creating FAST s-function: what should the directories be?

[liruiqi97]

I am trying to operate the glue code for Simulink on MacBook. Before doing this, I have to create the s-function by running create_FAST_SFunc.m in folder /Users/liruiqi/openfast/glue-codes/simulink/src.

However, I am confused what should I set for the directories, e.g. the variables installDir, libDir, includeDir. The heading comment says that e.g. "the install directory is specified in the installDir variable", but i just have no idea what the install directory should be.

[bjonkman]

The installDir refers to the directory from the cmake install process where it copied the openfastlib library and associated files it needs to run. See section 2.2.4.2.2 of the OpenFAST documentation for how to set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.

Ideally, you wouldn't have to edit those directories in the create_FAST_SFunc.m file, but there have been some changes with Matlab on MacOS (and possibly the OpenFAST cmake defaults), so they may not be set to the correct defaults.

[liruiqi97]

thanks. let me explore the documentation