Building from Source

Prerequisites

Tool	Version	Notes
Visual Studio	2022 (17.x)	With C++ desktop development workload
CMake	3.24+	Included with Visual Studio or standalone
Ninja	1.11+	Recommended build system
Git	2.30+	With Git LFS support
Python	3.13	Bundled by Blender's build system

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/RolandVyens/industrial-cg-platform.git
cd industrial-cg-platform

Fetch Dependencies

Blender requires precompiled libraries. Follow the standard Blender build process:

make update

This fetches the lib/windows_x64 precompiled dependencies from Blender's official SVN repository.

LFS Hydration Gate

Before building, verify that shipped-data LFS assets are hydrated (not pointer stubs). Check these paths for pointer text:

• assets/
• release/datafiles/
• scripts/startup/bl_app_templates_system/

If any file contains version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1, it needs hydration from a trusted source before building.

Configure

Using Ninja (recommended):

# Open a Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt first
& "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat"

cmake -G Ninja -B build -S . `
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release `
  -DWITH_CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES=ON `
  -DCYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES_ARCH=sm_89 `
  -DWITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_OPTIX=ON

TIP

Replace sm_89 with your GPU's compute capability:

• RTX 4080/4090: sm_89
• RTX 3080/3090: sm_86
• RTX 2080: sm_75

Build

cmake --build build --target blender

Install

cmake --install build --prefix install

The installed runtime will be in the install/ directory.

Verify

.\install\blender.exe --version

Known Build Notes

• Ninja recommended — The Visual Studio generator may hang during compiler-ID detection due to a workstation-local Tracker.exe issue. Ninja + VsDevCmd is the validated default build path.
• TrackFileAccess=false — If using MSBuild directly, pass /p:TrackFileAccess=false to avoid MSBuild tracker hangs.
• PDB generation — Release builds may encounter LNK1318 errors during PDB generation. Build with WITH_WINDOWS_RELEASE_PDB=OFF if this occurs.

See Also

• Blender Manual: Building Blender — Official Blender build documentation.
• Installation — Install from a pre-built release package.