying to build the plugin, but having some issues. Specifically, the option "PLUGIN_SOFAHAPTICAVATAR" does not appear in CMAKE. I have pointed to the plugin location using "CMAKE_EXTERNAL_DIRECTORIES", and have tried with different versions of the plugin.

From the doc:

I see from the doc that the plugin is only supported for v21.12 and v.22.06. So I am trying this with v.22.06.

Any advice, @epernod ?

Thanks,
ØB

[oystebje]

So I figured this out, but thought I'd provide an update in case anyone else encounter the same problem.
I am on Windows 11, using SOFA version 22.06.

1. Download the plugin version corresponding to v22.06 from here (https://github.com/sofa-framework/SofaHapticAvatar/releases/tag/release-v22.06). Download the "Source code.zip" file which includes CMakeLists.txt.
2. Extract the plugin in a folder outside SOFA, e.g. C:/SOFA_PLUGINS/SofaHapticAvatar. Name the folder the same as the plugin (case sensitive).
3. Write a "CMakeLists.txt" file and place it in the "../SOFA_PLUGINS" folder. It should contain: sofa_add_subdirectory(plugin SofaHapticAvatar SofaHapticAvatar). Documentation was a bit conflicting here.
4. In CMake GUI, click "add entry" and add a new path "SOFA_EXTERNAL_DIRECTORIES=C:/SOFA_PLUGINS". Documentation mentioned also CMAKE_EXTERNAL_DIRECTORIES, but this is wrong, use the former.
5. Click configure again and the "PLUGIN_SOFAHAPTICAVATAR" should appear.

CMakeListsExample:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)

sofa_add_subdirectory(plugin SofaHapticAvatar SofaHapticAvatar)

[epernod]

Hi,
thank you for your feedback, do not hesitate to suggest change in the installation guide. We can integrate them in the plugin readme.
Also, right now we only provide release with version v22.06 because I do not have access to the device anymore so I couldn't test it and push new releases. But it should be fine because the plugin is quite independent from the SOFA core code.

Best regards