Define ASSIMP_LIBRARY_SUFFIX properly so cmake can find assimp it in windows.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ set(ASSIMP_LIBRARY_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "Suffix to append to library names")
 option(ASSIMP_ANDROID_JNIIOSYSTEM "Android JNI IOSystem support is active" OFF)
 
 # Workaround to be able to deal with compiler bug "Too many sections" with mingw.
-if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_MINGW ) 
+if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_MINGW )
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DASSIMP_BUILD_NO_IFC_IMPORTER )
 endif()
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SET( ASSIMP_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR "include" CACHE PATH
 SET( ASSIMP_BIN_INSTALL_DIR "bin" CACHE PATH
     "Path the tool executables are installed to." )
 
-SET(ASSIMP_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d" CACHE STRING "Debug Postfitx for lib, samples and tools")
+SET(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d" CACHE STRING "Debug Postfitx for lib, samples and tools")
 
 # Allow the user to build a shared or static library
 option ( BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build a shared version of the library" ON )
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ IF ( ASSIMP_ENABLE_BOOST_WORKAROUND )
     MESSAGE( STATUS "Building a non-boost version of Assimp." )
 ELSE ( ASSIMP_ENABLE_BOOST_WORKAROUND )
     SET( Boost_DETAILED_FAILURE_MSG ON )
-    SET( Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.47" "1.47.0" "1.48.0" "1.48" "1.49" "1.49.0" "1.50" "1.50.0" "1.51" "1.51.0" "1.52.0" "1.53.0" "1.54.0" "1.55" "1.55.0" "1.56" "1.56.0" "1.57" "1.57.0" )	
+    SET( Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.47" "1.47.0" "1.48.0" "1.48" "1.49" "1.49.0" "1.50" "1.50.0" "1.51" "1.51.0" "1.52.0" "1.53.0" "1.54.0" "1.55" "1.55.0" "1.56" "1.56.0" "1.57" "1.57.0" )
     FIND_PACKAGE( Boost )
     IF ( NOT Boost_FOUND )
         MESSAGE( FATAL_ERROR
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ IF ( ASSIMP_NO_EXPORT )
     MESSAGE( STATUS "Build an import-only version of Assimp." )
 ENDIF( ASSIMP_NO_EXPORT )
 
-SET ( ASSIMP_BUILD_ARCHITECTURE "" CACHE STRING 
+SET ( ASSIMP_BUILD_ARCHITECTURE "" CACHE STRING
     "describe the current architecture."
 )
 IF    ( ASSIMP_BUILD_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "")
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ ELSE  ( ASSIMP_BUILD_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "")
 ENDIF ( ASSIMP_BUILD_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "")
 
 # ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
-SET ( ASSIMP_BUILD_COMPILER "" CACHE STRING 
+SET ( ASSIMP_BUILD_COMPILER "" CACHE STRING
     "describe the current compiler."
 )
 IF    ( ASSIMP_BUILD_COMPILER STREQUAL "")
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ option ( ASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS
     "If the test suite for Assimp is built in addition to the library."
     ON
 )
-    
+
 IF ( ASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS )
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( test/ )
 ENDIF ( ASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS )

assimp-config.cmake.in

@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ set( ASSIMP_LINK_FLAGS "" )
 set( ASSIMP_LIBRARY_DIRS "${ASSIMP_ROOT_DIR}/@ASSIMP_LIB_INSTALL_DIR@")
 set( ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIRS "${ASSIMP_ROOT_DIR}/@ASSIMP_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR@")
 set( ASSIMP_LIBRARIES assimp${ASSIMP_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Debug")
+set( ASSIMP_LIBRARIES ${ASSIMP_LIBRARIES}@CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX@)
-  set( ASSIMP_LIBRARIES ${ASSIMP_LIBRARIES}@ASSIMP_DEBUG_POSTFIX@)
-endif ()
 
 # search for the boost version assimp was compiled with
 #set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREAD ON)

code/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ SET( Collada_SRCS
 	ColladaParser.cpp
 	ColladaParser.h
 	ColladaExporter.h
-	ColladaExporter.cpp	
+	ColladaExporter.cpp
 )
 SOURCE_GROUP( Collada FILES ${Collada_SRCS})
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ SET( Obj_SRCS
 	ObjFileParser.cpp
 	ObjFileParser.h
 	ObjTools.h
-	
+
 	ObjExporter.h
 	ObjExporter.cpp
 )
@@ -596,14 +596,14 @@ SET( ConvertUTF_SRCS
 )
 SOURCE_GROUP( ConvertUTF FILES ${ConvertUTF_SRCS})
 
-SET( Clipper_SRCS 
+SET( Clipper_SRCS
 	../contrib/clipper/clipper.hpp
 	../contrib/clipper/clipper.cpp
 )
 SOURCE_GROUP( Clipper FILES ${Clipper_SRCS})
 
 
-SET( Poly2Tri_SRCS 
+SET( Poly2Tri_SRCS
 	../contrib/poly2tri/poly2tri/common/shapes.cc
 	../contrib/poly2tri/poly2tri/common/shapes.h
 	../contrib/poly2tri/poly2tri/common/utils.h
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ SET( assimp_src
 	${IFC_SRCS}
 	${XGL_SRCS}
 	${FBX_SRCS}
-	
+
 	# Third-party libraries
 	${IrrXML_SRCS}
 	${ConvertUTF_SRCS}
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ SET( assimp_src
 
 	${PUBLIC_HEADERS}
 	${COMPILER_HEADERS}
-	
+
 	# Old precompiled header
 	# (removed because the precompiled header is not updated when visual studio switch configuration which leads to failed compilation.
 	# Moreover it's a drag to recompile assimp entirely each time a modification is made to one of the included header, which is definitely counter-productive.)
@@ -722,8 +722,6 @@ SET( assimp_src
 
 ADD_LIBRARY( assimp ${assimp_src} )
 
-SET_PROPERTY(TARGET assimp PROPERTY DEBUG_POSTFIX ${ASSIMP_DEBUG_POSTFIX})
-
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(assimp ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
 if(ANDROID AND ASSIMP_ANDROID_JNIIOSYSTEM)
@@ -732,10 +730,24 @@ if(ANDROID AND ASSIMP_ANDROID_JNIIOSYSTEM)
 	target_link_libraries(assimp android_jniiosystem)
 endif(ANDROID AND ASSIMP_ANDROID_JNIIOSYSTEM)
 
+if( MSVC )
+  # in order to prevent DLL hell, each of the DLLs have to be suffixed with the major version and msvc prefix
+  if( MSVC70 OR MSVC71 )
+    set(MSVC_PREFIX "vc70")
+  elseif( MSVC80 )
+    set(MSVC_PREFIX "vc80")
+  elseif( MSVC90 )
+    set(MSVC_PREFIX "vc90")
+  else()
+    set(MSVC_PREFIX "vc100")
+  endif()
+  set(LIBRARY_SUFFIX "${ASSIMP_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}-${MSVC_PREFIX}-mt" CACHE STRING "the suffix for the assimp windows library" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( assimp PROPERTIES
 	VERSION ${ASSIMP_VERSION}
-	SOVERSION ${ASSIMP_SOVERSION} # use full version 
+	SOVERSION ${ASSIMP_SOVERSION} # use full version
-    OUTPUT_NAME assimp${ASSIMP_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+    OUTPUT_NAME assimp${LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
 )
 
 if (APPLE)
@@ -765,7 +777,7 @@ if (ASSIMP_ANDROID_JNIIOSYSTEM)
 endif(ASSIMP_ANDROID_JNIIOSYSTEM)
 
 if(MSVC AND ASSIMP_INSTALL_PDB)
-	install(FILES ${Assimp_BINARY_DIR}/code/Debug/assimp${ASSIMP_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.pdb
+	install(FILES ${Assimp_BINARY_DIR}/code/Debug/assimp${CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.pdb
 		DESTINATION ${ASSIMP_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
 		CONFIGURATIONS Debug
 	)