[question] Assimp package causes long building time

[algarcia-ujaen]

Hello all,

I am not sure if this is a bug, or if I am doing something wrong, but when I add the Assimp package to my project using Conan, the building time expands to about 20 minutes. Any help will be welcome!

System configuration:

• Operating system: windows
• IDE: CLion 2024.2.2 with Conan plugin enabled
• Compiler: MinGW (bundled with CLion installation)
• Conan version: 2.5.0
• CMake version: 3.30 installed in the system (CLion also includes a bundled CMake version)

Steps to reproduce the situation:

• Create a C++ project
• Enable Conan plugin for the project
• Add Assimp to the project using the Conan plugin
• Add to the CMakeLists.txt the lines

find_package(assimp)
target_link_libraries(projectName assimp::assimp)

• Add to the main.cpp the includes

#include <assimp/Importer.hpp>
#include <assimp/scene.h>

• Declare an Importer object in the main function

Assimp::Importer i;

• Build the project

Without the declaration of the importer object, building the application is immediate. With the declaration, the building time is about 20 minutes.

Any suggestion? Is this a bug? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance for your replies