---
name: "camitk-cepgenerator"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcamitk-dev"
version: "5.2.0-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/camitk-cepgenerator"
---

# camitk-cepgenerator(1)

CamiTK Extension Project skeleton generator

## NAME

camitk-cepgenerator - CamiTK Extension Project skeleton generator

## SYNOPSIS

**camitk-cepgenerator** \[*OPTIONS*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**camitk-cepgenerator is build using CamiTK 5.2**\
 Please visit http://camitk.imag.fr for more information.\
 (c) Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG UMR 5525

camitk-cepgenerator is a developer tool for CamiTK, the Computer Assisted Medical Intervention Tool Kit.

camitk-cepgenerator aims at creating CamiTK Extension Project (CEP) skeleton  from a description given in a XML file (valid CamiTK cepcoreschema language)

Using this command line only you can generate a CEP directory tree and the component and action extension C++ code corresponding to the  content of the given XML file.

To successfully run camitk-cepgenerator you need to provide two arguments: the CamiTK core XML document and a directory where the C++ classes and CMake configuration files will be written.

The targeted users are developers in R&D departments or laboratories.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**\|**-h**

  Print usage information and exit.

- **--version**\|**-v**

  Print CamiTK version message and exit

- **--file**\|**-f** *file*

  input CamiTK CEPCoreSchema XML document describing the extension to generate (needed).

  This should be a valid CEPCoreSchema XML document. The input XML *file* is **mandatory**.

- **--directory**\|**-d** *path*

  CamiTK Extension Project output directory (needed).

  This is the path to the directory where the CEP skeleton files will be generated. The output *path* is **mandatory**.

## AUTHORS

CamiTK and camitk-cepgenerator is currently developed by the Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS in the TIMC-IMAG UMR 5525 laboratory (GMCAO).

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation and tutorials for **CamiTK** are available at \<**http://camitk.imag.fr**\>