5 Minute Quickstart

Getting Started

Running your first ai model with our demo project will take you less than 5 minutes. Simply follow the steps below. By examining the contents of the demo folder you will get familiar with the main concepts of this library.

Prerequities:

• cmake
• Visual Studio (on Windows)
• XCode with Clang (on Mac)

Steps

1. Download the package for your desired OS & hardware combination from github.com/blace-ai/blace-ai/releases.
2. Unpack the .zip file, you end up with a folder structure like

   package/
       - cmake
       - demo
       - include
       - lib / BlaceAI.app (on MacOS)
       - licenses

3. In a terminal navigate into the demo folder: cd package/demo.
4. Invoke cmake configuration command:
   cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -T v142 -S . -B build (Windows)
   cmake -S . -B build (MacOS and Linux) This creates project files in the build folder
5. Invoke build command: cmake --build build --config Release
   This builds the demo executable and copies all needed libraries, the ai model file and an input image next to the executable.
6. Run the demo executable:
   .\build\Release\demo.exe (Windows)
   ./build/demo (MacOS and Linux) After the run you will have an image depth_result.png next to the executable.