Slicer 3.0 User Information

Slicer 3.0: Getting Started

Slicer 3.0 introduction info.

There are a couple different ways to obtain Slicer3 to run on your own computer. You can either:

• build Slicer 3 yourself from an SVN checkout, or
• download a precompiled Slicer3 installer for your platform, or

Building Slicer

To build Slicer 3 yourself from an SVN checkout, refer to the build instructions.

Windows

• Distributed versions are built with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET in release mode (note that there may be some problems compiling with .NET 2003)

Linux

• We are building using g++ version 3.4.3 on RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.

Mac OSX

• We are building using gcc version 4.0.1

Downloading

Deciding to download? Access Slicer 3.0 here downloads here

Obtaining a Precompiled Binary

Compiled Slicer3 executables are available here. From the Snapshots directory, select your architecture.

The current supported architectures are:

• darwin-x86: Mac OSX - Darwin x86 Intel
• darwin-ppc: Mac OSX - Darwin Power PC
• linux-x86: Linux-x86 - Linux 32-bit
• linux-x86_64: Linux-x86_64 - Linux 64-bit
• win32: Windows

The Snapshots directory contains both Slicer2 and Slicer3 binaries. For the latest build, select the filename that begins with "Slicer3" and has the most recent date. For the beta binary released prior to the January 2007 All Hands Meeting, choose the file with "PreAHM" in the filename. These are all beta builds, so you might find some bugs. If you do, or are having trouble installing Slicer3, please email slicer-users@bwh.harvard.edu so we can continue to improve Slicer3.

With many modules on Slicer already developed, much of Slicer documentation is modules specific. Consult module documentation to aid you in using Slicer.

Known Issues: Base Operations

• All Platforms:
  • Slicer3's interface is optimized for screen resolutions equal to or higher than 1280x1024. While it is useable below that resolution, it may become less efficient to utilize the GUI.
  • Fonts currently do not resize in Slicer3, making the text hard to read on extremely large monitors with very high resolutions.

• Linux:
  • csh must be installed (it's not on Ubuntu by default).
  • the sh shell on some systems is incompatible with the installer (it will work, but with warnings)

Known Issues: Modules

As a research platform, Slicer includes several modules that are not yet fully implemented, but which the developers still felt were far enough along in functionality to provide utility for the community. As such, you may find that some operations do not behave as expected, particularly where they interact with other slicer functions. Please let us know about these issues by filing appropriate bug reports.

Reporting Bugs

Please go to http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/ and report bugs for Slicer version 3.

Finding Help

For help, consult the mailing lists.