Windows: Visual Studio Community 2017 ( ).A C++ Integrated Development Environment and/or compiler.(For those who are familiar with CMake and the compilers for their operating system, it is possible to build the OpenSim libraries from source, including on Linux see for instructions.) To run the examples provided in the developer's guide, you will need: The requirements and examples in this guide are targeted for Windows or Mac, because the OpenSim software package and software development kit (SDK) is distributed for these platforms.